Earthquakes Lose Season Opener To Salt Lake
SANTA CLARA (AP) -- Kyle Beckerman scored a ricochet goal in the 63rd minute to give Real Salt Lake a 1-0 season-opening victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.
Beckerman walked onto a pass from Javier Morales at the top of the circle and fired a curling shot that took one skip off the rain-soaked turf, skipping past diving San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch and taking a bounce off the left post into the net.
Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando—facing a driving, nearly horizontal rain in the second half—made two critical stops in the 70th minute, turning aside a 15-yard attempt from Chris Wondolowski, the MLS' leading goal scorer in 2010, and a 25-yarder from Khari Stephenson.
(Copyright 2011 by CBS San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services may have contributed to this report.)
