The 2006 Real Salt Lake season was the second season of the team's existence. The team has some improvement over the previous season. However, despite mixed results on the field, RSL scored a huge victory off the field in 2006. After much controversy and debate, the franchise finally secured a guarantee for a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific stadium to be built in Sandy – a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team broke ground for the structure on the morning of August 12, with representatives from soccer giant Real Madrid present. That evening, RSL faced its namesake in front of a sellout crowd of 45,511 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Salt Lake made a good showing, but Real Madrid won the exhibition match, 2–0.
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| Owner |  SCP Worldwide | ||
| Head coach | John Ellinger | ||
| Stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium | ||
| Major League Soccer | 10th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | DNQ | ||
| US Open Cup | Fourth Round | ||
| Rocky Mountain Cup | Runners-Up | ||
| Average home league attendance | 16,366 | ||
| Biggest win | COL 1-4 RSL (8/9) | ||
| Biggest defeat | NYRB 6-0 RSL (8/26) | ||
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Squad edit
2006 roster edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions edit
Major League Soccer edit
League table edit
Western Conference edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | FC Dallas | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 52 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 46 | |
| 3 | Chivas USA | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 43 | |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 41 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 39 | |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 39 |
Source: MLS
Overall edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.C. United (S) | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 55 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | FC Dallas | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 52 | North American SuperLiga |
| 3 | New England Revolution | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 48 | |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 47 | |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo (C) | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 46 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 6 | Chivas USA | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 41 | |
| 8 | New York Red Bulls | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 39 | North American SuperLiga |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 39 | |
| 11 | Kansas City Wizards | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 38 | |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 33 |
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Results summary edit
| 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 |
| 32 | 39 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 30 | −8 |
Last updated: November 8, 2012
Source: [1]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Regular season edit
Win Tie Loss
April edit
| April 2, 2006 MT 1 | Chivas USA | 3–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
| 14:00 | Ante Razov  21', 65'Juan Pablo Garcia 25'Jonathan Bornstein  40' |
Report | Eddie Pope 17' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| April 8, 2006 MT 2 | FC Dallas | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Frisco, Texas |
| 17:30 | Greg Vanney 2' Simo Valakari 35'Kenny Cooper 43'Mark Wilson 57' |
Report | Chris Klein 36' |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park |
| April 15, 2006 MT 3 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | New York Red Bulls | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 MT | Carey Talley 59' Jason Kreis 36' |
Report | Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium |
| April 22, 2006 MT 4 | Houston Dynamo | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas |
| 17:30 | Craig Waibel 58' Adrian Serioux 69'Dwayne De Rosario 84' |
Report | Jeff Cunningham 8' 57' Carey Talley 68' |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium |
| April 29, 2006 5 | Real Salt Lake | 2-3 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Salt Lake City |
| 12:00 | Jason Kreis 6' 83'  87'Atiba Harris 70' 74' |
Report | Landon Donovan 11' Cobi Jones 26'Herculez Gomez 60'Chris Albright 87' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
May edit
| May 6, 2006 6 | Real Salt Lake | 0-1 | Columbus Crew | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Jeff Cunningham 62' Atiba Harris 69'Carey Talley 79'Mehdi Ballouchy 90' |
Report | Jason Garey 70' Jose Retiz  85' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| May 13, 2006 7 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 0-3 | Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles |
| 17:30 | Paulo Nagamura 44' Ugo Ihemelu 70'Josh Gardner 90+2' |
Report | Atiba Harris 17' 65' Nelson Akwari 19'Willis Forko 31'Daniel Torres 85'Jeff Cunningham 72', 87'Scott Garlick 75' |
Stadium: Home Depot Center |
| May 20, 2006 8 | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 | Kansas City Wizards | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Atiba Harris 41' Nelson Akwari 51'Mehdi Ballouchy 78'Jeff Cunningham 80' |
Report | Ryan Pore 27' Davy Arnaud 28'Nick Garcia 46' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| May 27, 2006 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2-2 | Colorado Rapids | Salt Lake City |
| 12:00 | Atiba Harris 54' 82' Jeff Cunningham 67' 73' (pen.)Jason Kreis 88'Andy Williams 89' |
Report | Dedi Ben Dayan 15' Jovan Kirovski 33'Daniel Wasson 84'Hunter Freeman 89'Bouna Coundoul 90+2' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
June edit
| June 3, 2006 10 | Real Salt Lake | 3-1 | Chicago Fire | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Jeff Cunningham 57', 77' Dasan Robinson 69' (o.g.) |
Report | Dasan Robinson 17' Brian Plotkin 62' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| June 9, 2006 11 | Colorado Rapids | 1-0 | Real Salt Lake | Denver |
