| 2016 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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) | ||
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.
| January 30, 2016Scrimmage | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | San Diego State Aztecs | Oceanside, California |
| 1:00 p.m. MT | Morales | Report | Stadium: SoCal Sports Complex |
| February 2, 2016Scrimmage | Tijuana | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1:00 p.m. MT | Arriola | Report | Stadium: Estadio Caliente |
| February 18, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 3–3 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
| Morales Maund Olave Garcia | Report | Gamble Davies Woodberry | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| February 20, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Columbus Crew | Tucson, Arizona |
| Allen | Report | Kamara | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| July 19, 2016 | Real Salt Lake | 1-2 | Internazionale | Sandy, Utah |
| 8:00 p.m. MT | Allen | Report | D'Ambrosio Jovetić | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,266 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
| March 6, 20161 | Orlando City SC | 2–2 | Real Salt Lake | Orlando, Florida |
| 12:00 pm MDT | Ribeiro Cerén Hines Larin Winter | Report | Phillips Plata Wingert | Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Attendance: 60,147 Referee: Chris Penso |
| March 12, 20162 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Seattle Sounders FC | Sandy, Utah |
| 2 pm MDT | Sunday Beckerman Olave | Report | Friberg Alonso Scott Jones Dempsey | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,282 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| March 19, 20163 | Portland Timbers | 2–2 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon |
| 8:30 pm MDT | Adi Powell | Report | Plata Beckerman Movsisyan Olave Sunday Martínez | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
| April 2, 20164 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 6:30 pm MDT | Feilhaber | Report | Glad Movsisyan Plata Mulholland | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,553 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| April 9, 20165 (RMC) | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
| 6:30 pm MDT | Plata Movsisyan | Report | Burling Miller | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,224 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| April 16, 20166 | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sandy, Utah |
| pm MDT | Martínez Beckerman | Report | Waston Rivero | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,720 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| April 23, 20167 | LA Galaxy | 5–2 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
| 7:30 pm MDT | Zardes Magee Boateng dos Santos Van Damme Gerrard | Report | Beckerman Martínez Beltran Olave Morales | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,867 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| April 30, 20168 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Sandy, Utah |
| 6:30 pm MDT | Allen Movsisyan | Report | Beasley Clark Miranda | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,950 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| May 7, 20169 (RMC) | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Commerce City, Colorado |
| pm MDT | Williams Jones Gashi MacMath | Report | Sunday Beltran | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,638 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| May 15, 201610 | Houston Dynamo | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas |
| 12 pm MDT | Alex Barnes | Report | Beltran | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,943 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| May 21, 201611 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 6:30 pm MDT | Dwyer Espinoza | Report | Martínez Davis Movsisyan Sunday | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,618 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| May 28, 201612 | Columbus Crew | 4–3 | Real Salt Lake | Columbus, Ohio |
| 7:10 pm MDT | Kamara Glad Saeid | Report | Mulholland Maund Allen Plata | Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 14,894 Referee: David Gantar |
| June 2, 201613 | New York City FC | 2–3 | Real Salt Lake | New York, New York |
| 5 pm MDT | Pirlo Harrison Villa | Report | Phillips Mulholland Wingert Movsisyan Martínez Brillant | Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,736 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| June 18, 201614 | Real Salt Lake | 2–2 | Portland Timbers | Sandy, Utah |
| pm MDT | Martínez Beltran Glad Movsisyan | Report | Adi Chará Zemanski Melano Valentin | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,317 Referee: Allan Kelly |
| June 22, 201615 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | New York Red Bulls | Sandy, Utah |
| 7 pm MDT | Morales Movsisyan Allen | Report | Sam Baah Collin Davis | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,036 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
| June 25, 201616 | FC Dallas | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Frisco, Texas |
| pm MDT | Acosta Hedges Díaz Castillo | Report | Holness | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,128 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| July 1, 201617 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | D.C. United | Sandy, Utah |
| 8:30 pm MDT | Beltran Beckerman Martínez | Report | Kemp Boswell Jaffrey | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,389 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| July 9, 201618 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Montreal Impact | Sandy, Utah |
| 8 pm MDT | Wingert Glad Beckerman Movsisyan | Report | Shipp Cabrera | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,086 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| July 13, 201619 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 8:30 pm MDT | Jacobson Glad Techera Waston de Jong | Report | Allen Beltran Mulholland Garcia | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
