2016 Real Salt Lake season
2016 season | |||
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Owner | Dell Loy Hansen | ||
Coach | Jeff Cassar | ||
Stadium | Rio Tinto Stadium | ||
Major League Soccer | Conference: 6th Overall: 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 | League: 20,317 (Jun. 18 vs. Portland) All: 20,921 (Mar. 2 vs Tigres UANL) | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 18,036 (Jun. 22 vs. NYRB) All: 17,087 (Jun. 28 vs. Seattle) | ||
Average home league attendance | League: 19,422 All: 19,074 | ||
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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.
Background
Non-competitive
Preseason
January 30, 2016 Scrimmage | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | San Diego State Aztecs | Oceanside, California |
1:00 p.m. MT | Morales 70' | Report | Stadium: SoCal Sports Complex |
February 2, 2016 Scrimmage | Tijuana | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
1:00 p.m. MT | Arriola 34' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Caliente |
Desert Diamond Cup
February 18, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 3–3 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
Morales 23', 54' (pen.) Maund 47' Olave 68' Garcia 77' |
Report | Gamble 13' Davies 48' (pen.), 84' Woodberry 81' 83' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
February 20, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Columbus Crew | Tucson, Arizona |
Allen 17' | Report | Kamara 26' | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
Friendly
July 19, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 1-2 | Internazionale | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 p.m. MT | Allen 18' | Report | D'Ambrosio 33' Jovetić 90' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,266 |
Competitions
MLS Regular Season
Standings
Western Conference Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Overall Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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, 2016
Source: MLS Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Match Results
March
March 6, 2016 1 | Orlando City | 2–2 | Real Salt Lake | Orlando, Florida |
12:00 pm MDT | Ribeiro 32' Cerén 45+' Hines 76' Larin 90+' Winter 90+' |
Report | Phillips 11' 20' Plata 26' (pen.), 66' Wingert 74' |
Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Attendance: 60,147 Referee: Chris Penso |
March 12, 2016 2 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Seattle Sounders FC | Sandy, Utah |
2 pm MDT | Sunday 43' Beckerman 73' Olave 86' |
Report | Friberg 13' Alonso 35' Scott 35' Jones 38' Dempsey 88' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,282 Referee: Juan Guzman |
March 19, 2016 3 | Portland Timbers | 2–2 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon |
8:30 pm MDT | Adi 68', 79', 84' (pen.) Powell 76' |
Report | Plata 16' Beckerman 31' Movsisyan 58' Olave 83' Sunday 87' Martínez 90+' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
April
April 2, 2016 4 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
6:30 pm MDT | Feilhaber 90', 90+' (pen.) | Report | Glad 29' Movsisyan 67' Plata 77' Mulholland 79', 90' |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,553 Referee: Ted Unkel |
April 9, 2016 5 (RMC) | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
6:30 pm MDT | Plata 72' Movsisyan 83' |
Report | Burling 61' Miller 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,224 Referee: Drew Fischer |
April 16, 2016 6 | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sandy, Utah |
pm MDT | Martínez 55' Beckerman 71' |
Report | Waston 79' Rivero 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,720 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
April 23, 2016 7 | LA Galaxy | 5–2 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
7:30 pm MDT | Zardes 19', 38' Magee 26' Boateng 41' dos Santos 45' Van Damme 67' Gerrard 90+' |
Report | Beckerman 13' Martínez 16' Beltran 57' Olave 60' Morales 70' (pen.) |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,867 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
April 30, 2016 8 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Sandy, Utah |
6:30 pm MDT | Allen 62' Movsisyan 70' |
Report | Beasley 3' Clark 24' Miranda 54' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,950 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
May
May 7, 2016 9 (RMC) | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Commerce City, Colorado |
pm MDT | Williams 15' Jones 47', 53' Gashi 81' MacMath 90+' |
Report | Sunday 29' Beltran 79' |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,638 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
May 15, 2016 10 | Houston Dynamo | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas |
12 pm MDT | Alex 31' Barnes 68' |
Report | Beltran 81' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,943 Referee: Juan Guzman |
May 21, 2016 11 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
6:30 pm MDT | Dwyer 50' Espinoza 90+' |
Report | Martínez 32' Davis 45+' (o.g.) Movsisyan 53' Sunday 79' |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,618 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
May 28, 2016 12 | Columbus Crew | 4–3 | Real Salt Lake | Columbus, Ohio |
7:10 pm MDT | Kamara 17', 64', 74' Glad 20' (o.g.) Saeid 81' |
Report | Mulholland 13' Maund 41' Allen 78' Plata 83' |
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 14,894 Referee: David Gantar |
June
June 2, 2016 13 | New York City FC | 2–3 | Real Salt Lake | The Bronx, New York City |
5 pm MDT | Pirlo 27' Harrison 56' Villa 87' (pk) |
Report | Phillips 14' Mulholland 17' Wingert 51' Movsisyan 59' Martínez 67' Brillant 74' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,736 Referee: Ted Unkel |
June 18, 2016 14 | Real Salt Lake | 2–2 | Portland Timbers | Sandy, Utah |
pm MDT | Martínez 17' Beltran 56' Glad 66' Movsisyan 70' (pen.) |
Report | Adi 29' Chará 33' Zemanski 33' Melano 44' Valentin 84' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,317 Referee: Allan Kelly |
June 22, 2016 15 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | New York Red Bulls | Sandy, Utah |
7 pm MDT | Morales 45' Movsisyan 65', 90+' Allen 87' |
Report | Sam 6' Baah 7' Collin 90' Davis 90' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,036 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
June 25, 2016 16 | FC Dallas | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Frisco, Texas |
pm MDT | Acosta 18' Hedges 49' Díaz 51' Castillo 58' |
Report | Holness 81' | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,128 Referee: Drew Fischer |
July
July 1, 2016 17 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | D.C. United | Sandy, Utah |
