# 2016 Real Salt Lake season

The 2016 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 12th year of existence and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.

## Competitions
### MLS regular season
#### Standings
##### Western Conference Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 48 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 47 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 46 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 | |

##### Overall table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders FC (C) | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 48 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 8 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 47 | |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | D.C. United | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 46 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 32 | −10 |
Last updated: October 24, 2016 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
### U.S. Open Cup

Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.

### CONCACAF Champions League

Real Salt Lake will continue the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the knockout stage with all remaining competitors. Having earned a 3rd-place position in the knockout stage Real Salt Lake will host the second leg of the quarterfinals

## Statistics

* Stats from MLS Regular season, MLS playoffs, CONCACAF Champions league, and U.S. Open Cup are all included.
    As of October 27, 2016

## Club
### Roster

* Age calculated as of the start of the 2016 season.
    As of August 6, 2016
| No. | Position | Player | Nation | Age |
| 1 | GK | Lalo Fernández (HGP) | Mexico | 23 |
| 2 | DF | Tony Beltran | United States | 28 |
| 3 | DF | Phanuel Kavita (HGP) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22 |
| 4 | DF | Jámison Olave | Colombia | 34 |
| 5 | MF | Kyle Beckerman (Captain) | United States | 33 |
| 6 | DF | Boyd Okwuonu | United States | 23 |
| 7 | FW | Juan Manuel Martínez (DP) | Argentina | 30 |
| 8 | MF | Stephen Sunday | Nigeria | 27 |
| 10 | FW | Joao Plata (DP) | Ecuador | 24 |
| 11 | MF | Javier Morales | Argentina | 36 |
| 12 | MF | Omar Holness (GA) | Jamaica | 21 |
| 14 | FW | Yura Movsisyan (DP; loan from Spartak Moscow) | Armenia | 28 |
| 15 | DF | Justen Glad (HGP) | United States | 19 |
| 16 | DF | Chris Wingert | United States | 33 |
| 17 | DF | Demar Phillips | Jamaica | 32 |
| 18 | GK | Nick Rimando | United States | 36 |
| 19 | MF | Luke Mulholland | England | 27 |
| 20 | FW | Ricardo Velazco (HGP) | United States | 22 |
| 21 | DF | Aaron Maund | United States | 25 |
| 24 | GK | Jeff Attinella | United States | 27 |
| 25 | DF | Danilo Acosta (HGP) | Honduras | 18 |
| 27 | MF | John Stertzer | United States | 25 |
| 28 | DF | Chris Schuler | United States | 28 |
| 29 | FW | Pedro Báez (loan from Cerro Porteño) | Paraguay | 19 |
| 30 | FW | Emery Welshman | Guyana | 24 |
| 49 | FW | Devon Sandoval | United States | 24 |
| 70 | MF | Jordan Allen | United States | 20 |
| 80 | FW | Olmes García | Colombia | 23 |

### Transfers

As of March 6, 2016.

#### In

| Position | Player | Previous club | Fees/Notes | Date |
| MF | Danilo Acosta | Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy | HGP | 12/29/15 |
| MF | Omar Holness | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2016 MLS SuperDraft | 12/29/15 |
| MF | Stephen Sunday | Alanyaspor | | 1/21/16 |
| FW | Emery Welshman | Real Monarchs | | 1/22/16 |
| DF | Chris Wingert | New York City FC | | 2/3/16 |
| DF | Chris Schuler | Real Monarchs | | 8/11/16 |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Next Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
| DF | Elías Vásquez | unattached | option declined | 11/30/15 |
| MF | Pecka | Rayo OKC | option declined | 11/30/15 |
| DF | Chris Schuler | Real Monarchs | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| MF | Luis Gil | Querétaro | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| MF | Luis Silva | Tigres UANL | out of contract | 11/30/15 |
| FW | Sebastián Jaime | Universidad Católica | contract terminated | 1/21/16 |
| DF | Abdoulie Mansally | Houston Dynamo | trade | 2/18/16 |
| MF | Adolfo Ovalle | unattached | contract terminated | 4/28/16 |

### Loans
#### In

| Position | Player | Loaned from | Fees/Notes | Date |
| FW | Yura Movsisyan | Spartak Moscow | one-year loan; DP | 1/15/16 |
| MF | Andrew Brody | Real Monarchs | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 |
| DF | Emilio Orozco | Real Monarchs | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 |
| FW | Pedro Báez | Cerro Porteño | end of season; option to buy | 7/22/16 |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Fees/Notes | Date |
| MF | Sebastian Saucedo | Veracruz | one-year loan; HGP | 1/12/16 |
| FW | Devon Sandoval | Rayo OKC | Rest of the 2016 season | 7/13/16 |