Real Salt Lake
2017 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
Coach
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 8th
Overall: 14th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open Cup4th Round
Rocky Mountain CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: 4 players (7):
Yura Movsisyan
Joao Plata
Albert Rusnák
Luis Silva
All: United States Luis Silva (8)
Highest home attendance20,348 (vs. LA Galaxy – March 18)
Lowest home attendance16,434 (vs. New York City FC – May 17)
Average home league attendance18,781
Biggest winLA 2-6 RSL (7/4)
Biggest defeatDAL 6-2 RSL (6/3)
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The 2017 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 13th year of existence, and their 13th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.

Background

Main article: Real Salt Lake

On March 20 the club announced that Head Coach Jeff Cassar had been dismissed from his duties only three games into the season.[1] Daryl Shore was named interim head coach for the two games against the New York Red Bulls and Minnesota United. On March 29 it was announced that Mike Petke would take over the head coaching position following the game against Minnesota United on April 1.[2]

Non-competitive

Preseason

Desert friendlies

January 31, 2017 Friendly New York Red Bulls 0–1 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
11:00 a.m. MT Report Allen 83' Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Allen Chapman
February 3, 2017 Friendly San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
11:00 a.m. MT Wondolowski 32' Report Bernárdez 16' (o.g.) Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Portland Timbers Preseason Tournament

February 9, 2017 Friendly Portland Timbers 3–3 Real Salt Lake Portland, Oregon
8:30 p.m. MT Valeri Yellow card 13', 35', 45' (pen.)
Powell Yellow card 24'
Chará Red card 42'
Mattocks 51'
McInerney Yellow card 85'		 Report Movsisyan Yellow card 24'
Mulholland Yellow card 24', 53'
Plata 43'
Holness 66'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,117
Referee: Sorin Stoica
February 12, 2017 Friendly Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
3:30 p.m. MT Sunny Yellow card 77'
Allen 83'		 Report Techera Yellow card 58'
Williams Yellow card 59'
Reyna 70'		 Stadium: Providence Park
February 15, 2017 Friendly Real Salt Lake 3–3 Minnesota United FC Portland, Oregon
6:00 p.m. MT Movsisyan 57' (pen.)
Barrett 79'
Brody 87'		 Report Molino 24', 49'
Venegas 93+'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Southern California

February 21, 2017 Friendly LA Galaxy 0–1 Real Salt Lake Carson, California
1:00 p.m. MT Villarreal 40' Report Stadium: StubHub Center pracite field
Attendance: closed door
February 25, 2017 Friendly Real Salt Lake 2–1 Alashkert FC Irvine, California
p.m. MT Movsisyan 43'
Barrett 92+'		 Report Alashkert 8'

Friendly

July 17, 2016 Real Salt Lake United States 1–2 England Manchester United Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,241
Referee: Allen Chapman

Competitions

MLS regular season

Standings

Western Conference Table
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46 Knockout round
7 FC Dallas 34 11 10 13 48 48 0 46
8 Real Salt Lake 34 13 15 6 48 56 −8 45
9 Minnesota United FC 34 10 18 6 47 70 −23 36
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 19 6 31 51 −20 33
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 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[a]
12 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46
13 FC Dallas 34 11 10 13 48 48 0 46
14 Real Salt Lake 34 13 15 6 49 55 −6 45
15 New England Revolution 34 13 15 6 53 61 −8 45
16 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 50 47 +3 42
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) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ^
    CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection Procedure
    • Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[3] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
      1. The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.
      2. The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
      Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
      One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
      1. The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

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 45 13 15 6 49 55  −6 9 4 4 26 16  +10 4 11 2 23 39  −16

