2011 Real Salt Lake season

The 2011 Real Salt Lake season was the club's seventh year of existence, as well as their seventh season in Major League Soccer, and their seventh consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.

Real Salt Lake

2011 season
Owner	SCP Worldwide
Coach	Jason Kreis
Stadium	Rio Tinto Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 3rd Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup	Conference semi-finals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
Highest home attendance	MLS: 20,762 vs. Chicago CCL: 20,738 vs. Monterrey
Lowest home attendance	MLS: 14,365 vs. Chivas USA CCL: 15,405 vs. Columbus
Average home league attendance	17,594
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Salt Lake's season was highlighted by reaching the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League Finals, becoming the first American soccer club to reach the final of the newly designed CONCACAF Champions League, as well as the first non-Mexican club to reach the finals. Including the predecessor tournament, the Champions' Cup, it was the first time in 11 years an American club reached the North American club final, the last being Los Angeles Galaxy. Additionally, Salt Lake finished third place in both the Western Conference and overall MLS tables during the regular season, thus earning a berth into the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. In the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Salt Lake reached the Western Conference Final, but fell to eventual MLS Cup champions, Los Angeles Galaxy. Salt Lake also reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 U.S. Open Cup before falling to eventual semifinalists, FC Dallas.

Background

Review

November

Towards the end of November 2010, Major League Soccer held its Expansion Draft for the arrivals of Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Among Salt Lake's unprotected players for the draft, Portland selected two: Robbie Findley and David Horst.[1] Findley, though, following an expired contract with the Royals, declared his intentions to play overseas, with rumors circulating about him possibly playing for Danish Superliga clubs Brøndby and Randers, Premier League club Wolverhampton, even Championship club Nottingham Forest. On November 24, Randers denied rumors that Findley was on trial with the club.[2]

Subsequent to the expansion draft, the Royals made a trade with the Timbers to bring in Salvadorian Arturo Alvarez, whom previously played his club soccer for San Jose Earthquakes,[3] in return for allocation money and draft picks.

December

After much anticipation, Salt Lake agreed to buy striker Alvaro Saborio on loan from the Swiss club Sion on December 1, for a fee of around $1.0M.[4] Saborío, spent the 2010 season on loan with the Royals where he scored 12 league goals and bagged six Champions League goals. He will sign as a Designated Player being the first in club history.[5]

After much rumor as to where striker Robbie Findley would end up, he eventually signed for English Championship club Nottingham Forest,[6] making Findley the first RSL player to leave for Europe since Yura Movsisyan went to Randers. Findley signed with Forest on December 23. The contract was reported to be for 2.5 years through the end of the 2012-13 English football season.

January

The club met in late January to begin preparations for the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal vs. Columbus on February 22.

February

Salt Lake spent the month of February in preparations for their Champions League semifinal. Prior to the match, they played two final tune up games against Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Chivas USA.

In their quarterfinal away fixture, in the frigid cold, 25 degrees, RSL drew Columbus 0-0.

April

Salt Lake opened April with a semifinal fixture on the road to Saprissa. The match, played on April 5, ended in a 2–1 victory for Saprissa, although Salt Lake would win 3–2 on aggregate, secured by Jamison Olave's half volley in the 71st minute of play.

The win booked Salt Lake a spot in the Champions League finals, in which they became the first American team to make the finals under the current format, as well as the first American team to make the finals of a CONCACAF club tournament since Los Angeles Galaxy in 2000. On April 6, it was learned that Salt Lake would be playing Monterrey of Mexico in the Champions League finals, after Monterrey pulled off a 2–1 aggregate win over Cruz Azul.

On April 9, the club would return to league play, flying out to Boston to take on New England Revolution. Because of the Champions League match three days earlier, many first team players rested this weekend and mainly a team composed of reserves and a few starters played in the game. In spite of this, Salt Lake was able to pull off a 2–0 win at New England, giving them a perfect 3-0-0 record.

