It took seven games, but Real Monarchs, Real Salt Lake’s second team, won its first game and a big one at that — a 1-0 victory over defending champion Sacramento Republic on new Uruguayan signingMax Rauhofer‘s second-half goal on a pass from Homegrown signing Fito Ovalle before 2,477 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium.

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