SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Real Salt Lake (1-0-0, 3 points, T-1 in West) won its 2013 MLS regular season opener on Sunday night, getting two second half goals from FW Alvaro Saborio to down defending Supporters’ Shield winners San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-0, 0 points, T-6 in West) 2-0 at Buck Shaw Stadium.
Saborio scored both goals in the final 20 minutes, putting the Claret-and-Cobalt ahead in the 71st minute before doubling the advantage in the 85th.
Goals and Assists
| Club | Time | Player | (Assisted by) |
| RSL | 71' | Alvaro Saborio | (Joao Plata) |
| RSL | 85' | Alvaro Saborio | (Kyle Beckerman, Luis Gil) |
Disciplinary
| Club | Time | Player | Reason | Action |
| RSL | 61' | Kenny Mansally | Encroachment | Yellow |
| SJ | 64' | Victor Bernardez | Foul | Yellow |
| RSL | 87' | Nick Rimando | Time Wasting | Yellow |
Match Stats
| San Jose Earthquakes | Real Salt Lake | |
| 14 | Attempts on Goal | 14 |
| 2 | Shots on Target | 6 |
| 10 | Shots off Target | 4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 12 | Fouls | 8 |
| 16 | Open Play Crosses | 12 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 62 | Duels Won | 49 |
| 55% | Duels Won % | 44% |
| 372 | Total Passes | 405 |
| 72% | Passing Accuracy | 78% |
| 49.1% | Possession | 50.9% |
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis
General impressions:
"I am really, really proud of my guys’ effort. My main focus was really if we could out compete a team that is known to be one of the best competitors in the league. I thought our guys found ways to weather some storms because San Jose is very dangerous for 10-15 minute periods and will always be dangerous with players like [Chris] Wondolowski."
