2020 season | |||
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Owner | Dell Loy Hansen | ||
Head coach | Freddy Juarez | ||
Stadium | Rio Tinto Stadium | ||
Major League Soccer | Conference: 11th Overall: 21st | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled | ||
Leagues Cup | Cancelled | ||
MLS is Back Tournament | Round of 16 | ||
Highest home attendance | 18,093 (March 7 vs. NYRB) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,770 (Nov 8 vs. SKC) | ||
Average home league attendance | All: 5,335 Pre-Covid: 18,093 Post-Covid: 3,740 | ||
Biggest win | COL 1–4 RSL (Aug. 22) RSL 3–0 LAFC (Sept. 9) | ||
Biggest defeat | RSL 0–5 COL (Sept. 12) | ||
The 2020 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 16th year of existence, and their 16th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12 and resumed four months later with the MLS is Back Tournament, played behind closed doors in the Orlando metropolitan area. Real Salt Lake resumed home matches in September with a limited capacity of 5,000 people and requirements for spectators to wear masks and practice social distancing. [1] [2]
February 8Closed friendly | Real Salt Lake | 3–0 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Herriman, Utah |
Report | Attendance: closed door scrimmage |
February 15Friendly | Real Salt Lake | 0–0 | Sporting Kansas City | Tucson, Arizona |
4:00pm | Silva ![]() Herrera ![]() | Report Report | Sánchez ![]() Duke ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Victor Rivas |
February 19Friendly | Houston Dynamo | 4–0 | Real Salt Lake | Tucson, Arizona |
4:00pm | Report | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
February 22Friendly | Phoenix Rising FC | 3–2 | Real Salt Lake | Scottsdale, Arizona |
7:00pm | Report | Stadium: Casino Arizona Field |
Note: The 2020 season was postponed on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season restarted on July 8 with the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando (see below), followed by resumption of regular season games.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
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8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 30 | 1.30 | Qualification for the playoffs first round |
9 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC [a] | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 27 | 1.17 | |
10 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 22 | 1.00 | |
11 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 22 | 1.00 | |
12 | Houston Dynamo | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 21 | 0.91 |
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 |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: March 9, 2020
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
February 291 | Orlando City SC | 0–0 | Real Salt Lake | Orlando, Florida |
4:00 p.m. MDT |
| Report |
| Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
March 72 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | New York Red Bulls | Sandy, Utah |
12:00 p.m. MDT | Silva ![]() Martínez ![]() Kreilach ![]() | Report | Cásseres ![]() Seagrist ![]() Duncan ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,093 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
August 226 (RMC) | Colorado Rapids | 1–4 | Real Salt Lake | Commerce City, Colorado |
7:00 p.m. MDT | Herrera ![]() | Report | Kreilach ![]() ![]() Chang ![]() ![]() Baird ![]() Meram ![]() | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
August 26- | Real Salt Lake | P–P | Los Angeles FC | Sandy, Utah [Note 1] [4] |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
August 297 | Portland Timbers | 4–4 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon |
8:30 p.m. MDT | Chara ![]() ![]() Niezgoda ![]() Mabiala ![]() Williamson ![]() Blanco ![]() Mora ![]() | Report | Baird ![]() Kreilach ![]() Johnson ![]() ![]() Rossi ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
September 28 | Real Salt Lake | 2–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Herrera ![]() Kreilach ![]() Glad ![]() Ruíz ![]() Baird ![]() | Report | Arreaga ![]() Lodeiro ![]() Gómez ![]() João Paulo ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 4,026 Referee: Malik Badawi |
September 69 | Minnesota United FC | 4–0 | Real Salt Lake | St. Paul, Minnesota |
6:00 p.m. MDT | Gasper ![]() Reynoso ![]() Lod ![]() ![]() Hayes ![]() | Report | Beckerman ![]() | Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
September 910 | Real Salt Lake | 3–0 | Los Angeles FC | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Kreilach ![]() ![]() Meram ![]() Ruíz ![]() Glad ![]() Rusnák ![]() Beckerman ![]() | Report | Cifuentes ![]() Harvey ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 4,147 Referee: Victor Rivas |
Note: Re-schedule of postponed August 26 match. [5] |
September 1211 | Real Salt Lake | 0–5 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Toia ![]() Martínez ![]() | Report | Rubio ![]() Vines ![]() Galván ![]() Price ![]() Bassett ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
September 1912 | Real Salt Lake | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Beckerman ![]() ![]() Toia ![]() Meram ![]() Baird ![]() | Report | Bikel ![]() Adnan ![]() Milinković ![]() Cavallini ![]() Hasal ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Kevin Stott |
September 2313 | Real Salt Lake | 2–0 | LA Galaxy | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Baird ![]() Rusnák ![]() Kreilach ![]() | Report | DePuy ![]() Bingham ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,943 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