Following the New England match, the club had another mid-week fixture against Rocky Mountain rivals, Colorado Rapids. Due to the club's recent success in 2011, the match was expected to be hotly contested. A crowd of nearly 15,500 showed up for the mid-week game as Salt Lake pulled off a controversial, late goal in injury time. The goal was scored by Fabián Espíndola.[7]

Originally, Salt Lake was to host Philadelphia Union on April 23, but the Union voluntarily rescheduled their match to September 3. The Union rescheduled the match to help aid Salt Lake in their Champions League campaign.[8]

On April 20, Salt Lake resumed Champions League play with the first leg of the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League Finals being held at Monterrey's Technology Stadium. Salt Lake found themselves trailing within the first 20 minutes of play, following a defensive mishap that led to a loose ball tapped in by Aldo de Nigris.[9] The Claret and Cobalt would draw level in the 35th minute of play, thanks to a header off of Nat Borchers from a Javier Morales set piece, leading to a 1-1 scoreline at halftime.[9] In the second half of play, a 62nd minute handball from Salt Lake defender Jamison Olave consequently led to a penalty kick for Los Rayados.[9] Chilean international Humberto Suazo converted the penalty, regaining the lead for Monterrey, 2-1. In the dying minutes of the match, Salt Lake midfielder, Morales, made two cutbacks over Monterrey defenders Sergio Pérez and Neri Cardozo to score the equalizer, leading to a final scoreline of 2-2.[9]

The draw against Monterrey resulted in only the fourth time in history that an American soccer club had tied a Mexican opponent on Mexican soil.[10] The previous time was when D.C. United tied Toluca 1-1 in the 2009–10 edition of the Champions League. The result brings American club performance in Mexico to (0-21-4) and MLS club performance in Mexico to (0-23-6). Salt Lake will host Monterrey in the second leg of the finals on April 27 at Rio Tinto Stadium.[9]

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Note: Results are given with Real Salt Lake's score listed first.

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Result F–A	Attendance	RSL Goalscorers
1	February 1, 2011	N	Whitecaps FC	1–2	closed door	Alvarez 49'
2	February 8, 2011	N	Sounders FC	3–3	closed door	Warner 87' 97' 99'
3	February 15, 2011	N	Chivas USA	2–0	closed door	Olave 64', Johnson 81'
4	March 9, 2011	N	Sporting	2–2	closed door	Saborío 28', Espíndola 48'
5	March 11, 2011	N	Sporting	1–0	closed door	Paulo Jr. 28'

Major League Soccer

Regular season

  Win   Tie   Loss

March 19, 2011	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, California, United States
19:30 PDT	Cronin  6' Leitch  37' Stephenson  46'	Report	Espíndola  60' Beckerman  63'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 (SO) Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 26, 2011	Real Salt Lake	4–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sandy, Utah United States
18:00 PDT	Williams  2' Morales  10' (pen.), 41' Paulo Jr.  68'	Report	Saunders  9' Beckham  54' López  54' Leonardo  74' Ángel  80'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,507 (SO) Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 9, 2011	New England Revolution	0–2	Real Salt Lake	Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
19:30		Report	Schuler  27' Araujo Jr.  47'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 7,970 Referee: Jasen Anno

April 13, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah, United States
19:30	Morales  32' Espíndola  93+'	1–0 Report	59' Marshall  82' Wynne	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,513 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 30, 2011	Portland Timbers	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon, United States
19:30 PDT	Cooper  22'	0–1 Report		Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 (SO) Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

May 7, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Chivas USA	Sandy, Utah, United States
13:00	Johnson  87'	1–0 Report	Boyens  15'  24' Mondaini  37'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,365 Referee: Paul Ward

May 14, 2011	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah, United States
20:30		0–0 Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

May 22, 2011	FC Dallas	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, Texas, United States
18:00 CDT	Jacobson  53'	Report	44' Wingert  58' Beckerman  61' Grabavoy	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,550 Referee: David Gantar

May 28, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah, USA
19:00 MDT	Johnson  28' Olave  58' Wingert  65' Gonzalez  88'	(Report)	Ianni  71' Riley  81' Neagle  84' Wahl  90'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,474 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

June 4, 2011	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah, United States
18:00 PDT	Warner  30' Alexandre  32' Espíndola  79'	Report	DeMerit  15' Koffie  66'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,174 Referee: Juan Guzman

