2016 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake

2016 season
Owner	Dell Loy Hansen
Coach	Jeff Cassar
Stadium	Rio Tinto Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 6thOverall: 10th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Knockout round
U.S. Open Cup	Fifth round
Rocky Mountain Cup	Winners
Desert Diamond Cup	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Yura Movsisyan (6)All: Joao Plata (8)
Highest home attendance	20,389 (Jul 1 vs. D.C. United)
Lowest home attendance	18,036 (Jun 22 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Average home league attendance	19,759
Biggest win	SKC 1-3RSL (5/21)
Biggest defeat	LA 5-2RSL (4/23)
Home colors Away colors

The 2016 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 12th year of existence and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.

Friendlies

Preseason

Real Salt Lake v San Diego State Aztecs

January 30, 2016Scrimmage	Real Salt Lake	1–0	San Diego State Aztecs	Oceanside, California
1:00 p.m. MT	Morales70'	Report		Stadium: SoCal Sports Complex

Tijuana v Real Salt Lake

February 2, 2016Scrimmage	Tijuana	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
1:00 p.m. MT	Arriola34'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Caliente

Desert Diamond Cup

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

February 18, 2016	Real Salt Lake	3–3	New England Revolution	Tucson, Arizona
	Morales 23', 54' (pen.)Maund 47'Olave68'Garcia77'	Report	Gamble13'Davies48' (pen.), 84'Woodberry 81'  83'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Real Salt Lake v Columbus Crew

February 20, 2016	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Columbus Crew	Tucson, Arizona
	Allen17'	Report	Kamara26'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Friendly

Real Salt Lake v Internazionale

July 19, 2016	Real Salt Lake	1-2	Internazionale	Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MT	Allen18'	Report	D'Ambrosio33'Jovetić90'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 14,266

Competitions

MLS regular season

Standings

Western Conference Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
6	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
7	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Seattle Sounders FC(C)	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48	CONCACAF Champions League
8	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
9	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
10	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
11	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45

Source: MLSRules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;(C) MLS Cup Champion

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	46	12	12	10	44	46	−2	8	1	8	22	14	+8	4	11	2	22	32	−10

Last updated: October 24, 2016Source: MLS ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Match results

Orlando City SC v Real Salt Lake

March 6, 20161	Orlando City SC	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Orlando, Florida
12:00 pm MDT	Ribeiro 32'Cerén 45+'Hines 76'Larin90+'Winter90+'	Report	Phillips 11'  20'Plata26' (pen.), 66'Wingert 74'	Stadium: Orlando Citrus BowlAttendance: 60,147Referee: Chris Penso

Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC

March 12, 20162	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
2 pm MDT	Sunday43'Beckerman 73'Olave86'	Report	Friberg 13'Alonso35'Scott 35'Jones 38'Dempsey 88'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,282Referee: Juan Guzman

Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake

March 19, 20163	Portland Timbers	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
8:30 pm MDT	Adi 68', 79', 84' (pen.)Powell 76'	Report	Plata16'Beckerman 31'Movsisyan58'Olave 83'Sunday 87'Martínez 90+'	Stadium: Providence ParkAttendance: 21,144Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

April 2, 20164	Sporting Kansas City	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 pm MDT	Feilhaber 90', 90+' (pen.)	Report	Glad29'Movsisyan 67'Plata 77'Mulholland79',  90'	Stadium: Children's Mercy ParkAttendance: 20,553Referee: Ted Unkel

Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids

April 9, 20165 (RMC)	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah
6:30 pm MDT	Plata72'Movsisyan 83'	Report	Burling 61'Miller 90+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,224Referee: Drew Fischer

Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

April 16, 20166	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah
pm MDT	Martínez55'Beckerman 71'	Report	Waston 79'Rivero 90+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,720Referee: Ismail Elfath

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

April 23, 20167	LA Galaxy	5–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
7:30 pm MDT	Zardes19',  38'Magee26'Boateng41'dos Santos45'Van Damme 67'Gerrard90+'	Report	Beckerman 13'Martínez16'Beltran 57'Olave 60'Morales70' (pen.)	Stadium: StubHub CenterAttendance: 25,867Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo

April 30, 20168	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
6:30 pm MDT	Allen62'Movsisyan70'	Report	Beasley 3'Clark 24'Miranda54'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,950Referee: Nima Saghafi

Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake

May 7, 20169 (RMC)	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado
pm MDT	Williams 15'Jones47',  53'Gashi 81'MacMath 90+'	Report	Sunday 29'Beltran 79'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods ParkAttendance: 14,638Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake

May 15, 201610	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
12 pm MDT	Alex 31'Barnes68'	Report	Beltran 81'	Stadium: BBVA Compass StadiumAttendance: 17,943Referee: Juan Guzman

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

May 21, 201611	Sporting Kansas City	1–3	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 pm MDT	Dwyer50'Espinoza 90+'	Report	Martínez32'Davis45+' (o.g.)Movsisyan53'Sunday 79'	Stadium: Children's Mercy ParkAttendance: 20,618Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake

May 28, 201612	Columbus Crew	4–3	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio
7:10 pm MDT	Kamara17', 64', 74'Glad20' (o.g.)Saeid 81'	Report	Mulholland13'Maund 41'Allen78'Plata83'	Stadium: MAPFRE StadiumAttendance: 14,894Referee: David Gantar

New York City FC v Real Salt Lake

June 2, 201613	New York City FC	2–3	Real Salt Lake	New York, New York
5 pm MDT	Pirlo 27'Harrison56'Villa87' (pk)	Report	Phillips 14'Mulholland 17'Wingert 51'Movsisyan59'Martínez67'Brillant74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Yankee StadiumAttendance: 22,736Referee: Ted Unkel

Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers

June 18, 201614	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
pm MDT	Martínez17'Beltran 56'Glad 66'Movsisyan70' (pen.)	Report	Adi29'Chará 33'Zemanski 33'Melano44'Valentin 84'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,317Referee: Allan Kelly

Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls

June 22, 201615	Real Salt Lake	2–1	New York Red Bulls	Sandy, Utah
7 pm MDT	Morales 45'Movsisyan65',  90+'Allen87'	Report	Sam 6'Baah7'Collin 90'Davis 90'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 18,036Referee: Fotis Bazakos

FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake

June 25, 201616	FC Dallas	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, Texas
pm MDT	Acosta18'Hedges 49'Díaz 51'Castillo58'	Report	Holness 81'	Stadium: Toyota StadiumAttendance: 13,128Referee: Drew Fischer

Real Salt Lake v D.C. United

July 1, 201617	Real Salt Lake	1–1	D.C. United	Sandy, Utah
8:30 pm MDT	Beltran 19'Beckerman 42'Martínez57'	Report	Kemp 3'Boswell 81'Jaffrey90+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,389Referee: Juan Guzman

Real Salt Lake v Montreal Impact

July 9, 201618	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Montreal Impact	Sandy, Utah
8 pm MDT	Wingert 62'Glad 70'Beckerman 76'Movsisyan79' (pk)	Report	Shipp8'Cabrera 16'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,086Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Real Salt Lake

July 13, 201619	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
8:30 pm MDT	Jacobson 25'Glad34' (og)Techera37'Waston 54'de Jong 89'	Report	Allen 13'Beltran 28'Mulholland 59'Garcia 74'	Stadium: BC PlaceAttendance: 22,120Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

July 16, 201620	Real Salt Lake	0-0	New England Revolution	Sandy, Utah
8 pm MDT	Maund 34'	Report	Nguyen 44'Woodberry 46'Kamara 72'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,246Referee: Ismail Elfath

Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes

July 22, 201621	Real Salt Lake	1-1	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
pm MDT	Beltran 30'Mulholland64'	Report	Wondolowski9'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,842Referee: Jair Marrufo

Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake

July 31, 201622	Philadelphia Union	1-2	Real Salt Lake	Chester, Pennsylvania
9 pm MDT	Fabinho 22'Alberg43' (pen.)Carroll 90'	[1]	Maund 42'Plata48'Morales54',  55'	Stadium: Talen Energy StadiumAttendance: 18,091Referee: Juan Guzman

Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake

August 3, 201623	Toronto FC	1-0	Real Salt Lake	Toronto, Ontario
pm MDT	Ricketts48'	[2]	Maund 88'	Stadium: BMO FieldAttendance: 27,859Referee: Alan Kelly

Real Salt Lake v Chicago Fire

August 6, 201624	Real Salt Lake	3-1	Chicago Fire	Sandy, Utah
pm MDT	Garcia14',  15'Morales28' (pen.), 64'	[ ]	LaBrocca 35'Alvarez58'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,909Referee: Silviu Petrescuc