| 17:30 | Jovan Kirovski 9' Nicolas Hernandez 16'Kyle Beckerman 21' |
Report | Jeff Cunningham 34' |
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
| June 17, 2006 12 | Houston Dynamo | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas |
| 17:30 | Brian Mullan 31' 36' Eddie Robinson 55'Alejandro Moreno 83'Pat Onstad 87' |
Report | Carey Talley 15' Scott Garlick 22'Kenny Cutler 34'Andy Williams 59'Jason Kreis 88' (pen.) |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium |
| June 24, 2006 13 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | New England Revolution | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Report | Jeff Larentowicz 59' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| June 28, 2006 14 | Chicago Fire | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 18:00 | Chad Barrett 80', 85' |
Report | Jason Kreis 25' 43' Carey Talley 73'Douglas Sequeira 81' |
Stadium: Bridgeview Stadium |
July edit
| July 4, 2006 15 | Real Salt Lake | 0-0 | Chivas USA | Salt Lake City |
| 18:00 | Jeff Cunningham 86' |
Report | Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| July 8, 2006 16 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2-0 | Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles |
| 17:30 | Tyrone Marshall 21' Ugo Ihemelu 40'Herculez Gomez 47'Josh Gardner 50' |
Report | Douglas Sequeira 9' Atiba Harris 57'Andy Williams 79' |
Stadium: Home Depot Center |
| July 14, 2006 17 | New England Revolution | 1-3 | Real Salt Lake | Foxborough, MA |
| 17:30 | James Riley 35' Taylor Twellman 57' |
Report | Chris Klein 16' Eddie Pope 18'Jason Kreis 21' 55'Jeff Cunningham 52'Willis Forko 88' |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium |
| July 22, 2006 18 | Real Salt Lake | 0-1 | FC Dallas | Salt Lake City |
| 18:00 | Andy Williams 57' |
Report | Abe Thompson 90+3' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| July 26, 2006 19 | Real Salt Lake | 3-3 | Chivas USA | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Jeff Cunningham 33' Carey Talley 55'Kevin Novak 63'Andy Williams 74' |
Report | Ante Razov 2' Jonathan Bornstein 59'Sacha Kljestan 81'Claudio Suarez 90+4' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| July 29, 2006 20 | Real Salt Lake | 2-1 | D.C. United | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Nikolas Besagno 15' Carey Talley 32'Jeff Cunningham 90' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.)Jamie Watson 90+5' |
Report | Jaime Moreno 36' John Wilson 90+5' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
August edit
| August 9, 2006 21 | Colorado Rapids | 1-4 | Real Salt Lake | Denver |
| 17:30 | Clint Mathis 31' Kyle Beckerman 42'Hunter Freeman 58'Aitor Karanka 69'Eric Denton 75'Thiago Martins 84'Mike Petke 85' |
Report | Jeff Cunningham 25', 76' (pen.) Mehdi Ballouchy 31'Chris Klein 63'Kenny Cutler 77'Scott Garlick 85'Douglas Sequeira 85'Chris Brown 90+4' |
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
| August 16, 2006 22 | Columbus Crew | 1-2 | Real Salt Lake | Columbus, Ohio |
| 17:30 | Sebastian Rozental 23' (pen.) Ritchie Kotschau 70' |
Report | Eddie Pope 8' Chris Klein 75'Carey Talley 90'Scott Garlick 90+3' |
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium |
| August 19, 2006 23 | Real Salt Lake | 3-1 | Houston Dynamo | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Chris Klein 45+2' Douglas Sequeira 64' 77'Scott Garlick 78'Jeff Cunningham 82' |
Report | Dwayne De Rosario 60' Adrian Serioux 72'Kelly Gray 90+2' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| August 26, 2006 24 | New York Red Bulls | 6-0 | Real Salt Lake | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| 15:30 | Edson Buddle 54', 61', 72' Jordan Cila Todd Dunivant 79'John Wolyniec 86' |
Report | Jack Stewart 8' |
Stadium: Giants Stadium |
| August 30, 2006 25 | Real Salt Lake | 1-0 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Kevin Novak 53' Jeff Cunningham 60'Mehdi Ballouchy 85' |
Report | Tyrone Marshall 29' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
September edit
| September 2, 2006 26 | Real Salt Lake | 0-1 | Colorado Rapids | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Scott Garlick 50' Eddie Pope 70' |
Report | Nicolas Hernandez 48' Kyle Beckerman 62'Colin Clark 66'Hunter Freeman 84'Dan Gargan 88'Thiago Martins 88' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| September 9, 2006 27 | D.C. United | 1-1 | Real Salt Lake | Washington, D.C. |
| 17:30 | Freddy Adu 45' Brandon Prideaux 61'Rod Dyachenko 64'Ben Olsen 65' |
Report | Jeff Cunningham 62' Chris Klein 65' |
Stadium: RFK Stadium |
| September 16, 2006 28 | Real Salt Lake | 3-2 | FC Dallas | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Andy Williams 13' Chris Klein 62'Jack Stewart 67'Jason Kreis 72'Atiba Harris 78' |
Report | Carlos Ruiz 4', 45+1' Ronnie O'Brien 27'Bobby Rhine 36' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| September 23, 2006 29 | FC Dallas | 2-1 | Real Salt Lake | Frisco, Texas |
| 17:30 | Carlos Ruiz 9' Kenny Cooper 14' 68' |
Report | Jeff Cunningham 48' Kevin Novak 54' |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park |
| September 30, 2006 30 | Kansas City Wizards | 3-3 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 17:30 | Josh Wolff 6' Jose Burciaga 25' 63'Jack Jewsbury 45'Scott Sealy 54' |
Report | Andy Williams 32' Atiba Harris 35', 44'Jason Kreis 81' |
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium |
October edit
| October 7, 2006 31 | Real Salt Lake | 1-1 | Houston Dynamo | Salt Lake City |
| 17:00 | Carey Talley 54' Atiba Harris 56'Mehdi Ballouchy 60' |
Report | Paul Dalglish 20' 78' Ryan Cochrane 26' |
Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium |
| October 15, 2006 32 | Chivas USA | 1-1 | Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles |
| 14:00 | Brent Whitfield 20' |
Report | Jafet Soto 89' |
Stadium: Home Depot Center |
U.S. Open Cup edit
Third round edit
| August 2, 2006 |  Real Salt Lake | 0 - 1 |  Colorado Rapids | |
| 13:00 | Report | Nicolas Hernandez 54' Jacob Peterson 61'Daniel Wasson 89' |