2015 Real Salt Lake season
2015 season | |||
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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) | ||
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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
Competitions
Preseason
January 31, 2015 Scrimmage | Real Salt Lake | 1–2 | New England Revolution | Casa Grande, Arizona |
9:00 a.m. MT | Jaime ![]() | Report | Davies ![]() Okoli ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Report | Mulholland ![]() Sandoval ![]() ![]() | 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 ![]() | Stadium: Anteater Stadium |
Desert Diamond Cup
February 18, 2015 | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
6:00 p.m. MT | Sandoval ![]() Mansally ![]() | Report | Barnes ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
February 21, 2015 | FC Tucson | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake | Tucson, Arizona |
6:00 p.m. MT | Papa ![]() | Report | Saborío ![]() Sandoval ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
February 25, 2015 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Tucson, Arizona |
8:00 p.m. MT | Welshman ![]() ![]() Ovalle ![]() Sandoval ![]() Velazco ![]() | Report | Medranda ![]() Sinovic ![]() Dwyer ![]() Németh ![]() Añor ![]() | 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 ![]() Saborío ![]() ![]() Beckerman ![]() Morales ![]() | Report | Serna ![]() Burling ![]() Torres ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 3,692 |
MLS regular season
Standings
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 | MLS Cup 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 |
Overall table
Pos | Team
| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
Results summary
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 | 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 |
7:30 p.m. PST | Powell ![]() Ridgewell ![]() | Report | Mansally ![]() Gil ![]() Schuler ![]() | 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 ![]() Morales ![]() Beckerman ![]() Olave ![]() Mulholland ![]() Saborío ![]() | Report | Vitoria ![]() Aristeguieta ![]() Edu ![]() Olave ![]() White ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Allen ![]() | Report | Moore ![]() Warner ![]() Simonin ![]() Goncalves ![]() | 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 ![]() Wondolowski ![]() Alashe ![]() | Report | Morales ![]() Garcia ![]() Mansally ![]() | 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 ![]() | Report | Beltran ![]() Saborío ![]() Beckerman ![]() Mansally ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Saucedo ![]() Beckerman ![]() | Report | Teibert ![]() Mattocks ![]() Adekugbe ![]() | 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 ![]() Agudelo ![]() Davies ![]() Caldwell ![]() | Report | Stertzer ![]() Saborío ![]() Mulholland ![]() | 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 ![]() Allen ![]() Bernardez ![]() | Report | Wondolowski ![]() Innocent ![]() | 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 ![]() | Report | Gonzalez ![]() | 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 ![]() Polster ![]() Larentowicz ![]() | Report | Saborío ![]() Mulholland ![]() ![]() Allen ![]() | 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 ![]() Ciman ![]() Romero ![]() Miller ![]() Duka ![]() | Report | Allen ![]() Vásquez ![]() Sandoval ![]() Beltran ![]() | 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 ![]() Phillips ![]() Saborío ![]() | 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 ![]() Gordon ![]() Husidic ![]() Väyrynen ![]() | Report | Beckerman ![]() Olave ![]() | 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 ![]() Kah ![]() Techera ![]() | Report | Stertzer ![]() Glad ![]() Morales ![]() Mansally ![]() | 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 ![]() | Report | Sjöberg ![]() Burling ![]() | 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 ![]() Jaime ![]() ![]() Phillips ![]() Beckerman ![]() García ![]() ![]() | Report Box Score | Mustivar ![]() Besler ![]() Dwyer ![]() | 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 ![]() | Report | Morales ![]() Phillips ![]() | 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 ![]() Beltran ![]() Jaime ![]() Mulholland ![]() Sandoval ![]() Maund ![]() Allen ![]() | Report | Tchani ![]() Finlay ![]() Francis ![]() Kamara ![]() | 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 ![]() Mansally ![]() | Report | Kaká ![]() ![]() Higuita ![]() Ramos ![]() | 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 ![]() Burling ![]() Watts ![]() Ramirez ![]() | Report | Jaime ![]() ![]() | 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 ![]() Plata ![]() | Report | Sarkodie ![]() Garrido ![]() | 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 ![]() Plata ![]() ![]() Vasquez ![]() | Report | Feilhaber ![]() ![]() Melia ![]() Palmer-Brown ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Kemp ![]() ![]() Espindola ![]() Kitchen ![]() DeLeon ![]() | Report | Plata ![]() Beckerman ![]() ![]() Glad ![]() Sandoval ![]() Maund ![]() Mansally ![]() | 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 ![]() Kah ![]() Techera ![]() ![]() Waston ![]() | Report | Kavita ![]() Mansally ![]() | 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 ![]() | Report | Ridgewell ![]() Borchers ![]() | 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 ![]() Jaime ![]() Garcia ![]() Beltran ![]() | Report | Friberg ![]() Rose ![]() Fisher ![]() | 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 ![]() Hedges ![]() Castillo ![]() Watson ![]() | Report | Mulholland ![]() Phillips ![]() Morales ![]() Beltran ![]() | 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 ![]() Davis ![]() Rodrigeuez ![]() Sturgis ![]() | Report | Morales ![]() Sandoval ![]() Allen ![]() Martinez ![]() Maund ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Morales ![]() ![]() | 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 ![]() Pelosi ![]() Wondolowski ![]() Garcia ![]() ![]() ![]() | Report | Beckerman ![]() Beltran ![]() Maund ![]() | 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 ![]() Sarvas ![]() Burling ![]() Figueroa ![]() | Report | Plata ![]() Mulholland ![]() ![]() Phillips ![]() | 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 ![]() Glad ![]() | Report | Powell ![]() Adi ![]() Fochive ![]() Urruti ![]() | 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 ![]() Beckerman ![]() Vasquez ![]() Martinez ![]() Stertzer ![]() | [1] | Texeira ![]() Watson ![]() Gonzalez ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Pappa ![]() | [2] | Martinez ![]() Stertzer ![]() Gil ![]() Jaime ![]() | 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]
![Utah](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Utah.svg/23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png)
![Washington (state)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png)
June 17, 2015 4R | Real Salt Lake ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 PM MDT | Stertzer ![]() Plata ![]() Morales ![]() | Report | Garza ![]() Mansaray ![]() Sanyang ![]() ![]() Sérgio ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,208 Referee: Bernhard Hosu |
![Utah](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Utah.svg/23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png)
![Oregon](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Oregon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png)
July 1, 2015 5R | Real Salt Lake ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Sandy, Utah |
20:000 MT | Jaime ![]() Morales ![]() | Report | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,840 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
![Utah](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Utah.svg/23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png)
![California](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png)
July 14, 2015 QF | Real Salt Lake ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Sandy, Utah |
20:00 MT | Maund ![]() Mulholland ![]() | Report | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,060 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
![Kansas](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Kansas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png)
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August 12, 2015 SF | Sporting Kansas City ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Kansas City, Kansas |
20:30 MT | Nagamura ![]() Mustivar ![]() ![]() Feilhaber ![]() Nemeth ![]() | Report | Garcia ![]() ![]() Beltran ![]() | 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
![Guatemala](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png)
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
August 4, 2015 group stage | Municipal ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Guatemala City |
8:00 PM MDT | Woodly ![]() | Report | Plata ![]() Beckerman ![]() Phillips ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: ? Referee: Raul Castro |
![El Salvador](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png)
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
September 15, 2015 group stage | Santa Tecla ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Santa Tecla |
8:00 PM MDT | Report | Mansally ![]() Glad ![]() Stertzer ![]() ![]() ![]() Sandoval ![]() | Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Attendance: N/A Referee: LEO CLARKE |
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
![El Salvador](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/23px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png)
September 24, 2015 group stage | Real Salt Lake ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 PM MDT | Vasquez ![]() Garcia ![]() Martinez ![]() | Report | Chavarria ![]() Herrera ![]() Dominguez ![]() | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,182 Referee: Kevin Morrison |
![United States](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
![Guatemala](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png)
October 20, 2015 group stage | Real Salt Lake ![]() | 1-0 | ![]() | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 PM MDT | Olave ![]() | [3] | López ![]() Ruiz ![]() Arias ![]() | 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]