Last updated: October 23, 2017
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 4, 2017 1 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Toronto FC Sandy, Utah
2:30 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,516
Referee: Allan Chapman
March 11, 2017 2 Chicago Fire 2–0 Real Salt Lake Bridgeview, Illinois
12:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,024
Referee: Kevin Stott
March 18, 2017 3 Real Salt Lake 1–2 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,348
Referee: Sorin Stoica
March 25, 2017 4 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Real Salt Lake Harrison, New Jersey
5:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 16,213
Referee: Chris Penso
April 1, 2017 5 Minnesota United FC 4–2 Real Salt Lake Minneapolis, Minnesota
6:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Attendance: 17,728
Referee: Armando Villareal
April 8, 2017 6 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,069
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
April 15, 2017 7 (RMC) Colorado Rapids 1–2 Real Salt Lake Commerce City, Colorado
7:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 15,087
Referee: Ismail Elfath
April 22, 2017 8 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Atlanta United FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,946
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 29, 2017 9 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,648
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 6, 2017 10 Real Salt Lake 0–3 FC Dallas Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,160
Referee: Drew Fischer
May 13, 2017 11 New England Revolution 4–0 Real Salt Lake Foxborough, Massachusetts
5:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,096
Referee: Hilario Grejeda
May 17, 2017 12 Real Salt Lake 2–1 New York City FC Sandy, Utah
7:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,434
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 20, 2017 13 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake Seattle, Washington
3:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 40,588
Referee: Kevin Stott
May 27, 2017 14 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Philadelphia Union Sandy, Utah
6:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,305
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
May 31, 2017 15 Houston Dynamo 5–1 Real Salt Lake Houston, Texas
6:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 14,148
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
June 3, 2017 16 FC Dallas 6–2 Real Salt Lake Frisco, Texas
6:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 14,016
Referee: Nima Saghafi
June 17, 2017 17 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Minnesota United FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,256
Referee: Marco de Oliveira
June 24, 2017 18 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake San Jose, California
8:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
June 30, 2017 19 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Orlando City Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,218
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 4, 2017 20 LA Galaxy 2–6 Real Salt Lake Carson, California
8:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 25,667
Referee: Kevin Stott
July 19, 2017 21 Portland Timbers 1–4 Real Salt Lake Portland, Oregon
8:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,114
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
July 22, 2017 22 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,316
Referee: Nima Saghafi
July 29, 2017 23 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,758
Referee: Kevin Stott
August 5, 2017 24 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Houston Dynamo Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,075
Referee: Robert Sibiga
August 12/13, 2017† 25 D.C. United 0–1 Real Salt Lake Washington, D.C.
5:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 14,193
Referee: Drew Fischer
August 19, 2017 26 Montreal Impact 3–1 Real Salt Lake Montreal, Quebec
5:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 19,541
Referee: Chris Penso
August 23, 2017 27 Real Salt Lake 4–0 San Jose Earthquakes Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT Mulholland Yellow card 24'
L. Silva 29'
Beckerman Yellow card 60'
Savarino 68'
Rusnák 80'
Movsisyan 90+3'		 Report Affolter Yellow card 31'
Godoy Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 61'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,460
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 26, 2017 28 (RMC) Real Salt Lake 4–1 Colorado Rapids Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT Glad Yellow card 32'
Plata 41'
L. Silva 50', Yellow card 50', 90+2'
Acosta Red card 57'
Lennon 90+5'		 Report Gordon Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 77'
Gatt 82'
Doyle Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,855
Referee: Armando Villarreal
September 9, 2017 29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake Vancouver, British Columbia
pm MDT Parker Yellow card 21'
Techera 29'
Waston 52'
Nerwinski Yellow card 57'
Reyna 64]'		 Report Wingert 37'
Beltran 83'
Plata Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 20,783
Referee: Allen Chapman
September 16, 2017 30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MDT Rusnák 14'
Savarino 61'
Beckerman Yellow card 68'
Movsisyan Yellow card 87'		 Report Valeri 47'
Nagbe Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,677
Referee: Robert Sibiga
September 23, 2017 31 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MDT Savarino 52'
Mulholland 66'		 Report Leerdam Yellow card 57'
Neagle Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,786
Referee: Sorin Stoica
September 30, 2017 32 LA Galaxy 1-1 Real Salt Lake Carson, California
8:30 p.m. MDT Zardes Yellow card 31'
Jamieson 41', Yellow card 48'
Alessandrini Yellow card 85'		 Report M. Silva Red card 14'
Horst Yellow card 81'
Beckerman 90+'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,234
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
October 15, 2017 33 (RMC) Colorado Rapids 1–0 Real Salt Lake Commerce City, Colorado
3:00 pm MDT Gatt 3'
Badji Yellow card 24'
Boateng Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Horst Yellow card 43' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 13,102
Referee: Armando Villareal
October 22, 2017 34 Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
2:00 p.m. MDT L. Silva 3'
Lennon 41'		 Report Sallói Yellow card 28'
Besler Yellow card 72'
Opara 89'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,102
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

†Originally scheduled for August 12; match postponed in 29th minute due to weather conditions. The match resumed on August 13.

