DCU pulls out a solid win tonight in preseason over defending champions Real Salt Lake.  We saw a great performance overall from our defense save for a few scary moments later on in the first half, and our offensive efforts delivered on big opportunities.

Man of the Match: Jamie Moreno shows everyone he can still be an impact player.  A lot of good touches all game long, good hustle, and scores both of DCU’s two goals.  The second was the more important one; aside from being the game-winner, it’s gotta feel good to be able to execute on a set piece early on in the season.  The first was Moreno capitalizing on a lucky rebound and poor positioning from Rimando, chipping in for the equalizer after RSL converted on a questionable penalty kick call.

Hard to evaluate Allsopp tonight as he wasn’t afforded any really clean chances to score.  It looked like an adjustment towards a more conservative style bore fruit for DCU in the second half.  To us, the key difference between these teams tonight was that DCU was able to take advantage of defensive mistakes made by RSL, while RSL’s attackers weren’t able to do the same when our defense left the door open.  We saw some good work from Perkins tonight, with the only goal coming off the afore mentioned PK.