Wake-up call for Everton after U.S. loss

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Two goals in the space of 60 first-half seconds proved decisive at the Rice-Eccles Stadium and Moyes is hoping the loss will act as a spur going into the new campaign.

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More effort: David Moyes

Moyes told evertonTV: "The boys had a hard session as far as running about. But it wasn't a good performance.

"A lot of people would tell you the conditions were very warm but we won't use that as an excuse.

"It is part of the training and defeats will come along but we are disappointed in the nature of tonight's game because we have been doing okay, we have been full of confidence and were brimming after last season.

"But maybe we needed that, maybe it is a wake-up call to make us realise we are all about hard work and commitment and there wasn't enough of that tonight."

An error from Tim Howard gifted the opening goal to Salt Lake captain Corey Talley but Moyes was nevertheless happy with the American keeper's performance.

He added: "Tim Howard played really well, but he was at fault for the first goal. But if anybody asked me who had a plus tonight I would say him from his overall performance.

"We stuck at it but we didn't make their keepers make saves in the way Tim had to work for us."

Blues defender Joleon Lescott added: "I've been told they (Real) are bottom of their league, which I find surprising because they fully deserved their victory."