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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
Biggest winSKC 1-3 RSL (5/21)
Biggest defeatLA 5-2 RSL (4/23)
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Friendlies

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Preseason

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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

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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

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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

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MLS regular season

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Standings

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Western Conference Table
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Pos Team
 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
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Pos Team
 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: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion

Results summary

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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, 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

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March 6, 2016 1 Orlando City SC 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 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 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 2, 2016 13 New York City FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake New York, New York
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 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 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 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 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

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Western Conference Knockout Round

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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

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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

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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 quarterfinals

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
March 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

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  • Stats from MLS Regular season, MLS playoffs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.
As of October 27, 2016[2]

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Roster

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  • 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

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As of March 6, 2016. [13]

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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

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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

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In

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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

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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

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  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.
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