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

August 14, 201625	Seattle Sounders FC	2-1	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
5:00 pm MDT	Lodeiro24'Morris37'	[3]	Plata62'Glad 94+'	Stadium: CenturyLink FieldAttendance: 39,491Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas

August 20, 201626	Real Salt Lake	1-0	FC Dallas	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MDT	Beltran 43'Mulholland 57'Olave78'Plata 95+'	[4]	David 81'Figueroa 84'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,939Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids

August 26, 201627 (RMC)	Real Salt Lake	2-1	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah
6:00 pm MDT	Movsisyan39', 48'	[5]	Gashi5'Powers 60'Burch 84'Howard 91+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,134Referee: Jair Marrufo

Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy

September 7, 201628	Real Salt Lake	3-3	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MDT	Wingert 2'Beckerman 17'Olave 27'Plata53' (pen.), 67'Mulholland 63'Martínez94+'	[6]	Boateng6'Larentowicz 2'dos Santosa57', 64',  95+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,266Referee: Chris Penso

Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake

September 10, 201629	Portland Timbers	1-0	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
pm MDT	Adi12'Ridgewell 51'Gleeson 86'	[7]	Sunny 40'Morales 54'Phillips 75'Plata 90'	Stadium: Providence ParkAttendance: 21,144Referee: Drew Fischer

Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo

September 17, 201630	Real Salt Lake	0-1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MDT	Beltran 76'	[8]	Alex 33', 36'Williams 54'Maidana 69'Willis 81'Clark 85'Alexander 93+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,795Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas

September 24, 201631	Real Salt Lake	0-0	FC Dallas	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MDT	Mulholland 39'	[9]	Acosta 85'Seitz 91+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,069Referee: Allen Chapman

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

October 1, 201632	San Jose Earthquakes	2-1	Real Salt Lake	San Jose, California
8:30 pm MDT	Dawkins40'Alashe40'	[10]	Glad40'Morales 72'	Stadium: Avaya StadiumAttendance: 18,000Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City

October 16, 201633	Real Salt Lake	0-0	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
3:30 pm MDT	Mulholland 32'Glad 58'	[11]		Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 19,705Referee: Ismail Elfath

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

October 23, 201634	Seattle Sounders FC	2-1	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
2:00 pm MDT	Fernandez3'Roldan31'Marshall 37'Friberg 40'	[12]	Mulholland4'Plata 8'Beckerman 48'Wingert 78'	Stadium: CenturyLink FieldAttendance: 50,022Referee: Baldomero Toledo

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Knockout Round

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

October 26Knockout	LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
7:30 PM PDT	Gordon14'Boateng26', 34'Hušidić 62'	Report	Plata21' (pen.)Phillips 39'Wingert 41'Sunny 71'	Stadium: StubHub CenterAttendance: 18,124Referee: Alan Kelly

U.S. Open Cup

Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.^[1]

Real Salt Lake v Wilmington Hammerheads FC

June 14, 20164R	Real Salt Lake	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1p)	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Sandy, Utah
7 PM MDT	Mulholland 29'Plata65'Martínez86'Maund 120'	Report	Corboz 30', 34'Michaud58'Fairclough 63'Doue 90+'Parratt 102'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 17,131
	Penalties
	MartínezPlataMoralesWingert		PeroneCorbozBarnes-HomerMiller

Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC

June 28, 2016Rd. of 16	Real Salt Lake	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4p)	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
8 PM MDT	Plata43' (pen.)Phillips 93'Morales 93'	RSL Report	Gomez 29'Valdez51'Friberg 93'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 17,087Referee: Alex Chilowicz
	Penalties
	MartínezPlataBeckerman		GomezMorrisScottFriberg

CONCACAF Champions League

Real Salt Lake will continue the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the knockout stage with all remaining competitors. Having earned a 3rd-place position in the knockout stage Real Salt Lake will host the second leg of the quarterfinals

UANL v Real Salt Lake

February 24, 2016QF	UANL	2–0	Real Salt Lake	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
6 PM MDT	Nilo 37'Rivas67'Damm86'Sóbis 88'Duenas 90+4'	Report	Olave 13'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario

Real Salt Lake v UANL

March 2, 2016QF	Real Salt Lake	1–1	UANL	Sandy, Utah
8 PM MDT	Plata22'Beltran 25'Morales 74'	Report	Gignac 10', 90+'Jiménez 43'	Stadium: Rio Tinto StadiumAttendance: 20,921

Statistics

• Stats from MLS Regular season, MLS playoffs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.

