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Olmes Garcia's two goals lead Real Salt Lake by Montreal Impact

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SANDY, Utah (AP) — Olmes Garcia scored his first two goals of the season to help Real Salt Lake beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 3-1 on Thursday night.

Real Salt Lake (8-4-8) won for the second time in its last nine games, while Montreal (3-11-5) lost its fourth straight.

Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in the third minute when Luke Mulholland hammered in a deflected corner kick. Montreal tied it when Hassoun Camara rolled the ball inside the far post in the 31st minute.

Montreal's Issey Nakajima-Farran was shown a red card in the 65th minute after a studs-up tackle of Chris Schuler. Real Salt Lake responded five minutes later when Garcia headed home a cross from Javier Morales. The duo paired up again in the 93rd minute.

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