June 8, 2011	Columbus Crew	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio, United States
19:30 EDT	Mendoza  76' (pen.) Gardner  82'	Report	Olave  7' Espindola  78' Wingert  88'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 11, 2011	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
16:00 EDT	Daniel  24'	1–1 Report	Russell  43' Espíndola  53' Alexandre  54'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,728 (SO) Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

June 18, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–1	D.C. United	Sandy, Utah, United States
21:00 EDT	Espindola  38' (pen.)	1–1 Report	65' Brettschneider  85' (pen.) Davies	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,841 Referee: Terry Vaughn

June 22, 2011	Chicago Fire	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois, United States
19:30 CDT	Gibbs  3' Barouch  64'	0–0 Report	Johnson  47+' Russell  49'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,972 Referee: Juan Guzman

June 25, 2011	Real Salt Lake	3–1	Toronto FC	Sandy, Utah, United States
	Borchers  39' Saborio  42' Warner  48' Saborio  60' Alexandre  84' Johnson  85'	(report)	Eckersley  58' Maicon Santos  66'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,077 Referee: Niko Bratsis

July 4, 2011	Real Salt Lake	3–3	New England Revolution	Sandy, Utah, United States
20:30 EDT	Johnson  23' Saborío  55' (pen.) Espindola  82'	3-3 Report	Lekic  4' (pen.) Tierney  15' Joseph  62'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,139 Referee: Yader Reyes

July 9, 2011	Real Salt Lake	2–0	FC Dallas	Sandy, Utah, United States
20:00 CDT	Beckerman  29' Williams  47' Olave  67' Rimando  93+' Espindola  94+'	Report	37' Gonçalves  71' Shea  90' Warshaw	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,734 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 23, 2011	Real Salt Lake	4–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah, United States
19:00 PDT	Beckerman  13' Saborío  63' (pen.) Saborío  75' Beckerman  78' Olave  83'	Report	Peterson  15' Convey  32' Ring  56' Burling  60'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,429 Referee: David Gantar

July 30, 2011	Real Salt Lake	0–2	Columbus Crew	Sandy, Utah, United States
21:00 EDT		Report	Gaven  5' Heinemann  10'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,516 Referee: Jason Anno

August 3, 2011	Sporting Kansas City	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas, United States
19:30 CDT	Espinoza  29' Bunbury  34'	0–2 Report		Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 18,467 (SO)

August 6, 2011	Real Salt Lake	3–0	New York Red Bulls	Sandy, Utah, United States
21:00	Borchers  13' Gil  44' Saborio  77' Johnson  84'	3–0 Report	76' Márquez	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,081 Referee: Elias Bazakos

August 13, 2011	Toronto FC	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Plata  77'	Report	Johnson  54' Espindola  62'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 21,644 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

August 20, 2011	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas, United States
19:30	Boswell  69' Ching  47' Dixon  93+'	2-3 Report	Espindola  28' Gil  60'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,247 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

August 27, 2011	Chivas USA	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California, United States
19:30	Lopes  79'	Report	Saborio  11' Borchers  24' Beckerman  74'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 3, 2011	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Philadelphia Union	Sandy, Utah, United States
19:00	Beckerman  18' Schuler  26' Russell  35'	2-1 Report	Le Toux  30' Califf  67'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 10, 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington, USA
13:00 PDT	Carrasco  38' Hurtado  39' Montero  47+' Alonso  94+'	Report	Keller  13' (o.g.) Beltran  20'  35' Saborio  56' Williams  68'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 35,940 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

September 17, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah, United States
20:00 CDT	Schuler  12' Borchers  54' Beckerman  69'	Report	Collin  28' Zusi  93+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,888 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 21, 2011	New York Red Bulls	1–3	Real Salt Lake	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:00	Rodgers  47' Lindpere  69'	Report	Saborío  7' Espíndola  11'  21'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,266 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

September 24, 2011	D.C. United	4–1	Real Salt Lake	Washington, D.C., United States
21:30	Najar  13' De Rosario  22', 27', 31'	Report	59' Warner Saborio 85'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 16.367 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

