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: 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	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 1-3 RSL (5/21)
Biggest defeat	LA 5-2 RSL (4/23)
Home colors	Away colors
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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

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

MLS regular season

Standings

Western Conference Table

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Overall table

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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, 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 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 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	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 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

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 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 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

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 playoffs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.

As of October 27, 2016 ^[2]

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

Assists
Rank	Player	Assists
1	Joao Plata	11
2	Demar Phillips	5
3	Javier Morales	4
3	Yura Movsisyan	4
4	Tony Beltran	3
4	Luke Mulholland	3
6	Jordan Allen	2
6	Juan Manuel Martínez	2
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 6 August 2016''^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Age
1	GK	Lalo Fernández (HGP)	Mexico	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
2	DF	Tony Beltran	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
3	DF	Phanuel Kavita (HGP)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
4	DF	Jámison Olave	Colombia	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
5	MF	Kyle Beckerman (Captain)	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
6	DF	Boyd Okwuonu	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
7	FW	Juan Manuel Martínez (DP)	Argentina	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
8	MF	Stephen Sunday	Nigeria	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
10	FW	Joao Plata (DP)	Ecuador	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
11	MF	Javier Morales	Argentina	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
12	MF	Omar Holness (GA)	Jamaica	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
14	FW	Yura Movsisyan (DP; loan from Spartak Moscow)	Armenia	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
15	DF	Justen Glad (HGP)	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
16	DF	Chris Wingert	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
17	DF	Demar Phillips	Jamaica	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
18	GK	Nick Rimando	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
19	MF	Luke Mulholland	England	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
20	FW	Ricardo Velazco (HGP)	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
21	DF	Aaron Maund	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
24	GK	Jeff Attinella	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
25	DF	Danilo Acosta (HGP)	Honduras	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
27	MF	John Stertzer	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
28	DF	Chris Schuler	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
29	FW	Pedro Báez (loan from Cerro Porteño)	Paraguay	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
30	FW	Emery Welshman	Guyana	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
49	FW	Devon Sandoval	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
70	MF	Jordan Allen	United States	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
80	FW	Olmes García	Colombia	Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.

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

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