SANDY, Utah (AP) — Braian Ojeda, DeAndre Yedlin and Victor Olatunji each scored a goal to help Real Salt Lake beat Austin FC 3-1 on Saturday night.

Salt Lake (11-16-4) has 37 points and picked up three critical points in a four-way race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Houston, which lost 3-1 to Nashville earlier in the day, has 36 points. Dallas (37 points) plays Portland and San Jose (35) plays Western Conference-leading San Diego later Saturday.

Austin (12-11-8) has 43 points.

Ojeda opened the scoring in the 45th minute, slipping a shot from well outside the area inside the near post.

Yedlin, on the counter-attack, blasted a first-touch finish — off a feed from Diogo Goncalves — into the net to make it 2-0 in the 49th. The 32-year-old Yedlin, who was acquired Au

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