2015 Real Salt Lake season

The 2015 Real Salt Lake season is the team's 11th year of existence and their eleventh consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. In a largely rebuilding season, Salt Lake failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2007.

Real Salt Lake
2015 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
CoachJeff Cassar
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 9th
Overall: 16th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupSemifinals
Rocky Mountain CupLost
Desert Diamond CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Javier Morales (8)
All: Javier Morales (10)
Highest home attendance21,004 (September 19 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance18,895 (June 7 vs. Colorado Rapids)
Average home league attendance20,160
Biggest winRSL 3-0 LA (9/19)
Biggest defeatVAN 4-0 RSL (8/8)

Background

Competitions

Preseason

January 31, 2015 Scrimmage Real Salt Lake 1–2 New England Revolution Casa Grande, Arizona
9:00 a.m. MT Jaime 63' Report Davies 7'
Okoli 48'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
Note: 80-minute scrimmage.
February 7, 2015 Scrimmage UC Irvine Anteaters 1–3 Real Salt Lake Irvine, California
12:00 p.m. MT 24' Report Mulholland 36'
Sandoval 45+' (pen.)
49' (o.g.)
Stadium: Anteater Stadium

Desert Diamond Cup

February 21, 2015 FC Tucson 1–3 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
6:00 p.m. MT Papa 48' Report Saborío 41', 58'
Sandoval 68'
Stadium: Kino North Grandstand
February 25, 2015 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Tucson, Arizona
8:00 p.m. MT Welshman 12'  59'
Ovalle  38'
Sandoval 47'
Velazco  85'
Report Medranda  43'
Sinovic  59'
Dwyer 66'
Németh  72'
Añor  83'
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 1,768
February 28, 2015 Championship Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids Tucson, Arizona
7:00 p.m. MT Garcia 8'
Saborío  13'  50'
Beckerman  16'
Morales 51'
Report Serna 28'
Burling  41'
Torres  55'
Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Attendance: 3,692
Western Conference Table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 Knockout round
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 7 42
9 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 10 41
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 10 37
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]
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 13 37
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
Notes:
  1. CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection Procedure

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
34 41 11 15 8 38 48  −10 7 4 6 22 14  +8 4 11 2 16 34  −18

Last updated: October 26, 2015
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