September 2714 | Minnesota United FC | 0–0 | Real Salt Lake | St. Paul, Minnesota |
6:00 p.m. MDT | Métanire ![]() | Report | Ruíz ![]() Glad ![]() | Stadium: Allianz Field Referee: Drew Fischer |
October 415 | Real Salt Lake | 1–3 | Los Angeles FC | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Ruíz ![]() Atuesta ![]() Johnson ![]() Toia ![]() | Report | Wright-Phillips ![]() Rossi ![]() Rodríguez ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
October 716 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
8:00 p.m. MDT | Delem ![]() Morris ![]() Gómez ![]() O'Neill ![]() | Report | Tolo ![]() Besler ![]() | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Referee: David Gantar |
October 1017 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Portland, Oregon [Note 2] |
8:00 p.m. MDT | Montero ![]() Bikel ![]() Cavallini ![]() ![]() Martínez ![]() Dájome ![]() Veselinović ![]() | Report | Silva ![]() Kreilach ![]() Ruíz ![]() Herrera ![]() Martínez ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
October 1418 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Martínez ![]() Silva ![]() Kreilach ![]() Herrera ![]() Portillo ![]() | Report | Tuiloma ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: Robert Sibiga |
October 18- | Colorado Rapids | P–P | Real Salt Lake | Commerce City, Colorado [Note 3] [6] |
7:00 p.m. MDT | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park |
October 2419 | Real Salt Lake | 0–0 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
6:30 p.m. MDT | Ramírez ![]() | Report | Jara ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
October 2820 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | San Jose, California |
8:30 p.m. MDT | Wondolowski ![]() ![]() Judson ![]() Ríos ![]() | Report | Silva ![]() Besler ![]() Toia ![]() Herrera ![]() Kreilach ![]() | Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Referee: Elton García |
November 121 | LA Galaxy | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
8:30 p.m. MDT | González ![]() ![]() Pavón ![]() Zubak ![]() | Report | Martínez ![]() | Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Jon Freemon |
November 822 | Real Salt Lake | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
4:30 p.m. MST | Report | Martins ![]() Shelton ![]() Hurtado ![]() Russell ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,770 Referee: Kevin Stott |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Minnesota United FC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
Note: Group stage results of the MLS is Back Tournament were treated as regular season matches in the overall standings.
Matches
July 123 | Real Salt Lake | 2–0 | Colorado Rapids | Bay Lake, Florida |
8:30 PM MDT | Rusnák ![]() Herrera ![]() Luiz ![]() Kreilach ![]() Glad ![]() | Report | Kamara ![]() Price ![]() Irwin ![]() | Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
July 174 | Real Salt Lake | 0–0 | Minnesota United FC | Bay Lake, Florida |
8:30 PM MDT | Herrera ![]() Meram ![]() Baird ![]() | Report | Chacón ![]() Lod ![]() | Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
July 225 | Real Salt Lake | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Bay Lake, Florida |
7:00 AM MDT | Holt ![]() Johnson ![]() Beckerman ![]() Glad ![]() | Report | Russell ![]() Sánchez ![]() Busio ![]() Smith ![]() Gerso ![]() | Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
July 27Round of 16 | San Jose Earthquakes | 5–2 | Real Salt Lake | Bay Lake, Florida |
6:30 PM MDT | Espinoza ![]() ![]() Eriksson ![]() Qazaishvili ![]() Wondolowski ![]() | Report | Martínez ![]() Herrera ![]() Baird ![]() Glad ![]() Kreilach ![]() Silva ![]() Beckerman ![]() | Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Referee: Drew Fischer |
The 2020 U.S Open Cup was suspended on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being cancelled by the U.S. Soccer Federation on August 17. [8]
The 2020 Leagues Cup was canceled on May 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Major League Soccer | MLS is Back Tournament | Playoffs | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() | David Ochoa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | GK | ![]() | Zac MacMath | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
51 | GK | ![]() | Andrew Putna | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() | Alvin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | ![]() | Ashtone Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | ![]() | Donny Toia | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | DF | ![]() | Nedum Onuoha | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | ![]() | Justen Glad | 18 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | ![]() | Erik Holt | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | DF | ![]() | Aaron Herrera | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | DF | ![]() | Marcelo Silva | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | ![]() | Kyle Beckerman | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | ![]() | Pablo Enrique Ruíz | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | ![]() | Damir Kreilach | 22 | 9 | 17+1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | MF | ![]() | Justin Meram | 22 | 3 | 12+6 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | ![]() | Albert Rusnák | 17 | 3 | 13+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | ![]() | Nick Besler | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | ![]() | Maikel Chang | 19 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | ![]() | Luke Mulholland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | MF | ![]() | Everton Luiz | 15 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | MF | ![]() | Luis Arriaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
