2014 Real Salt Lake season

The 2014 Real Salt Lake season was the team's tenth year of existence and also the first year with new head coach Jeff Cassar. The team's first game was on March 8 at StubHub Center.

Real Salt Lake

2014 season
Owner	Dell Loy Hansen
Coach	Jeff Cassar
Stadium	Rio Tinto Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 3rd Overall: 4th
MLS Cup	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	4th Round
Rocky Mountain Cup	1st
Desert Diamond Cup	3rd
Highest home attendance	20,513 (vs New England Revolution, 4 July)
Lowest home attendance	18,881 (vs Toronto FC, 29 March)
Average home league attendance	20,157
Biggest win	RSL 5–1 COL (9/19)
Biggest defeat	SEA 4–0 RSL (5/31)
Home colors Away colors
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Background

Main article: 2013 Real Salt Lake season

In 2013 Real Salt Lake played in the MLS Cup final, losing in the tenth round of penalty kicks to Sporting Kansas City.^[1] Real Salt Lake also announced that LifeVantage would be a long-term sponsor beginning in the 2014 Season.^[2] Additionally, long term head coach, Jason Kreis announced that he would leave the club at the end of the season to embark on an opportunity to become the first coach for New York City FC to start in the 2015 season.^[3] Other changes to the staff including Miles Joseph who left to assist Kreis in New York and C. J. Brown returned to his former club, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, to serve as assistant coach.^[4] Jeff Cassar was promoted to be the head coach beginning in the 2014 season.^[5]

Overview

March

Real Salt Lake began the season away to LA Galaxy on 8 April 2014 and won their first match of the season. Nick Rimando was awarded the first week Player of the Week^[6] after a nine-save performance helping to secure the win. Additionally, Rimando was voted for MLS Save of the Week^[7] and named for MLS Team of the Week^[8] along with defender Nat Borchers for week one. Real Salt Lake continued to remain unbeaten throughout the month with draws at San Jose (3–3) and the home opener to LA Galaxy (1–1), and a three-nil home win to Toronto FC which saw Álvaro Saborío, Javier Morales, and Nat Borchers named to the MLS team of the Week for week four.^[9] Captain Kyle Beckerman was also awarded MLS Goal of the Week for his 25-yard shot against San Jose that earned him nearly 50 percent of the votes.^[10]

April

RSL continued their unbeaten run through the month with draws away to Sporting Kansas City (0–0) and Philadelphia Union (2–2), and home against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2–2). Real Salt Lake also had a single home win over Portland Timbers (1–0), to bring the tally to eleven consecutive matches unbeaten against the Timbers. Real Salt Lake also were honored by being awarded the "Team of the Year" in the Utah Governor's State of Sport awards, as well as awards to Kyle Beckerman for "Male Professional Athlete of the Year", and Nick Rimando was awarded for "Highlight of the Year" for their accomplishments in the 2013 season.^[11]

Luis Gil was called up to the U-21 US National Team for the pre-Olympic Training Camp, but backed out to recover from a lingering hamstring injury.^[12] Defender Carlos Salcedo additionally was called up to train with the Mexico U-21 National Team to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[13] RSL Arizona Academy graduate Justen Glad was offered a Homegrown Player contract and became the seventh academy graduate to join the first team.^[14] Real also announced a new Under-12 Academy to be based in Utah with graduates being promoted to the RSL Arizona Academy.^[15]

May

Real Salt Lake continued their unbeaten run to tie the MLS record for an unbeaten start of the season, tying with 1996 and 2010 LA Galaxy and 2000 Kansas City Wizards. RSL suffered their first defeat the final day of the month when they lost away to Seattle Sounders. Forward Álvaro Saborío was named to the Costa Rica World Cup Roster, and Midfielder Kyle Beckerman and Goalkeeper Nick Rimando were called up to the United States men's national soccer team and departed to train with their respective teams in preparation for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup,^[16] although Saborío returned after fracturing his fifth metatarsal in training.^[17] Jordan Allen was ruled out for the remainder of the season after undergoing a microfracture surgery to his right knee.^[18]