As of October 19, 2015
March 7, 2015 1 Portland Timbers 0–0 Real Salt Lake Portland, Oregon
7:30pm PST Powell  33'
Ridgewell  57'
Report Mansally  27'
Gil  46+'
Schuler  48'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Ismail Elfath
March 14, 2015 2 Real Salt Lake 3–3 Philadelphia Union Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MDT Garcia  4'
Morales 29'
Beckerman  50'
Olave 54'
Mulholland  74'
Saborío 86' (pen.)
Report Vitoria  23'
Aristeguieta 34, 38'
Edu  52'
Olave 58' (o.g.)
White  62'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,281
Referee: Allen Chapman
March 29, 2015 3 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Toronto FC Sandy, Utah
5:00pm MDT Mulholland 38'  39'
Allen 89'
Report Moore  20'
Warner  60'
Simonin  68'
Goncalves 88'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,794
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
April 5, 2015 4 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake San Jose, California
2:00pm PDT Innocent  43'
Wondolowski  60'
Alashe  93+'
Report Morales 44'
Garcia  73'
Mansally  82'
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Armando Villarreal
April 11, 2015 5 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
7:30pm CDT Carrasco  61' Report Beltran  44'
Saborío  61'
Beckerman  64'
Mansally  80'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 20,087
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
April 18, 2015 6 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MDT Olave  41'  89'
Saucedo  76'
Beckerman  95+'
Report Teibert  6'
Mattocks 80'
Adekugbe  83'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,414
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 25, 2015 7 New England Revolution 4–0 Real Salt Lake Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30pm EDT Tierney 39'
Agudelo 43'
Davies 50'
Caldwell 84'
Report Stertzer  10'
Saborío  56'
Mulholland  81'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 17,982
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 1, 2015 8 Real Salt Lake 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes Sandy, Utah
8:00pm MDT Beckerman  1'
Allen  48'
Bernardez 71' (o.g.)
Report Wondolowski 19'
Innocent  21'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,715
Referee: Sorin Stoica
May 6, 2015 9 Real Salt Lake 0–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MDT Olave  89' Report Gonzalez  42' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,296
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 9, 2015 10 Chicago Fire 1–2 Real Salt Lake Bridgeview, Illinois
2:00pm CDT Guly  32'
Polster  70'
Larentowicz 88' (pen.)
Report Saborío 13'
Mulholland  27', 56'
Allen  50'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Drew Fischer
May 16, 2015 11 Montreal Impact 4–1 Real Salt Lake Montreal, Quebec
4:00pm EDT Donadel  8'
Ciman 18'
Romero 20', 27'
Miller  76'
Duka 78'
Report Allen  38'
Vásquez  43'
Sandoval 47'
Beltran  58'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,158
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 23, 2015 12 Real Salt Lake 2–0 New York City FC Sandy, Utah
8:00pm MDT Stertzer 25'
Phillips  40'
Saborío 49'
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,801
Referee: Juan Guzman
May 27, 2015 13 LA Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake Carson, California
7:30pm PDT Juninho 7' (pen.)
Gordon  40'
Husidic  46+'
Väyrynen  63'
Report Beckerman  10'
Olave  91+'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 13,391
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
May 30, 2015 14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM PDT Koffie 36'
Kah  44'
Techera 79'
Report Stertzer  27'
Glad  41'
Morales 45'
Mansally  89'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo
June 7, 2015 15 (RMC) Real Salt Lake 0–0 Colorado Rapids Sandy, Utah
3:00 PM MDT Stertzer  25' Report Sjöberg  32'
Burling  79'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,895
Referee: Kevin Stott
June 21, 2015 16 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
MDT Morales  15'
Jaime 15',  51'
Phillips  18'
Beckerman  47'
García 90+3',  90+3'
Report
Box Score
Mustivar  8'
Besler  14'
Dwyer 30'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,155
June 24, 2015 17 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Real Salt Lake Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT Grella 4' Report Morales  40'
Phillips  55'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,844
Referee: David Gantar
June 27, 2015 18 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Columbus Crew Sandy, Utah
MDT García 36'
Beltran  45+2'
Jaime 46'
Mulholland  59'
Sandoval  70'
Maund  76'
Allen  77'
Report Tchani 42'
Finlay 62'
Francis  73'
Kamara  82'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,171
Referee: Ismail Elfath
July 4, 2015 19 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Orlando City Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Jaime 28'
Mansally  90'
Report Kaká 5',  45'
Higuita  38'
Ramos  79'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,956
Referee: Sorin Stoica
July 11, 2015 20 (RMC) Colorado Rapids 3–1 Real Salt Lake Commerce City, Colorado
MDT Moor 81'
Burling  83'
Watts 91+'
Ramirez 97+'
Report Jaime 79',  84' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 15,248
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
July 18, 2015 21 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Houston Dynamo Sandy, Utah
MDT Morales 36'
Plata 65'
Report Sarkodie  51'
Garrido  68'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,174
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 24, 2015 22 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
9:00 PM MDT Morales 34'
Plata 73' (pen.),  91+'
Vasquez  93+'
Report Feilhaber 50',  91+'
Melia  72'
Palmer-Brown  77'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,809
Referee: Allen Chapman
August 1, 2015 23 D.C. United 6–4 Real Salt Lake Washington, D.C.
7:00 EDT Rolfe 43', 54' (pen.)
Kemp 59',  91+'
Espindola 63'
Kitchen 79'
DeLeon 85'
Report Plata 2'
Beckerman 21',  70'
Glad  28'
Sandoval  53'
Maund 62'
Mansally 68'
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 17,288
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 8, 2015 24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–0 Real Salt Lake Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM PDT Rivero 7'
Kah 40'
Techera 50', 68'
Waston  60'
Report Kavita  45'
Mansally  88'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 20,638
Referee: Chris Penso
August 15, 2015 25 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Portland Timbers Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Phillips  12' Report Ridgewell  80'
Borchers 95+'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,338
Referee: Drew Fischer
August 22, 2015 26 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Morales pen.' (12)
Jaime 19'
Garcia  83'
Beltran  92+'
Report Friberg  25'
Rose  39'
Fisher  50'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,559
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 29, 2015 27 FC Dallas 2–0 Real Salt Lake Frisco, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Akindele pen.' (51)
Hedges  66'
Castillo 79'
Watson  84'
Report Mulholland  38'
Phillips  40'
Morales  51'
Beltran  67'
Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium
Attendance: 18,172
Referee: Ted Unkel
September 12, 2015 28 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Real Salt Lake Houston, Texas
7:30 CDT Williams  44'
Davis pen.' (65)
Rodrigeuez  86'
Sturgis  89'
Report Morales 47'
Sandoval 51'
Allen  53'
Martinez 68'
Maund  77'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,909
Referee: Robert Sibiga
September 19, 2015 29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
7:30 PM MDT Sandoval 3', 53'
Morales  15', pen.' (28)
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 21,004
Referee: Kevin Stott
September 27, 2015 30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake San Jose, California
4:00 PM PDT Godoy  34'
Pelosi  73'
Wondolowski  74'
Garcia  77'  88', 87'
Report Beckerman  63'
Beltran  84'
Maund  90'
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Chris Penso
October 4, 2015 31 (RMC) Colorado Rapids 1–2 Real Salt Lake Commerce City, Colorado
5:00 MDT Doyle 16'
Sarvas  25'
Burling  39'
Figueroa  75'
Report Plata 33'
Mulholland 43',  43'
Phillips  82'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 16,048
Referee: Mark Kadelcik
October 14, 2015 32 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Portland Timbers Sandy, Utah
7:30 MDT Olave  52'
Glad  81'
Report Powell  28'
Adi 54' (pen.)
Fochive  72'
Urruti  89'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,457
Referee: Juan Guzman
October 17, 2015 33 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Dallas Sandy, Utah
7:30 MDT Beltran  26'
Beckerman  53'
Vasquez  60'
Martinez  63'
Stertzer  85'
Texeira 57'
Watson  66'
Gonzalez  95+'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,899
Referee: Jorge González
October 25, 2015 34 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake Seattle, Washington
4:00 PDT Dempsey 5', 20'
Pappa 10'
Martinez  43'
Stertzer  55'
Gil 77'
Jaime  89'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 55,435
Referee: Sorin Stoica