As of October 27, 2016^[2]

Goals Rank Player Nation Goals 1 Joao Plata 13 2 Yura Movsisyan 9 3 Juan Manuel Martínez 8 4 Javier Morales 4 Luke Mulholland 5 Jordan Allen 3 7 Justen Glad 2 Jámison Olave 8 Olmes Garcia 1 Stephen Sunday

Assists Rank Player Nation Assists 1 Joao Plata 11 2 Demar Phillips 5 3 Javier Morales 4 Yura Movsisyan 4 Tony Beltran 3 Luke Mulholland 6 Jordan Allen 2 Juan Manuel Martínez 8 Kyle Beckerman 1 Olmes García Justen Glad Stephen Sunday John Stertzer

Shutouts Rank Player Nation Shutouts 1 Nick Rimando 6

Club

Roster

• Age calculated as of the start of the 2016 season.

As of August 6, 2016^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Age
1	GK	Lalo Fernández(HGP)	Mexico	23
2	DF	Tony Beltran	United States	28
3	DF	Phanuel Kavita(HGP)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22
4	DF	Jámison Olave	Colombia	34
5	MF	Kyle Beckerman(Captain)	United States	33
6	DF	Boyd Okwuonu	United States	23
7	FW	Juan Manuel Martínez(DP)	Argentina	30
8	MF	Stephen Sunday	Nigeria	27
10	FW	Joao Plata(DP)	Ecuador	24
11	MF	Javier Morales	Argentina	36
12	MF	Omar Holness(GA)	Jamaica	21
14	FW	Yura Movsisyan(DP; loan from Spartak Moscow)	Armenia	28
15	DF	Justen Glad(HGP)	United States	19
16	DF	Chris Wingert	United States	33
17	DF	Demar Phillips	Jamaica	32
18	GK	Nick Rimando	United States	36
19	MF	Luke Mulholland	England	27
20	FW	Ricardo Velazco(HGP)	United States	22
21	DF	Aaron Maund	United States	25
24	GK	Jeff Attinella	United States	27
25	DF	Danilo Acosta(HGP)	Honduras	18
27	MF	John Stertzer	United States	25
28	DF	Chris Schuler	United States	28
29	FW	Pedro Báez(loan from Cerro Porteño)	Paraguay	19
30	FW	Emery Welshman	Guyana	24
49	FW	Devon Sandoval	United States	24
70	MF	Jordan Allen	United States	20
80	FW	Olmes García	Colombia	23

Transfers

As of March 6, 2016.[13]

In

Position	Player	Previous club	Fees/Notes	Date
MF	Danilo Acosta	Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy	HGP	12/29/15
MF	Omar Holness	North Carolina Tar Heels	2016 MLS SuperDraft	12/29/15
MF	Stephen Sunday	Alanyaspor		1/21/16
FW	Emery Welshman	Real Monarchs		1/22/16
DF	Chris Wingert	New York City FC		2/3/16
DF	Chris Schuler	Real Monarchs		8/11/16

Out

Position	Player	Next Club	Fees/Notes	Date
DF	Elías Vásquez	unattached	option declined	11/30/15
MF	Pecka	Rayo OKC	option declined	11/30/15
DF	Chris Schuler	Real Monarchs	out of contract	11/30/15
MF	Luis Gil	Querétaro	out of contract	11/30/15
MF	Luis Silva	Tigres UANL	out of contract	11/30/15
FW	Sebastián Jaime	Universidad Católica	contract terminated	1/21/16
DF	Abdoulie Mansally	Houston Dynamo	trade	2/18/16
MF	Adolfo Ovalle	unattached	contract terminated	4/28/16

Loans

In

Position	Player	Loaned from	Fees/Notes	Date
FW	Yura Movsisyan	Spartak Moscow	one-year loan; DP	1/15/16
MF	Andrew Brody	Real Monarchs	4-day loan (extreme hardship)	4/1/16
DF	Emilio Orozco	Real Monarchs	4-day loan (extreme hardship)	4/1/16
FW	Pedro Báez	Cerro Porteño	end of season; option to buy	7/22/16

Out

Position	Player	Loaned to	Fees/Notes	Date
MF	Sebastian Saucedo	Veracruz	one-year loan; HGP	1/12/16
FW	Devon Sandoval	Rayo OKC	Rest of the 2016 season	7/13/16

References

1. "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.
2. "Stats | Real Salt Lake".
3. "Players". Real Salt Lake. April 8, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2016.