2015 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake
2015 season
Owner	Dell Loy Hansen
Coach	Jeff Cassar
Stadium	Rio Tinto Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th; Overall: 16th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Rocky Mountain Cup	Lost
Desert Diamond Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Javier Morales (8); All: Javier Morales (10)
Highest home attendance	21,004 (September 19 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance	18,895 (June 7 vs. Colorado Rapids)
Average home league attendance	20,160
Biggest win	RSL 3-0 LA (9/19)
Biggest defeat	VAN 4-0 RSL (8/8)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2015 Real Salt Lake season was 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.

Background[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Preseason[edit]

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

February 12, 2015 Scrimmage	Orange County Blues FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Irvine, California
10:00 a.m. MT		Report	Baldin 54'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium

Desert Diamond Cup[edit]

February 18, 2015	Real Salt Lake	1–0	New England Revolution	Tucson, Arizona
6:00 p.m. MT	Sandoval 6' (pen.) Mansally 50'	Report	Barnes 16'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

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

MLS regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Western Conference Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:

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CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League:
  1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);
  2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);
  3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);
  4. The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)
  Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four qualifiers from Mexico.
  One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
  1. The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)
  They are placed in Pot 2 along with two qualifiers each from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras, and one qualifier each from Panama.

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
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[edit]

As of October 19, 2015

March 7, 2015 1	Portland Timbers	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
5:00 p.m. 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
2:00 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
8:00 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
2:00 p.m. 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
4:00 p.m. 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
8:00 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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 SC	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'	[1]	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'	[2]	Martinez 43' Stertzer 55' Gil 77' Jaime 89'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 55,435 Referee: Sorin Stoica

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

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[edit]

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'	[3]	López 71' Ruiz 74' Arias 82'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,132 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Club[edit]

Roster[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

[1] 

CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure

Four US-based teams qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League:
The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);

The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);

The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);

The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)
Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four qualifiers from Mexico.
One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)
They are placed in Pot 2 along with two qualifiers each from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras, and one qualifier each from Panama.

[2] Four US-based teams qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League:
The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);

The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);

The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);

The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)
Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four qualifiers from Mexico.
One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)
They are placed in Pot 2 along with two qualifiers each from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras, and one qualifier each from Panama.

[3] The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);

[4] The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);

[5] The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);

[6] The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)

[7] The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)

[8] The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);

[9] The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);

[10] The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);

[11] The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)

[12] The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)

[2] "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.

[players-3] "Players". Real Salt Lake. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.

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