U.S. Open Cup

Real Salt Lake will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[1]

June 17, 2015 4R Real Salt Lake 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Stertzer  53'
Plata 63'
Morales 71'
Report Garza 49+'
Mansaray  70'
Sanyang  89'  93+'
Sérgio  93+'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
July 1, 2015 5R Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers Sandy, Utah
20:000 MT Jaime 54'
Morales 70' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 15,840
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
July 14, 2015 QF Real Salt Lake 1–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
20:00 MT Maund 87'
Mulholland  89'
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,060
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
August 12, 2015 SF Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
20:30 MT Nagamura  30'
Mustivar 35',  75'
Feilhaber 80'
Nemeth 85'
Report Garcia 24',  93+'
Beltran  76'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 16,117
Referee: Armando Villarreal

CONCACAF Champions League

Real Salt Lake will enter the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the initial group stage with all other competitors

August 4, 2015 group stage Municipal 0–1 Real Salt Lake Guatemala City
8:00 PM MDT Woodly  14' Report Plata 2'
Beckerman  28'
Phillips  94+'
Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: ?
Referee: Raul Castro
September 15, 2015 group stage Santa Tecla 0–0 Real Salt Lake Santa Tecla
8:00 PM MDT Report Mansally  43'
Glad  45'
Stertzer  73'  79' 
Sandoval  76'
Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias
Attendance: N/A
Referee: LEO CLARKE
September 24, 2015 group stage Real Salt Lake 2–1 Santa Tecla Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Vasquez  19'
Garcia 73'
Martinez 77'
Report Chavarria  39'
Herrera 61'
Dominguez  73'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,182
Referee: Kevin Morrison
October 20, 2015 group stage Real Salt Lake 1-0 Municipal Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT Olave 43' López  71'
Ruiz  74'
Arias  82'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,132
Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Club

Roster

As of April 2015. Age calculated as of the start of the 2015 season.[2]

References

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