Joao Plata won the MLS Player of the Week^[19] for week nine after his two-goal performance against Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Javier Morales scored the second fasted goal in RSL history with his first goal finding the net fifteen seconds into the match.^[20] Javi also got his first hat-trick for Real Salt Lake in the team's first ever win away to FC Dallas. In Nick Rimando's absence, Jeff Attinella won the MLS Save of the Week for Week 11 with a double save in the win against Colorado Rapids.^[21]

Competitions

Preseason

Matches

RSL Arizona Academy v Real Salt Lake

January 29, 2014	RSL Arizona Academy	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Casa Grande, AZ, USA
	Josh Doughty 80'	Report	Morales 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Grande Sports World

UC Irvine Anteaters v Real Salt Lake

February 8, 2014	UC Irvine Anteaters	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Irvine, CA, USA
	Iwasa 83'	Report	15' Mulholland	Stadium: Anteater Stadium

Chivas USA v Real Salt Lake

February 13, 2014	Chivas USA	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson, CA, USA
11:00 PST	Bautista 11'	Report		Stadium: StubHub Center

Desert Diamond Cup

Further information: 2014 Desert Diamond Cup

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9
2	Chivas USA	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
3	Real Salt Lake	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
4	New England Revolution	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
5	Colorado Rapids	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
6	FC Tucson	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1[a]

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara took the place of FC Tucson in the final match v. Chicago Fire.

Matches

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

February 19, 2014	Real Salt Lake	0–0	New England Revolution	Tucson, AZ, USA
18:00 (MST)		Report		Stadium: North Stadium, Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake

February 22, 2014	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Tucson, Arizona
15:30 (MST)	Brown 69'	report	Wingert  30'	Stadium: Kino Stadium Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v FC Tucson

February 26, 2014	Real Salt Lake	3–1	FC Tucson	Tucson, AZ, USA
18:00 (MST)	Saborío 24' Maund 44' Saborío 45'	report	Acosta  44' Antoniak 59'	Stadium: North Stadium, Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Real Salt Lake v CD Chivas USA

March 1, 2014	Real Salt Lake	1–1	CD Chivas USA	Tucson, AZ, USA
13:00 (MST)	Saborío 70'	report	Torres 10' Minda  14' Bautista  81'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Referee: Ismail Elfath

MLS regular season

Further information: 2014 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders FC	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	64	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	LA Galaxy	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	61
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	56
4	FC Dallas	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	54	MLS Cup Knockout round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	50
6	Portland Timbers	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49
7	Chivas USA	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32	33
8	Colorado Rapids	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19	32
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15	30

Source: MLS

Overall table

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2015 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders FC (S)	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	64	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy (C)	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	61
3	D.C. United	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59
4	Real Salt Lake	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	56
5	New England Revolution	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5	55
6	FC Dallas	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	54
7	Columbus Crew	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10	52
8	New York Red Bulls	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	50
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	50	CONCACAF Champions League
10	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7	49
11	Portland Timbers	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49
12	Philadelphia Union	34	10	12	12	51	51	0	42
13	Toronto FC	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10	41
14	Houston Dynamo	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19	39
15	Chicago Fire	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10	36
16	Chivas USA	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32	33
17	Colorado Rapids	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19	32
18	San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15	30
19	Montreal Impact	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	28

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
31	49	13	8	10	50	39	+11	9	1	5	29	14	+15	4	7	5	21	25	−4

Last updated: October 5, 2014
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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L
West	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Overall	6	5	7	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	3	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2014. Source: RealSaltLake.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

As of May 4, 2014

Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

March 8, 2014 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, CA
7:30 PM PST	Riley  45'	report	Morales  35' Mulholland  79' Plata 80' Saborío  87' Rimando  90'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,634 Referee: Javier Santos