8:30 pm MDT | Beltran 19' Beckerman 42' Martínez 57' |
Report | Kemp 3' Boswell 81' Jaffrey 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,389 Referee: Juan Guzman |
July 9, 2016 18 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Montreal Impact | Sandy, Utah |
8 pm MDT | Wingert 62' Glad 70' Beckerman 76' Movsisyan 79' (pk) |
Report | Shipp 8' Cabrera 16' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,086 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
July 13, 2016 19 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Vancouver, British Columbia |
8:30 pm MDT | Jacobson 25' Glad 34' (og) Techera 37' Waston 54' de Jong 89' |
Report | Allen 13' Beltran 28' Mulholland 59' Garcia 74' |
Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
July 16, 2016 20 | 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 Stadium Attendance: 19,246 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
July 22, 2016 21 | Real Salt Lake | 1-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sandy, Utah |
pm MDT | Beltran 30' Mulholland 64' |
Report | Wondolowski 9' | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,842 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
July 31, 2016 22 | Philadelphia Union | 1-2 | Real Salt Lake | Chester, Pennsylvania |
9 pm MDT | Fabinho 22' Alberg 43' (pen.) Carroll 90' |
[1] | Maund 42' Plata 48' Morales 54', 55' |
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,091 Referee: Juan Guzman |
August
August 3, 2016 23 | Toronto FC | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | Toronto, Ontario |
pm MDT | Ricketts 48' | [2] | Maund 88' | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,859 Referee: Alan Kelly |
August 6, 2016 24 | Real Salt Lake | 3-1 | Chicago Fire | Sandy, Utah |
pm MDT | Garcia 14', 15' Morales 28' (pen.), 64' |
[ ] | LaBrocca 35' Alvarez 58' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,909 Referee: Silviu Petrescuc |
August 14, 2016 25 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
5:00 pm MDT | Lodeiro 24' Morris 37' |
[3] | Plata 62' Glad 94+' |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,491 Referee: Kevin Stott |
August 20, 2016 26 | Real Salt Lake | 1-0 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MDT | Beltran 43' Mulholland 57' Olave 78' Plata 95+' |
[4] | David 81' Figueroa 84' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,939 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
August 26, 2016 27 (RMC) | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
6:00 pm MDT | Movsisyan 39', 48' | [5] | Gashi 5' Powers 60' Burch 84' Howard 91+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,134 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
September
September 7, 2016 28 | Real Salt Lake | 3-3 | LA Galaxy | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 pm MDT | Wingert 2' Beckerman 17' Olave 27' Plata 53' (pen.), 67' Mulholland 63' Martinez 94+' |
[6] | Boateng 6' Larentowicz 2' dos Santosa 57', 64', 95+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,266 Referee: Chris Penso |
September 10, 2016 29 | Portland Timbers | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon |
pm MDT | Adi 12' Ridgewell 51' Gleeson 86' |
[7] | Sunny 40' Morales 54' Phillips 75' Plata 90' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Drew Fischer |
September 17, 2016 30 | 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 Stadium Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
September 24, 2016 31 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 pm MDT | Mulholland 39' | [9] | Acosta 85' Seitz 91+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,069 Referee: Allen Chapman |
October
October 1, 2016 32 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | San Jose, California |
8:30 pm MDT | Dawkins 40' Alashe 40' |
[10] | Glad 40' Morales 72' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott |
October 16, 2016 33 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
3:30 pm MDT | Mulholland 32' Glad 58' |
[11] | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,705 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
October 23, 2016 34 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
2:00 pm MDT | Fernandez 3' Roldan 31' Marshall 37' Friberg 40' |
[12] | Mulholland 4' Plata 8' Beckerman 48' Wingert 78' |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 50,022 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
MLS Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Knockout Round
October 26 Knockout | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Gordon 14' Boateng 26', 34' Hušidić 62' |
Report | Plata 21' (pen.) Phillips 39' Wingert 41' Sunny 71' |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Alan Kelly |
U.S. Open Cup
Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[1]
June 14, 2016 4R | Real Salt Lake | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | Sandy, Utah |
7 PM MDT | Mulholland 29' Plata 65' Martínez 86' Maund 120' |
Report | Corboz 30', 34' Michaud 58' Fairclough 63' Doue 90+' Parratt 102' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,131 |
Penalties | ||||
Martínez Plata Morales Wingert |
Perone Corboz Barnes-Homer Miller |
June 28, 2016 Rd. of 16 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | Seattle Sounders FC | Sandy, Utah |
8 PM MDT | Plata 43' (pen.) Phillips 93' Morales 93' |
RSL Report | Gomez 29' Valdez 51' Friberg 93' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,087 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
Penalties | ||||
Martínez Plata Beckerman |
Gomez Morris Scott Friberg |
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 quarter finals
February 24, 2016 QF | UANL | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |
6 PM MDT | Nilo 37' Rivas 67' Damm 86' Sobis 88' Duenas 94+' |
Report | Olave 13' | Stadium: Estadio Universitario |
Mar 2, 2016 QF | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | UANL | Sandy, Utah |
8 PM MDT | Plata 22' Beltran 25' Morales 74' |
Report | Gignac 10' Jimenez 43' Gignac 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,921 |
Stats
- Stats from MLS Regular season, MLS play offs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.
- As of October 27, 2016[2]
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Club
Roster
- Age calculated as of the start of the 2016 season.
- As of 6 August 2016''[3]
Transfers
As of March 6, 2016. [13]
In
Position | Player | Previous Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ^ "102nd Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.
- ^ http://www.realsaltlake.com/stats/season
- ^ "Players". Real Salt Lake. April 8, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2016.