On a night when leading scorer Chicho Arango and playmaker Alex Katranis were both on yellow card suspension, Real Salt Lake needed someone to step up on the offense end. That someone was Anderson Julio.

Real Salt Lake beat FC Dallas 3-1 with Anderson Julio scoring twice, moving RSL to second in the Western standings.

Real Salt Lake are sputtering down the stretch and look to get back on track when they face FC Dallas on Wednesday night in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake (13-7-8, 47 points) are just 1-4-1 over their past six matches but are still tied with the Colorado Rapids for the third-most points in the Western Conference.

FC Dallas scored on a penalty kick in the 88th minute to cut the deficit to one goal, but couldn’t find the back of the net again.