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

March 15, 2014 2	San Jose Earthquakes	3–3	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, CA
7:30 PM PDT	Wondolowski 6' Lenhart  9' Bernárdez 75' Koval  77' Salinas  90' Bernárdez 90+5'	report	Beckerman 11' Plata 32' Mulholland 45+4' Borchers  52'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10525 Referee: Jorge Luna

Real Salt Lake v Los Angeles Galaxy

March 22, 2014 3	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sandy, UT
2:00 PM MDT	Saborío 19' Morales  55' Saborío  63'	report	Ishizaki  18' Keane 34'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,466 Referee: Ismael Eltath

Real Salt Lake v Toronto FC

March 29, 2014 4	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Toronto FC	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM MDT	Saborío (pen) 11' Gil 28' Schuler  38' Saborío 55'	report	Defoe  29' Henry  31' Caldwell  35'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,881 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

April 5, 2014 5	Sporting Kansas City	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, KS
7:30 PM CDT	Myers  76' Rosell  83' Bieler  90+1'	report	Schuler  40' Borchers  87'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,838 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake

April 12, 2014 6	Philadelphia Union	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Chester, PA
TBD	Wenger 55' Edu 90'	report	Mulholland 6' Beckerman 85'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,015 Referee: Alan Kelly

Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers

April 19, 2014 7	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Ut
7:30 PM MDT	Grabavoy 79'	report	Danso  33'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,496 Referee: Drew Fischer

Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

April 26, 2014 8	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM MDT	Plata 2' Saborío 9' Wingert  65'	report	Manneh  58' Mezquida 86' Fernández 90+4' Leverón  90+5'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,661 Referee: Kevin Stott

Chicago Fire v Real Salt Lake

May 3, 2014 9	Chicago Fire	2–3	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, IL
7:30 PM DDT	Magee 22' Anangonó 30' Magee  63'	report	Schuler  30' Beckerman  44' Plata 72' Saborío 90' Plata 90+3'	Stadium: Real Salt Lake Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Juan Guzman

Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake

May 11, 2014 10	Houston Dynamo	2–5	Real Salt Lake	Houston, TX
6:00 PM MDT	Sherrod 22' Carrasco  27' Óscar Boniek García  45+4' Sherrod 56' Sherrod  90+2'	report	Morales 1' Morales 17' Saborío  26' Saborío 32' Mulholland 78' Morales 89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,514 Referee: Allen Chapman

Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids

May 17, 2014 11 (RMC)	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM MDT	Plata 24' Grossman  33' Mulholland  44' Morales 51' Morales  64' Stertzer  90+3'	report	Drew Moor 83'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,489 Referee: Mark Geiger

Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas

May 24, 2014 12	Real Salt Lake	0–0	FC Dallas	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM EDT	Beltran  61' Morales  85'	report	Ulloa  66' Hedges  80' Castillo  83'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,488 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

May 31, 2014 13	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, WA
3:00 PM PDT	Pineda 42' Pappa 55' Barrett 62' Evans  80' Martins 90'	report	Beltran  43' Borchers  76'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,245 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake

June 4, 2014 14	Columbus Crew	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, OH
19:30 EDT	Gehrig  16' Finlay 88'	report	Gil 56'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11.121 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers

June 7, 2014 15	Real Salt Lake	1–3	Portland Timbers	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Mulholland 23' Beltran  52'  53' García  70' Mulholland  84'	report	Adi 36' Adi 45' Johnson 73' Chará  90'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,480 Referee: Ismail Elfath

C.D. Chivas USA v Real Salt Lake

June 28, 2014 16	C.D. Chivas USA	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson, CA
7:30 PM MDT	Mulholland Stertzer  72'	report	Lochhead  19' Torres 35' Rosales  47' Toia  50'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 5,689 Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

July 4, 2014 17	Real Salt Lake	2–1	New England Revolution	Sandy, UT
20:00 MDT	Wingert  19' Morales 35' Morales  36' Plata 65'	report	Nguyen  32' Barnes 37' Tierney  64'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,513 Referee: Allen Chapman

Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

July 12, 2014 18	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson, CA
7:30 PM PDT	García  90+4' Rimando  90+7'	report	Zardes 20' Sarvas  90+4'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 19,882 Referee: Sylviu Petrescu

Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

July 19, 2014 19	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Beckerman  17' Beltran  76' Plata 81' Wingert  90+7'	report	Mattocks 73' Fernández  75' Laba  75' Ousted  76' Koffie  88'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,265 Referee: Edvin Juresevic

Real Salt Lake v Montreal Impact

July 24, 2014 20	Real Salt Lake	3–1	Montreal Impact	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Mulholland 3' Wingert  18' García 70' 90+2'	Summary	Camara 32' Nakajima-Farran  65' Gagnon-Laparé  83'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,398 Referee: Drew Fischer

Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls

July 30, 2014 21	Real Salt Lake	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Sandy, UT
7:00 PM MDT	Plata 19' García  79'	Summary	Henry 57'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,295 Referee: Mark Geiger

Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake

August 2, 2014 22 (RMC)	Colorado Rapids	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, CO
8:00 PM MDT		Summary	Morales 14' Wingert  34' Maund  47' Beckerman  62' Beltran  84'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,554 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Real Salt Lake v D.C. United

August 9, 2014 23	Real Salt Lake	3–0	D.C. United	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Plata 11' Schuler 13' 24' Mansally  85'	Summary	Jeffrey  5' Johnson  30'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,452 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC

August 16, 2014 24	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, UT
12:30 PM MDT	García  14' Plata 53' Mulholland 57'	Report	Scott  15' Yedlin  60' Barrett 72'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20.483 Referee: Sylviu Petrescu

FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake

August 22, 2014 25	FC Dallas	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, TX
8:00 PM DDT	Pérez  31'  45' Michel  33' Watson 50' Castillo 74'	report	Schuler  45' García 90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 17,622 Referee: Ismail Elfath

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

August 30, 2014 26	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, CA
5:30 PM PDT	Cronin 14' Pierazzi  61' Hernandez  68'	report	Morales 36'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: David Gantar

Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas

September 6, 2014 27	Real Salt Lake	2–1	FC Dallas	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Findley 31' Saborío 77' Beltran  85'	report	Loyd  54' Michel 62'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,545 Referee: Armando Villareal

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

September 12, 2014 28	Seattle Sounders FC	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, WA
7:30 PM PDT	Neagle  25' Neagle 28' Martins 43' Rose 90+4'	report	Morales 30' Plata 50' Borchers  68' Wingert  71'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,976 Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids

September 19, 2014 29 (RMC)	Real Salt Lake	5–1	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, UT
8:00 PM MDT	Plata 32' Morales 33' Schuler 37' Nasco 45' (o.g.) Salcedo 63'	report	José Mari 21' O'Neill  36' Serna  84' Burch  88'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,692 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Real Salt Lake

September 27, 2014 30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, BC
4:00 PM PDT	Beitashour  36' Morales 62' (pen.) 78'  79' Teibert  64'	Summary	Borchers 57' Salcedo  60'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,395 Referee: Allen Chapman

C.D. Chivas USA v Real Salt Lake

October 5, 2104 31	C.D. Chivas USA	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson, CA
6:00 PM PDT	Minda  22' Borja 47' Sturgis  82'	Summary	Mulholland  78' Morales  85'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 12,271 Referee: Dave Gantar

Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes

October 11, 2014 32	Real Salt Lake	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM MDT	Grabavoy 24'  81' Velásquez 29'	Report	Yannick Djaló  32' Harden  74'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,701 Referee: Jose Rivero

Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake

October 17, 2014 33	Portland Timbers	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Portland, OR
7:00 PM PDT	Valeri  55' Ridgewell  58' Paparatto  90+2'	Report	Beckerman  55'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,814 Referee: Geiger

