2016 Real Salt Lake season

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.

Real Salt Lake
2016 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
CoachJeff Cassar
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 6th
Overall: 10th
MLS Cup PlayoffsKnockout round
U.S. Open CupFifth round
Rocky Mountain CupWinners
Desert Diamond Cup7th
Top goalscorerLeague: Yura Movsisyan (6)
All: Joao Plata (8)
Highest home attendance20,389 (Jul. 1 vs. D.C. United)
Lowest home attendance18,036 (Jun. 22 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Average home league attendance19,759

Background
Main article: Real Salt Lake

2015 Real Salt Lake season

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
Western Conference Table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 14 14 6 44 43 +1 48 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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
7 Seattle Sounders FC (C) 34 14 14 6 44 43 +1 48 2018 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: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
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

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
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'		 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' 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'		 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+'		 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' 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+'		 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'		 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' 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' 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'		 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'		 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'		 Mulholland  4'
Plata  8'
Beckerman  48'
Wingert  78'		 Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 50,022
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

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
Further information: 2016 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]

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
Further information: 2015–16 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'
Sóbis  88'
Duenas  90+4'		 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',  90+'
Jiménez 43'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,921

Statistics
  • 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]

Club

Roster
  • Age calculated as of the start of the 2016 season.
As of 6 August 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.

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

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. http://www.realsaltlake.com/stats/season
  3. "Players". Real Salt Lake. April 8, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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