43 | MF | ![]() | Justin Portillo | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | ![]() | Giuseppe Rossi | 7 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | ![]() | Corey Baird | 22 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | FW | ![]() | Douglas Martínez | 19 | 3 | 7+8 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | FW | ![]() | Chris Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | FW | ![]() | Tate Schmitt | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | FW | ![]() | Milan Iloski | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | FW | ![]() | Julián Vázquez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | FW | ![]() | Jeizon Ramírez | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
50 | FW | ![]() | Sam Johnson | 10 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Name | Nationality | Positions | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Seasons with club (year signed) |
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1 | David Ochoa (HGP) | ![]() | GK | January 16, 2001 (aged 19) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
2 | Alvin Jones | ![]() | DF | July 9, 1994 (aged 25) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
3 | Ashtone Morgan | ![]() | DF | February 9, 1991 (aged 29) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
4 | Donny Toia | ![]() | DF | May 28, 1992 (aged 27) | ![]() | 3 (2011, 2019) |
5 | Kyle Beckerman (Captain) | ![]() | MF | April 23, 1982 (aged 37) | ![]() | 14 (2007) |
7 | Giuseppe Rossi | ![]() | FW | February 1, 1987 (aged 33) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
8 | Damir Kreilach | ![]() | MF | April 16, 1989 (aged 30) | ![]() | 3 (2018) |
9 | Justin Meram | ![]() | MF | December 4, 1988 (aged 31) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
10 | Corey Baird (HGP) | ![]() | FW | January 21, 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() | 3 (2018) |
11 | Albert Rusnák (DP) | ![]() | MF | July 7, 1994 (aged 25) | ![]() | 4 (2017) |
12 | Douglas Martínez | ![]() | FW | June 5, 1997 (aged 22) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
13 | Nick Besler | ![]() | MF | May 7, 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() | 4 (2017) |
14 | Nedum Onuoha | ![]() | DF | November 12, 1986 (aged 33) | ![]() | 3 (2018) |
15 | Justen Glad | ![]() | DF | February 28, 1997 (aged 23) | ![]() | 7 (2014) |
16 | Maikel Chang | ![]() | MF | April 18, 1991 (aged 28) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
17 | Chris Garcia | ![]() | FW | January 13, 2003 (aged 17) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
18 | Zac MacMath | ![]() | GK | August 7, 1991 (aged 28) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
19 | Luke Mulholland | ![]() | MF | August 7, 1988 (aged 31) | ![]() | 7 (2014) |
20 | Erik Holt (HGP) | ![]() | DF | September 6, 1996 (aged 23) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
21 | Tate Schmitt (HGP) | ![]() | FW | May 28, 1997 (aged 22) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
22 | Aaron Herrera (HGP) | ![]() | DF | June 6, 1997 (aged 22) | ![]() | 3 (2018) |
23 | Milan Iloski | ![]() | FW | July 29, 1999 (aged 20) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
25 | Everton Luiz | ![]() | MF | May 24, 1988 (aged 31) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
26 | Luis Arriaga (HGP) | ![]() | MF | January 6, 2001 (aged 19) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
27 | Julian Vazquez (HGP) | ![]() | FW | March 30, 2001 (aged 18) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
28 | Jeizon Ramírez (DP) | ![]() | FW | March 24, 2001 (aged 18) | ![]() | 1 (2020) |
30 | Marcelo Silva | ![]() | DF | March 21, 1989 (aged 30) | ![]() | 4 (2017) |
43 | Justin Portillo | ![]() | MF | September 9, 1992 (aged 27) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
50 | Sam Johnson (DP) | ![]() | FW | May 6, 1993 (aged 26) | ![]() | 2 (2019) |
51 | Andrew Putna | ![]() | GK | October 21, 1994 (aged 25) | ![]() | 3 (2018) |
Player | Position | Previous Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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![]() | MF | ![]() | Free transfer | 11/21/19 |
![]() | DF | ![]() | undisclosed | 12/9/19 |
![]() | GK | ![]() | Trade for $50,000 in TAM | 12/17/19 |
![]() | FW | ![]() | Homegrown player | 1/15/20 |
![]() | DF | ![]() | Free agent | 1/21/20 |
![]() | FW | ![]() | Young DP | 2/6/20 |
![]() | FW | ![]() | Homegrown player | 2/10/20 |
![]() | MF | ![]() | Free agent | 2/11/20 |
![]() | FW | unattached | Free agent | 2/27/20 |
Player | Position | Next Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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![]() | GK | retired | 10/24/19 [13] | |
![]() | DF | ![]() | option declined [Note OPT] | 11/21/19 |
![]() | FW | retired | 11/21/19 | |
![]() | GK | retired | 11/21/19 | |
![]() | FW | ![]() | option declined [Note OPT] | 11/21/19 |
![]() | MF | ![]() | out of contract | 11/21/19 |
![]() | DF/FW | ![]() | Trade for $300,000 in GAM and TAM | 12/2/19 |
![]() | MF | ![]() | out of contract | 12/9/19 |
![]() | FW | ![]() | $2,000,000 | 2/7/20 |
Player | Position | Loaned From | Fees/Notes | Date |
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Player | Position | Loaned To | Fees/Notes | Date |
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Player | Position | Previous team | Notes | Date | Result |
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![]() | FW | UConn | 2020 MLS SuperDraft pick #20 | 01/9/20 | |
![]() | DF | Michigan State | 2020 MLS SuperDraft pick #46. | 01/9/20 | |