Real Salt Lake v C.D. Chivas USA

October 22, 2014 34	Real Salt Lake	2–0	C.D. Chivas USA	Sandy, UT
7:30 PM MDT	Saborío 36' (pen.) Salcedo  59' Beckerman 74' Grabavoy  85'	Report	Toia  31' Burling  50' Chávez  56' Reo-Coker  76'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,665 Referee: Bazakos

Legend::   Win   Draw   Loss
Schedule Updated: February 2, 2014
Source: Real Salt Lake Schedule

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinal

Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy

November 1 First leg	Real Salt Lake	0–0	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
17:00 PDT	Beltran  63' Wingert  67'	Report	Gonzalez  53' Rogers  77'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,713 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

November 9 Second leg	LA Galaxy	5–0 (5–0 agg.)	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
16:30 PST	Donovan 10', 54', 72',  81' Keane 20' Sarvas 63'	Report	Saborío  79' Beltran  86'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

U.S. Open Cup

Further information: 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in MDT

Atlanta Silverbacks v Real Salt Lake

14 June 2014 Fourth round	Atlanta Silverbacks	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Chamblee, Georgia
6:00 PM MDT	Burgos 33'  55' Gavin  44' Poku 90+2'	Report	Findley 10' Maund  27' Salcedo  65'	Stadium: Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A. Villarreal

Friendlies

Real Salt Lake v Club Tijuana

12 August 2014 Friendly	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Club Tijuana	Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM MDT	Beltran  21' Salcedo  85' Gil 87'	Report	Requejo  7' Castro  11' Ortíz  59' Villegas 77'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 13,222 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Real Salt Lake v Sacramento Republic FC

30 September 2014 Friendly	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 PM MDT	Findley 57' (pen.) Velásquez 90'	Report	Lopez  27' Alvarez  45' Mirković  54'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,555

Club

Roster

As of April 8, 2014. Age calculated as of the start of the 2014 season.^[22]

No.	Position	Player	Nation	Age	Acquired
1	GK	Lalo Fernández (HGP)	Mexico	21	February 24, 2012
2	DF	Tony Beltran	United States	26	January 18, 2008
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	United States	27	June 27, 2012
4	DF	Aaron Maund	United States	23	December 3, 2012
5	MF	Kyle Beckerman (C)	United States	31	July 16, 2007
6	DF	Nat Borchers	United States	32	February 14, 2008
7	MF	Jordan Allen (HGP)	United States	18	December 13, 2013
8	FW	Joao Plata	Ecuador	22	January 30, 2013
10	FW	Robbie Findley	United States	28	January 16, 2013
11	MF	Javier Morales (DP)	Argentina	34	August 17, 2007
12	MF	Cole Grossman	United States	24	November 12, 2012
13	FW	Olmes García	Colombia	21	February 21, 2013
14	DF	Justen Glad (HGP)	United States	17	April 4, 2014
15	FW	Álvaro Saborío (DP)	Costa Rica	31	March 15, 2010
16	DF	Carlos Salcedo (HGP)	Mexico	20	January 15, 2013
17	DF	Chris Wingert	United States	31	July 13, 2007
18	GK	Nick Rimando	United States	34	February 23, 2007
19	MF	Luke Mulholland	England	25	January 21, 2014
20	MF	Ned Grabavoy	United States	30	March 3, 2009
21	MF	Luis Gil (GA)	United States	20	February 23, 2010
22	FW	Benji Lopez (HGP)	United States	19	July 17, 2013
23	FW	Sebastián Jaime	Argentina	27	August 8, 2014
24	GK	Jeff Attinella	United States	25	December 23, 2012
25	DF	Rich Balchan	United States	25	March 2, 2013
26	MF	Sebastián Velásquez	Colombia	23	January 12, 2012
27	MF	John Stertzer	United States	23	January 17, 2013
28	DF	Chris Schuler	United States	26	January 14, 2010
29	DF	Abdoulie Mansally	Gambia	25	June 20, 2012
49	FW	Devon Sandoval	United States	22	January 17, 2013

