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Diego Luna buried the final penalty, giving RSL a 5-4 penalty win and an extra game in Houston on Saturday to decide who advances in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Jefferson Savarino scored the equalizer in the second half and Real Salt Lake forced a rubber match in the best-of-3 first-round series with a 5-4 shootout victory over the Houston Dynamo on Monday night. Amine Bassi gave Houston (14-12-9) a 1-0 halftime lead when he scored unassisted in the 28th minute, but he was denied a goal by Zac MacMath in the first round of the shootout. Savarino knotted the match in the 70th minute for Real Salt Lake (15-12-8), scoring unassisted.

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Jefferson Savarino scored the equalizer in the second half and Real Salt Lake forced a rubber match in the best-of-3 first-round series with a 5-4 shootout victory over the Houston Dynamo on Monday night.

Amine Bassi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, Héctor Herrera also scored a goal, and the Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 Saturday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round MLS Cup Playoffs series. Houston can clinch a berth in the conference semifinals with a win in Game 2 on Nov. 6 in Sandy, Utah. After an RSL giveaway in its defensive territory, Griffin Dorsey's back-post shot was swatted away by goalkeeper Zac MacMath but Bassi blasted the put-back from th...

Houston can clinch a berth in the conference semifinals with a win in Game 2.

Houston can clinch a berth in the conference semifinals with a win in Game 2.

The win saved RSL from dropping lower in the standings, finishing fifth in the Western Conference to improve upon last years seventh-place finish.

Diego Luna scored in the 74th minute of Saturday’s Real Salt Lake win.