SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jefferson Savarino, Albert Rusnak and Yura Movsisyan scored in the second half to help Real Salt Lake beat the 10-man San Jose Earthquakes 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Luis Silva opened the scoring for Real Salt Lake (9-13-5) in the 29th minute. He raced down Rusnak’s long pass on a counter attack and split the legs of Andrew Tarbell from the corner of the 6-yard box. Savarino made it 2-0 in the 68th minute when he curled in a shot from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Rusnak redirected Joao Plata’s cross in the 80th minute for his sixth goal of the season and Movsisyan scored on a breakaway in stoppage time.
San Jose (9-11-6) has lost six straight games away from home, going 2-10-1 on the road this season.
The Earthquakes’ Anibal Godoy received his second yellow card in the 61st minute for an open hand to the face of Rusnak.