Salt Lake trips Sporting KC

? Juan Manuel Martinez opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, and Real Salt Lake took advantage of Sporting Kansas City’s defensive miscues for a 3-1 victory Saturday night.

Martinez finished from close range at the end of a four-pass combination that started with defender Matt Besler’s giveaway to Joao Plata deep in Real Salt Lake (5-7-2) territory.

Real Salt Lake (6-3-2) went ahead 2-0 in the second minute of first-half stoppage time when Yura Movsisyan’s hard pass deflected off Sporting’s Brad Davis into the back of the net for an own goal.