September 28, 2011	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Chicago	Sandy, Utah, United States
20:00	Beckerman  11' Espíndola  16' Álvarez  56'	Report	Pappa  9', 36', 75' Gargan  16'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20.762 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 1, 2011	LA Galaxy	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California United States
19:30 PDT	Barrett  59' Borchers  72' (o.g.)	Report	Espíndola  10'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 (SO) Referee: Kevin Stott

October 6, 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–0	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18:30 PDT	Camilo  44' (pen.) Camilo  53' (pen.) Khalfan  88'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Chris Penso

October 14, 2011	Colorado Rapids	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado, United States
20:30		Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,272 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

October 22, 2011	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah, United States
18:00 PDT				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

Playoffs

October 29, 2011 Conference Semi-finals	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Seattle Sounders	Sandy United States
20:00 MDT	Espindola  30' Saborio  43', 53' Grabavoy  88'		Alonso  54' Montero  90' Friberg  90+3'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: Mark Geiger

November 2, 2011 Conference Semi-finals	Seattle Sounders	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Real Salt Lake	Seattle Washington United States
20:00 MST	Alonso  56' (pen.) Neagle  61'			Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,021 Referee: Jair Marrufo

November 6, 2011 Conference Final	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 - 1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California, United States
18:00 PST	Donovan  23' (pen.) Magee  58' Keane  68'	Report	Saborío  25'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 23,437 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

CONCACAF Champions League

February 22 Quarterfinals	Columbus Crew	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, United States
20:00 UTC-05		(Report)		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 4,665 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

March 1 Quarterfinals	Real Salt Lake	4–1 (4–1 agg.)	Columbus Crew	Sandy, United States
19:00 UTC-06	Saborío  23' Morales  36', 77' Williams  90+5'	(Report)	Mendoza  49'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,405 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

March 15 Semifinals	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Saprissa	Sandy, United States
19:00 UTC-05	Saborío  9' Espíndola  57'	(Report)		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,668 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

April 5 Semifinals	Saprissa	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Real Salt Lake	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC-06	Cordero  46' Solís  87' (pen.)	(Report)	Olave  61'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 21,065 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

April 20 Final	Monterrey	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Monterrey, Mexico
21:00 UTC-05	de Nigris  18' Suazo  62' (pen.)	(Report)	Borchers  35' Morales  89'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 30,247 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

April 27 Final	Real Salt Lake	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Monterrey	Sandy, United States
20:00 UTC-06		(Report)	Suazo  45'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

U.S. Open Cup

June 28, 2011 Third Round	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Sandy, Utah
19:00 MDT	Beltran  40' Alexandre  44'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 7,620 Referee: Allen Chapman

July 12, 2011 Quarterfinals	FC Dallas	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, Texas
20:00 CDT	Benítez  18' Jackson  54'	Report		Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Michael Kennedy

Major League Soccer

Western Conference table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LA Galaxy (SS, W1)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	46	42	+4	49
6	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
7	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
8	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2011. Source: MLS

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion

• ^Note 1 - The top three clubs in each conference are guaranteed spots in the 2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals. The other four clubs in the playoffs enter via wild card entrees, regardless of their conference, based on their overall standings in a single table.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LA Galaxy (SS, W1)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52
5	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	51
6	Houston Dynamo	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	49	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
7	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	49
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8	48
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	47
10	New York Red Bulls	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6	46
11	Chicago Fire	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1	43
12	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
13	D.C. United	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3	39
14	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
15	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
16	Toronto FC	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	33	2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ^3
17	New England Revolution	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion

• ^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
• ^Note 2 Since the LA Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.
• ^Note 3 Toronto FC qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
31	51	15	10	6	43	32	+11	10	3	3	28	14	+14	5	7	3	15	18	−3

Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Club

MLS roster

As of September 15, 2011.[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Tim Melia 2 DF  USA Tony Beltran 3 DF  USA Robbie Russell 4 DF  COL Jámison Olave 5 MF  USA Kyle Beckerman (captain) 6 DF  USA Nat Borchers 7 FW  ARG Fabián Espíndola 8 FW  CAN Will Johnson 10 MF  SLV Arturo Alvarez 11 MF  ARG Javier Morales 12 MF  HAI Jean Alexandre 13 FW  USA Chris Agorsor 14 MF  CUB Yordany Álvarez (on loan from Orlando City) 15 FW  CRC Álvaro Saborío