Transfers

In

#	Position	Player	Previous club	Fees/Notes	Date	Source
7	MF	Jordan Allen	Real Salt Lake – Arizona Academy	Graduate, Home Grown Player	31 December 2013	[23]
19	MF	Luke Mullholland	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Undisclosed	21 January 2014	[24]
23	DF	Ryan Neil	California Golden Bears	First round MLS SuperDraft Pick (18th overall)	16 January 2014	[25]
	MF	Joey Dillon	Georgetown Hoyas	Third round MLS SuperDraft Pick (53rd overall)	21 January 2014	[26]
	DF	Daniel Jackson	Coker College	Fourth round MLS SuperDraft Pick (70th overall)	21 January 2014	[26]
14	DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake – Arizona Academy	Home Grown Player	8 April 2014	[14]
23	FW	Sebastián Jaime	Unión Española	Undisclosed	8 August 2014	[27]

Out

#	Position	Player	Next Club	Fees/Notes	Date	Source
7	MF	Lovel Palmer	Chicago Fire	Traded for Allocation Money	13 December 2013	[28]
23	MF	Khari Stephenson	San Jose Earthquakes	Released to MLS Re-Entry Draft	9 December 2013	[29]
23	DF	Ryan Neil	San Jose Earthquakes	Not signed after being picked in the MLS Superdraft	7 March 2014	[30]
44	DF	Brandon McDonald	Ljungskile SK	Released to MLS Re-Entry Draft	9 December 2013	[29]
45	GK	Josh Saunders		Released to MLS Re-Entry Draft	9 December 2013	[29]
19	MF	Enzo Martinez	Carolina RailHawks	Waived	9 January 2014	[31]
	DF	Daniel Jackson	Carolina RailHawks	Not signed after being picked in the MLS Superdraft	12 March 2014	[32]
	MF	Joey Dillon	Arizona United	Released	8 April 2014	[14]
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	New York City FC	Trade for 2016 MLS 4th Round Super-Draft Pick	11 August 2014	[33]

Loans

In

#	Position	Player	Loaned To	Fees/Notes	Date	Source

Out

#	Position	Player	Loaned To	Fees/Notes	Date	Source
14	MF	Yordany Álvarez	Orlando City	Loaned for 2014 season and Trade for 2015 for 2017 4th Round Super-Draft Pick	13 December 2013	[34]
25	DF	Rich Balchan	Carolina RailHawks	Short-term loan to regain fitness	7 May 2014 – 12 May 2014	[35]
3	DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	Orange County Blues FC	Short-term loan to regain fitness.	11 May 2014	[36]
22	FW	Benji Lopez	Arizona United SC	Loaned for 2014 USL PRO season	30 May 2014	[37]

Note: Kwame Watson-Siriboe and Benji Lopez have both played matches with RSL Reserves while on loan away from Real Salt Lake

Coaching and technical staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head Coach	Jeff Cassar
Assistant Coach	Andy Williams[38]
Assistant Coach	Craig Waibel[38]
Assistant Coach	Paul Dalglish;[38] Departed: 4 August 2014 [39]
Assistant Coach	Ted Eck[40]
Goalkeeping Coach	Daryl Shore[38]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Dan Barlow
Head Athletic Trainer	Tyson Pace
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Kevin Christen
Director of Soccer Operations	Eliott Fall
Team Administrator	Salvador Pérez

Last updated: 21 September 2014
Source: Real Salt Lake

Kits

Home [41][42]

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Claret with Gold Bar / Cobalt sleeves	Claret	Claret	8 March at LA Galaxy
Away	White / Cobalt right sleeve	White	White	15 March at San Jose Earthquakes

