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SANDY, Utah - Joao Plata scored his sixth goal of the season and Real Salt Lake remained undefeated with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the opening match of the Rocky Mountain Cup rivalry Saturday night. . RSL (6-0-5) hasnt dropped a game in its first 11 matches this season and is the only undefeated team in Major League Soccer. Plata scored in the 23rd minute with a roller past goalkeeper Clint Irwin to the far post. Javier Morales scored on a penalty kick in the 52nd minute to put RSL up 2-0. It was Morales fourth goal. Salt Lake was without starting goalkeeper Nick Rimando and captain Kyle Beckerman, who were among 30 players training at Stanford for a spot on the U.S. mens team for the World Cup this summer. Forward Alvaro Saborio was away with the Costa Rican national team. The Rapids (4-4-3) avoided the shutout with defender Drew Moors header into the corner in the 83rd minute. Salt Lake is coming off a 5-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo last weekend, while the Rapids lost 3-1 at home to Chivas USA. The Rocky Mountain Cup was created in 2005, Real Salt Lakes first season in MLS. Last season the Rapids won the rivalry with a win and two draws. Real Salt Lake leads the all-time competition 6-3. The home team has not lost in Rocky Mountain Cup play for the last two seasons. . The offensive drought ended with flurry, though, as Boston scored eight times in the fourth inning Saturday, including a grand slam by Carl Crawford, in a 12-7 win over the Texas Rangers. .com) - Five-time champion Serena Williams, fourth seed Petra Kvitova and former world No. . He didnt need a whole lot of experience to know what was coming this time.TORONTO -- Veteran forward Jamal Mayers announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on Friday, ending a career that spanned 14 seasons. The 39-year-old Toronto native played for five different NHL teams and had 90 goals, 119 assists and 1,200 penalty minutes in 915 career regular-season games. "It really has been an amazing experience to have had the chance to play 14 seasons in the NHL and finish it all off last season as a part of the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup," Mayers said inn a release issued by the NHL Players Association. . Mayers broke into the NHL in the 1996-97 season with St. Louis and played parts of 10 seasons with the Blues. He also played for Toronto, Calgary and San Jose before capping his career with two seasons in Chicago. The six-foot-one, 222-pound right-winger had 13 points (5-8) and 32 penalty minutes in 63 career playoff games. He played at the IIHF world hockey championship on three occasions and helped Canada win gold in 2007 and silver in 2008. ' ' '