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  USA Chris Wingert 18 GK  USA Nick Rimando 19 DF  USA Blake Wagner 20 MF  USA Ned Grabavoy 21 MF  USA Luis Gil 22 MF  ARG Nelson González (on loan from Quilmes) 23 FW  BRA Paulo Araujo Jr. (on loan from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) 24 GK  USA Kyle Reynish 25 FW  USA Donny Toia 26 MF  USA Collen Warner 27 FW  USA Cody Arnoux 28 DF  USA Chris Schuler 30 DF  USA Rauwshan McKenzie 77 MF  JAM Andy Williams

CONCACAF Champions League roster

As of February 22, 2011.[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Tim Melia 2 DF  USA Tony Beltran 3 DF  USA Robbie Russell 4 DF  COL Jámison Olave 5 MF  USA Kyle Beckerman (captain) 6 DF  USA Nat Borchers 7 FW  ARG Fabián Espíndola 8 FW  CAN Will Johnson 10 MF  SLV Arturo Alvarez 11 MF  ARG Javier Morales 12 MF  HAI Jean Alexandre

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  CRC Álvaro Saborío 17 DF  USA Chris Wingert 18 GK  USA Nick Rimando 20 MF  USA Ned Grabavoy 21 MF  USA Luis Gil 22 MF  ARG Nelson González (on loan from Quilmes) 23 FW  BRA Paulo Araujo Jr. (on loan from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) 24 GK  USA Kyle Reynish 28 DF  USA Chris Schuler 30 DF  USA Rauwshan McKenzie 77 MF  JAM Andy Williams

Staff

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head Coach	Jason Kreis
Assistant Coach	C. J. Brown
Assistant Coach	Miles Joseph
Assistant Coach	Jeff Cassar
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Dan Barlow
Team Administrator	Elliot Fall
Equipment Manager	Mike Rigby
Head Athletic Trainer	Tyson Pace
Head Team Physician	Andrew Cooper
Team Orthopedist	Dr. Mark Scholl
U-17 Head Coach	Greg Maas
U-17 Assistant Coach	Nermin Sasivarĕvić

Updated to match played 20 October 2010
Source: Real Salt Lake

Management

Owner/Chairman	Dave Checketts
President	Bill Manning
Chief Financial Officer	Gary Reimer
Sporting Director and Director of Youth Development	Rob Karas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Rio Tinto Stadium (20,008 / 103x67 meters)

Updated to match played 20 October 2010
Source: Real Salt Lake

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Third Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Claret / Cobalt sleeves	Claret	Claret
Away	White / Cobalt sleeves	White	White
Third	Gold / Cobalt sleeves	Gold	Claret
Third Alt.	Gold / Cobalt sleeves	Gold	Cobalt	MLS, May 22 against Dallas

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 18 August 2011.[13]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		CONCACAF Champions League		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tim Melia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Tony Beltran	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Robbie Russell	5	0	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Jámison Olave	18	3	14+0	2	4+0	1	0+0	0
5	MF		Kyle Beckerman	26	2	20+2	2	4+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Nat Borchers	22	2	19+0	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Fabián Espíndola	21	7	15+2	6	4+0	1	0+0	0
8	FW		Will Johnson	21	2	15+2	2	4+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Arturo Alvarez	13	0	5+6	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Javier Morales	9	4	5+0	2	4+0	2	0+0	0
12	DF		Jean Alexandre	15	1	8+6	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Álvaro Saborío	17	8	13+0	6	4+0	2	0+0	0
16	FW		Conor Chinn	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF		Chris Wingert	20	0	16+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
18	GK		Nick Rimando	25	0	21+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		Ned Grabavoy	23	0	18+1	0	1+3	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Luis Gil	15	1	6+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Nelson González	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Paulo Araujo Jr.	6	2	2+3	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	GK		Kyle Reynish	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Donny Toia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Collen Warner	18	0	10+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Cody Arnoux	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		Chris Schuler	13	1	10+1	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF		Rauwshan McKenzie	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	MF		Andy Williams	24	3	12+8	2	3+1	1	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Tim Melia	0	0	0
24	GK		Kyle Reynish	0	0	0
18	GK		Nick Rimando	0	0	0
2	DF		Tony Beltran	0	0	0
5	DF		Nat Borchers	0	0	1
30	DF		Rauwshan McKenzie	0	0	0
4	DF		Jámison Olave	1	0	0
3	DF		Robbie Russell	0	0	0
28	DF		Chris Schuler	0	0	0
17	DF		Chris Wingert	0	0	0
13	MF		Jean Alexandre	0	0	0
10	MF		Arturo Alvarez	0	0	0
5	MF		Kyle Beckerman	1	0	0
21	MF		Luis Gil	0	0	0
22	MF		Nelson González	0	0	0
20	MF		Ned Grabavoy	0	0	0
11	MF		Javier Morales	1	0	0
26	MF		Collen Warner	0	0	0
77	MF		Andy Williams	0	0	0
23	FW		Paulo Araujo Jr.	0	0	0
7	FW		Fabián Espíndola	0	0	0
8	FW		Will Johnson	0	0	1
15	FW		Álvaro Saborío	0	0	0
16	FW		Conor Chinn	0	0	0
25	FW		Donny Toia	0	0	0
27	FW		Cody Arnoux	0	0	0

