Movsisyan 4 goals

[Frank Cunha]

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Real Salt Lake posted a victory while D.C. United fell to Danish competition as Major League Soccer teams continued with preseason scrimmages on Friday.
Real Salt Lake defeated the Ventura County Fusion of the PDL 7-0 in the first game of the club's preseason trip to Oxnard, Calif., while D.C. United fell to Odense BK of Denmark 1-0 as they continued their stay in Bradenton, Fla.

Real Salt Lake 7, Ventura County Fusion 0

Yura Movsisyan led an offensive onslaught for Real Salt Lake in its 2008 preseason exhibition debut Friday night, as the striker poured in four goals to lead Utah's MLS side to a 7-0 drubbing of the Ventura County Fusion of the USL Premier Development League (PDL) at Buena H.S. in Ventura, Calif.

The four tallies by Movsisyan is an unofficial record for the most goals by an RSL player in any contest in the team's four-year history. The 20-year-old striker accomplished the impressive feat in front of friends and family from his adopted hometown of Pasadena -- located just an hour away from Ventura -- and did so all in the game's second half.

Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis took full advantage of the scrimmage to play different teams in each half; the starting team playing staking Real to a 2-0 in the opening 45 minutes behind goals from Robbie Findley (13th minute) and Javier Morales (41), before Movsisyan led the second-half onslaught with goals in the 53rd, 62nd, 86th and 88th minutes. Kenny Cutler also scored for RSL, in the 66th minute. Real Salt Lake (first half): Nick Rimando -- Chris Lancos, David Horst, Ritchie Kotschau, Ian Joy -- Salim Bullen, Dusan Simic, Javier Morales, Nathan Sturgis; Tino Nunez, Robbie Findley.

(second half): Chris Seitz; Chris Wingert, Dustin Kirby, Matías Mantilla, Tony Beltran; Alex Nimo, Kenny Cutler, Andy Williams, Kevin Reiman; Kyle Brown, Yura Movsisyan