| July 16, 201620 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | New England Revolution | Sandy, Utah |
| 8 pm MDT | Maund | Report | Nguyen Woodberry Kamara | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,246 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| July 22, 201621 | Real Salt Lake | 1-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sandy, Utah |
| pm MDT | Beltran Mulholland | Report | Wondolowski | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,842 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| July 31, 201622 | Philadelphia Union | 1-2 | Real Salt Lake | Chester, Pennsylvania |
| 9 pm MDT | Fabinho Alberg Carroll | Maund Plata Morales | Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,091 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| August 3, 201623 | Toronto FC | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | Toronto, Ontario |
| pm MDT | Ricketts | Maund | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,859 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| August 6, 201624 | Real Salt Lake | 3-1 | Chicago Fire | Sandy, Utah |
| pm MDT | Garcia Morales | [ ] | LaBrocca Alvarez | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,909 Referee: Silviu Petrescuc |
| August 14, 201625 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
| 5:00 pm MDT | Lodeiro Morris | Plata Glad | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,491 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| August 20, 201626 | Real Salt Lake | 1-0 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
| 8:00 pm MDT | Beltran Mulholland Olave Plata | David Figueroa | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,939 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
| August 26, 201627 (RMC) | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
| 6:00 pm MDT | Movsisyan | Gashi Powers Burch Howard | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,134 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| September 7, 201628 | Real Salt Lake | 3-3 | LA Galaxy | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:30 pm MDT | Wingert Beckerman Olave Plata Mulholland Martínez | Boateng Larentowicz dos Santosa | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,266 Referee: Chris Penso |
| September 10, 201629 | Portland Timbers | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon |
| pm MDT | Adi Ridgewell Gleeson | Sunny Morales Phillips Plata | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| September 17, 201630 | Real Salt Lake | 0-1 | Houston Dynamo | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:30pm MDT | Beltran | Alex Williams Maidana Willis Clark Alexander | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| September 24, 201631 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:30 pm MDT | Mulholland | Acosta Seitz | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,069 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| October 1, 201632 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | San Jose, California |
| 8:30 pm MDT | Dawkins Alashe | Glad Morales | Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| October 16, 201633 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
| 3:30 pm MDT | Mulholland Glad | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,705 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| October 23, 201634 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
| 2:00 pm MDT | Fernandez Roldan Marshall Friberg | Mulholland Plata Beckerman Wingert | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 50,022 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| October 26Knockout | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
| 7:30 PM PDT | Gordon Boateng Hušidić | Report | Plata Phillips Wingert Sunny | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 18,124 Referee: Alan Kelly |
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 Plata Martínez Maund | Report | Corboz Michaud Fairclough Doue Parratt | 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 Phillips Morales | RSL Report | Gomez Valdez Friberg | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,087 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| Penalties | ||||
| Martínez Plata Beckerman | Gomez Morris Scott Friberg | |||
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 | | San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |
| 6 PM MDT | Nilo Rivas Damm Sóbis Duenas | Report | Olave | Stadium: Estadio Universitario |
| March 2, 2016 QF | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | | Sandy, Utah |
| 8 PM MDT | Plata Beltran Morales | Report | Gignac Jiménez | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,921 |
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| Position | Player | Previous club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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| MF | | | HGP | 12/29/15 |
| MF | | | 2016 MLS SuperDraft | 12/29/15 |
| MF | | | 1/21/16 | |
| FW | | | 1/22/16 | |
| DF | | | 2/3/16 | |
| DF | | | 8/11/16 |
| Position | Player | Next Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | unattached | option declined | 11/30/15 |
| MF | | | option declined | 11/30/15 |
| DF | | | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| MF | | | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| MF | | | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| FW | | | contract terminated | 1/21/16 |
| DF | | | trade | 2/18/16 |
| MF | | unattached | contract terminated | 4/28/16 |
| Position | Player | Loaned from | Fees/Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | | | one-year loan; DP | 1/15/16 |
| MF | | | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 |
| DF | | | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 |
| FW | | | end of season; option to buy | 7/22/16 |
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Fees/Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | | one-year loan; HGP | 1/12/16 |
| FW | | | Rest of the 2016 season | 7/13/16 |