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(AP) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (STATS) - It wasn't always attractive, but it was effective and that's all that mattered to Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis.

Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night.

"The answer's always in the pudding," Kreis said. "This is the first time in a long time, the first time since I've been a coach here, that we've got any kind of result here. Or even played a good game."

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