News about Andrew Brody

Lionel Messi humiliated opponent Andrew Brody on Wednesday night with an astonishing piece of knowledge, and now the Real Salt Lake defender has broken his silence on the internet for the first time. Messi's path to goal was blocked by Brody, who was on the ground injured, during Inter Miami's 2-0 win on MLS' first night. The Argentine then managed to dink the ball over the defender's blockage to set up a shot.

Pablo Ruiz scored from midfield in the first half, Danny Muscovski added a second-half goal, and Real Salt Lake defeated D.C. United 2-1 on Saturday night. After defender Steven Birnbaum was sent off for a red card in the 26th minute, DC United's (6-8-5) got off to a rocky start. In the 41st minute, Ruiz shot Real Salt Lake (6-7-5) into a 1-0 halftime lead and drilled a shot over Tyler Miller's outstretched arm and into the back right corner of the net, giving him a 1-0 halftime lead. It was Ruiz's third goal of the season.

In the decisive penalty-kick shootout, host Austin FC defeated short-handed Real Salt Lake 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw Sunday afternoon in their first-round Western Conference playoff match, Sebastian Driussi scored two goals and Brad Stuver stopped two shots in the decisive penalty-kick shootout. Driussi, Diego Fagundez, and Emiliano Rigoni converted their penalty in the shootout for Austin FC, and Stuver stopped shots by Andrew Brody and Braian Ojeda before Tate Schmitt capped the match with a shot over the crossbar. Driussi's second goal of the match, on a penalty kick four minutes into second-half stoppage time, brought the game to a halt for two extra 15 minutes overtime periods. After being ordered to play the final 44 minutes of regulation a man down after Rubio Rubin was suspended for his second yellow card in the 52nd minute, Real Salt Lake had to play his second yellow card.