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Real Salt Lake wins shootout, MLS title

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:38 by shalini.bahadur

Seattle -- Real Salt Lake won a penalty-kick shootout against Los Angeles 5-4 Sunday after regulation and extra time play ended in a 1-1 tie in the MLS Cup title game.

RLS goalie Nick Rimando made two saves and league MVP Landon Donovan missed on a penalty kick for the Galaxy to give the 2009 league crown to RSL -- which came into the playoffs as the eighth seed.

The Galaxy and RSL swapped goals in the first two rounds of the shootout before Rimando denied the Galaxy's Jovan Kirovski and LA goalie Josh Saunders turned away a shot by Kyle Beckerman. Shooting next, Donovan missed high and then Ned Grabavoy put RLS up 3-2.

Mike Magee got the Galaxy even and Saunders kept Andy Williams out of the net, and one round later, Rimando saved on a shot by Edson Buddle.

Robbie Russell was good on his penalty kick, giving RSL its first MLS title.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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