Aaron Herrera‘s beautiful strike from the midway line was in useless as Actual Salt Lake slipped to a 2-1 defeat to Atlas within the League Cup on Friday.
Herrera opened the scoring within the seventeenth minute from 70 yards with a sensational effort which caught out Atlas goalkeeper Jose Hernandez.
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Nonetheless, the sport was turned on its head when RSL ahead Justin Meram was despatched off after 36 minutes for a excessive foot.
Atlas responded 5 minutes after the purple card and grabbed an equaliser by way of Edgar Zaldivar.
The successful purpose for Atlas got here with 20 minutes remaining when Lucas Rodriguez pounced on the rebound to steer the ball into the web.
RSL return to Main League Soccer motion on Saturday after they face a troublesome journey to LA Galaxy.
