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2017 Real Salt Lake season

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.

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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Background edit

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 FC. On March 29 it was announced that Mike Petke would take over the head coaching position following the game against Minnesota United FC on April 1.[2]

Non-competitive edit

Preseason edit

Desert friendlies edit

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 edit

February 9, 2017 Friendly Portland Timbers 3–3 Real Salt Lake Portland, Oregon
8:30 p.m. MT Valeri   13',   35', 45' (pen.)
Powell   24'
Chará   42'
Mattocks   51'
McInerney   85'		 Report Movsisyan   24'
Mulholland   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   77'
Allen   83'		 Report Techera   58'
Williams   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 edit

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 edit

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

Competitions edit

MLS regular season edit

Standings edit

Western Conference Table edit
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46 MLS Cup 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
Overall table edit
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
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

Results summary edit

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 edit

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 SC 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   24'
L. Silva   29'
Beckerman   60'
Savarino   68'
Rusnák   80'
Movsisyan   90+3'		 Report Affolter   31'
Godoy   33'   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   32'
Plata   41'
L. Silva   50',   50',   90+2'
Acosta   57'
Lennon   90+5'		 Report Gordon   73'   77'
Gatt   82'
Doyle   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   21'
Techera   29'
Waston   52'
Nerwinski   57'
Reyna   64]'		 Report Wingert   37'
Beltran   83'
Plata   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   68'
Movsisyan   87'		 Report Valeri   47'
Nagbe   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   57'
Neagle   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   31'
Jamieson   41',   48'
Alessandrini   85'		 Report M. Silva   14'
Horst   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   24'
Boateng   90+5'		 Report Horst   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   28'
Besler   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 edit

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 edit

  • Stats from MLS Regular season, MLS playoffs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.
As of October 23, 2017[3]

Club edit

Roster edit

  • Age calculated as of the start of the 2017 season.
As of September 11, 2017[4]
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 edit

As of September 11, 2017[4]

In edit

Player Position Previous club Fees/Notes Date
  Sebastian Saucedo MF   Veracruz Return From Loan; HGP 12/12/16
  José Hernández MF   UCLA Bruins Homegrown Player 12/20/16
  Matt Van Oekel GK   FC Edmonton Free Transfer 12/22/16
  Albert Rusnák MF   FC Groningen Undisclosed 1/6/17
  Chad Barrett FW   San Jose Earthquakes Free Agent 1/26/17
  David Horst DF   Portland Timbers Free Agent 1/26/17
  Luis Silva MF   Tigres UANL Free transfer 1/26/17
  Reagan Dunk DF   Denver 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #13. 01/13/17
  Justin Schmidt DF   Washington, Washington Crossfire 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick #35. 01/13/17
  Marcelo Silva DF   Real Zaragoza Undisclosed[5] 7/03/17
  Nick Besler MF   Real Monarchs Free transfer 8/24/17
  Connor Sparrow GK   Real Monarchs Free transfer 9/11/17

Out edit

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

traded to Portland Timbers

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

Loans edit

In edit

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

Out edit

Player Position Loaned to Fees/Notes Date

Trialist edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "Stats | Real Salt Lake".
  4. ^ a b "Real Salt Lake Exercises Options on Five Players". Real Salt Lake. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "Official: RSL get its center back, Marcelo Silva". July 3, 2017.
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