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Some thoughts by Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis about the 3-1 victory at Red Bulls Arena, RSL's first-ever win at New York (though the game is played in northern New Jersey):Kreis about the first game of midfielder Yordany Alvarez, acquired on loan from Pro League's Orlando City:"I did sense jitters which is natural, especially for a player that is brand new to our system, which is a different system than a lot of teams play, but by the end of the game I was really pleased. I thought that he made some critical tackles towards the end of the match, he was mostly good with the ball, made a few difficult decisions at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half that put us under some undue pressure, but all in all a really strong performance for his first time out and something to build on."RSL is clicking according to goal keeper Nick Rimando:"I don't think we are playing our best but we are playing good and we are playing good at the right time. We knew it was going to be a tough game. With New York you don't know what to expect because sometimes they can be really good and sometimes they don't click. Lucky enough we dropped on them early and never looked back."RSL forward Fabian Espindola scored two goals, while Alvaro Saborio scored the game's opening goal. Espindola was not surprised about the win, even without suspended Kyle Beckerman and injured Javier Morales."Maybe a little because of the three goals, but not really surprised because we only missed Beckerman. Javi [Morales] has been out for a long time and obviously we need him, but I think we did a really good job."