Last updated on March 2, 2011

Player movement

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 24, 2010	Arturo Alvarez	MF	Portland Timbers	Acquired for SuperDraft 2nd round pick	[14]
December 1, 2010	Álvaro Saborío	FW	Sion	Reported fee of US$1.0 million	[15]
February 11, 2011	Cody Arnoux	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps	Weighted lottery	[16]
March 14, 2011	Donny Toia	FW	Pima College	Homegrown Player	[17]
March 24, 2011	Conor Chinn	FW	New York Red Bulls	Free	[18]
May 27, 2011	Artur Aghasyan	FW	Unattached	Free	[19]
July 20, 2011	Chris Agorsor	FW	Philadelphia Union	Free	[20]
August 16, 2011	Blake Wagner	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Free	[21]
September 15, 2011	Nico Muñiz	MF	Real Salt Lake Academy	Free; not eligible for first-team roster until 2012	[22]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 24, 2010	Robbie Findley	FW	Portland Timbers	Expansion Draft	[23]
November 24, 2010	David Horst	DF	Portland Timbers	Expansion Draft	[23]
November 24, 2010	Alex Nimo	MF		Waived	[24]
February 28, 2011	Pablo Campos	FW	Carolina RailHawks	Waived, free transfer	[25]
May 27, 2011	Conor Chinn	FW	Atlanta Silverbacks	Waived, free transfer	[19]
July 28, 2011	Artur Aghasyan	FW	Los Angeles Blues	Released, free transfer	[26]

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Ref
July 12, 2010	Nelson González	MF	Quilmes	Loan thru 2011 season	[27]
December 27, 2010	Paulo Araujo Jr.	FW	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Loan thru 2011 season with RSL purchase option at season's end	[28]
September 15, 2011	Yordany Álvarez	MF	Orlando City	Loan thru remainder of 2011 MLS season	[29]

Competitions

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS	—	1st		March 19, 2011	October 22, 2011
MLS Western Conference	—	1st		March 19, 2011	October 22, 2011
CONCACAF Champions League	Group Stage	Finals	Finals	August 22, 2010	April 27, 2011
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round	Quarter-finals

Updated to match played 11 July 2011
Source: Competitions

Miscellany

Allocation Ranking

Real Salt Lake is in the #8 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.[30]

International Roster Spots

Real Salt Lake possesses 6 international roster spots.[28] Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. The club dealt one spot permanently to Colorado Rapids on 29 June 2005[31] and dealt another spot permanently to Chivas USA on 24 November 2004.[32] The club also dealt a spot to Kansas City on 23 February 2010[33] but use of that roster spot was for the 2010 season only.[34]

There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).[30]

Future Draft Pick Trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 SuperDraft conditional pick acquired from Chivas USA.
Future picks traded: None.

MLS Rights to Other Players

Real Salt Lake maintains the MLS rights to Yura Movsisyan after the player declined a contract offer by the club and signed overseas on a free transfer.

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