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of May 12, 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	USA	Tony Beltran	18	0	16+1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	USA	Aaron Maund	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
5	MF	USA	Kyle Beckerman	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0
6	DF	USA	Nat Borchers	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	USA	Jordan Allen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	ECU	Joao Plata	15	8	13+1	8	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	USA	Robbie Findley	4	1	1+2	0	0	0	1	1
11	MF	ARG	Javier Morales	18	5	18	5	0	0	0	0
12	MF	USA	Cole Grossman	11	0	5+5	0	0	0	1	0
13	FW	COL	Olmes García	15	0	7+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	FW	CRC	Álvaro Saborío	10	6	10	6	0	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Carlos Salcedo	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	USA	Chris Wingert	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0
18	GK	USA	Nick Rimando	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Luke Mulholland	19	4	11+7	4	0	0	1	0
20	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy	18	1	16+2	1	0	0	0	0
21	MF	USA	Luis Gil	15	2	11+3	2	0	0	1	0
26	MF	COL	Sebastián Velásquez	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	DF	USA	Chris Schuler	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	USA	Jeff Attinella	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	USA	Rich Balchan	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	USA	John Stertzer	8	0	3+4	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	GAM	Abdoulie Mansally	8	0	3+5	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	USA	Devon Sandoval	14	0	6+7	0	0	0	1	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Source: Real Salt Lake Statistics

Individual awards

The MLS Player of the Week, Month, and Year is awarded by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) and decided by vote.^[43]

Weekly awards

As of July 9, 2014

Week	Player of the Week	Team of the Week	Save of the Week	Goal of the Week
1	Nick Rimando[6]	Nick Rimando[8] Nat Borchers	Nick Rimando[7]
2			Nick Rimando[44]	Kyle Beckerman[10]
4		Álvaro Saborío[9] Javier Morales Nat Borchers Jeff Cassar (coach)
5		Jeff Attinella[45] Chris Schuler
6		Javier Morales[46]
7	Nick Rimando[47]	Nick Rimando[48] Ned Grabavoy
9	Joao Plata[19]	Joao Plata[49]
10		Javier Morales[50]		Javier Morales[51]
11		Devon Sandoval[52]	Jeff Attinella[21]
12		Tony Beltran[53]
13			Jeff Attinella[54]
17		Kyle Beckerman[55]

Top scorers

As of July 9, 2014

Place	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	8	Joao Plata	8	0	0	8
2	15	Álvaro Saborío	6	0	0	6
3	11	Javier Morales	4	0	0	4
	19	Luke Mulholland	4	0	0	4
5	5	Kyle Beckerman	2	0	0	2
	21	Luis Gil	2	0	0	2
6	20	Ned Grabavoy	1	0	0	1
7	10	Robbie Findley	0	0	1	1
TOTALS			24	0	0	24

Top Assists

As of May 12, 2014

Place	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	11	Javier Morales	5	0	0	5
2	8	Joao Plata	3	0	0	3
	19	Luke Mulholland	3	0	1	4
4	5	Kyle Beckerman	3	0	0	3
	15	Álvaro Saborío	2	0	0	2
6	17	Chris Wingert	1	0	0	1
	20	Ned Grabavoy	1	0	0	1
	21	Luis Gil	1	0	0	1
	26	Sebastián Velásquez	1	0	0	1
	29	Abdoulie Mansally	1	0	0	1
	49	Devon Sandoval	1	0	0	1
Total			21	0	0	21

Source: mlssoccer.com ^[56]

Disciplinary record

As of July 9, 2014

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	MLS		MLS Cup		US Open Cup		Total
19		MF	Luke Mulholland	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
2		DF	Tony Beltran	4	1*	0	0	0	0	4	1
11		MF	Javier Morales	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
6		DF	Nat Borchers	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		FW	Álvaro Saborío	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28		DF	Chris Schuler	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	John Stertzer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		DF	Chris Wingert	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5		MF	Kyle Beckerman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		GK	Nick Rimando	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		MF	Cole Grossman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		FW	Olmes García	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Aaron Maund	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16		DF	Carlos Salcedo	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		GK	Nick Rimando	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				33	2	0	0	2	0	35	2

Source: Competitions
Competitive matches only
* indicates a second yellow card ( )

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
5	MF	Kyle Beckerman		13	Club Captain
11	MF	Javier Morales		6	Vice Captain

Last updated: July 9, 2014
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.