U.S. Open Cup

Further information: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
June 14 4R Sacramento Republic FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake Sacramento, California
7:30 PM PDT
Report
Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Stats

As of October 23, 2017[4]

Club

Roster

As of September 11, 2017[5]
No. Position Player Nation Age
2 DF Tony Beltran  United States 29
3 DF Reagan Dunk  United States 23
4 DF David Horst  United States 31
5 MF Kyle Beckerman (Captain)  United States 34
6 DF Justin Schmidt  United States 23
7 MF Jefferson Savarino (DP); on loan from Zulia FC  Venezuela 20
8 MF Stephen Sunday  Nigeria 28
10 FW Joao Plata  Ecuador 25
11 MF Albert Rusnák  Slovakia 22
12 MF Omar Holness (GA)  Jamaica 22
13 FW Chad Barrett  United States 31
14 FW Yura Movsisyan (DP)  Armenia 29
15 DF Justen Glad (HGP)  United States 20
16 DF Chris Wingert  United States 34
17 DF Demar Phillips  Jamaica 33
18 GK Nick Rimando  United States 37
19 MF Luke Mulholland  England 28
20 MF Luis Silva  United States 28
22 FW Ricardo Velazco (HGP)  United States 23
23 FW Sebastian Saucedo (HGP)  Mexico 20
24 GK Matt Van Oekel  United States 30
25 DF Danilo Acosta (HGP)  United States 19
27 FW Brooks Lennon on loan from Liverpool  United States 19
28 DF Chris Schuler  United States 29
29 MF José Hernández (HGP)  Mexico 20
30 DF Marcelo Silva  Uruguay 27
43 MF Nick Besler  United States 23
50 GK Connor Sparrow  United States 22
70 FW Jordan Allen  United States 21

Transfers

As of September 11, 2017[5]

In

Player Position Previous club Fees/Notes Date
Mexico Sebastian Saucedo MF Mexico Veracruz Return From Loan; HGP 12/12/16
Mexico José Hernández MF United States UCLA Bruins Homegrown Player 12/20/16
United States Matt Van Oekel GK Canada FC Edmonton Free Transfer 12/22/16
Slovakia Albert Rusnák MF Netherlands FC Groningen Undisclosed 1/6/17
United States Chad Barrett FW United States San Jose Earthquakes Free Agent 1/26/17
United States David Horst DF United States Portland Timbers Free Agent 1/26/17
United States Luis Silva MF Mexico Tigres UANL Free transfer 1/26/17
United States Reagan Dunk DF United States Denver 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #13. 01/13/17
United States Justin Schmidt DF United States Washington, Washington Crossfire 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #35. 01/13/17
Uruguay Marcelo Silva DF Spain Real Zaragoza Undisclosed[6] 7/03/17
United States Nick Besler MF United States Real Monarchs Free transfer 8/24/17
United States Connor Sparrow GK United States Real Monarchs Free transfer 9/11/17

Out

Player Position Next Club Fees/Notes Date
Argentina Javier Morales MF United States FC Dallas option declined 11/30/16
Colombia Jamison Olave DF Retired/RSL Academy coach option declined 11/30/16
United States Boyd Okwuonu DF unattached option declined 11/30/16
Democratic Republic of the Congo Phanuel Kavita DF Puerto Rico Puerto Rico FC option declined 11/30/16
United States John Stertzer MF United States New York City FC option declined 11/30/16
Guyana Emery Welshman FW Puerto RicoPuerto Rico FC option declined 11/30/16
Colombia Olmes Garcia FW United States San Jose Earthquakes option declined 11/30/16
Paraguay Pedro Báez (footballer) FW Paraguay Cerro Porteño loan expired 11/30/16
United States Devon Sandoval FW United States San Francisco Deltas out of contract 11/30/16
Argentina Juan Manuel Martínez FW Argentina Vélez Sársfield Mutually agreed to end contract 12/07/16
United States Jeff Attinella GK United States Portland Timbers 2016 MLS Expansion Draft to Minnesota United FC

traded to Portland Timbers

12/13/16
United States Aaron Maund DF Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade for third-round pick, 2018 MLS SuperDraft 8/9/17
Mexico Lalo Fernández GK Mexico Tigres UANL Undisclosed 9/5/17

Loans

In

Player Position Loaned from Fees/Notes Date
United States Brooks Lennon FW England Liverpool F.C. for 2017 season only 02/06/17
Venezuela Jefferson Savarino MF Venezuela Zulia FC Young DP 05/09/17

Out

Player Position Loaned to Fees/Notes Date

Trialist

Player Position Previous team Notes Date Result
United States Reagan Dunk DF Denver 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #13. 01/13/17 Signed with RSL
United States Justin Schmidt DF Washington, Washington Crossfire 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #35. 01/13/17 Signed with RSL
United States Andrew Putna GK UIC, Chicago Fire U-23 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #48. 01/17/17 Signed with Real Monarchs

See also

References

  1. ^ "Real Salt Lake Dismisses Head Coach Jeff Cassar". Real Salt Lake. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Real Salt Lake promote Mike Petke to Head Coach". Real Salt Lake. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Strauss, Brian (April 6, 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Stats | Real Salt Lake".
  5. ^ a b "Real Salt Lake Exercises Options on Five Players". Real Salt Lake. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "Official: RSL get its center back, Marcelo Silva". July 3, 2017.
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