-Their first home game was on April 16th 2005 at the Rice-Eccles Stadium, a 1-0 win versus the Colorado Rapids.
-Real Salt Lake have two “claim to fame” moments in their history, their great run through to the Concacaf Champions League Finals in April 2011, losing to Monterrey and their biggest achievement, the 2009 MLS Cup!
-Their home stadium is the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, opened in October 2008 and has a capacity of 20 213.
-Their head coach is Jeff Cassar, an assistant coach with the club for many years, who took over after Jason Kreis, their most successful coach in history, left the club after the 2013 campaign, becoming the head coach of the New York City FC.
-In 2014, they finished the regular season 3rd in the Western Conference with a record of 15-8-11, losing to the LA Galaxy in the Conference Semi Finals (2nd Round).
-They are qualified for the 2015-16 Concacaf Champions League.
Players to watch for:
-Goalkeeper Nick Rimando, a perennial candidate at the Goalkeeper of the Year award, Nick has made a habbit of stopping penalties when his team really needs him to do so, also a mainstay in the United States Men’s National Team.
-Midfielder and Captain Kyle Beckerman, heart and soul of the team, part of the 2009 and 2011 teams that had great success, loves to control the pace in the midfield, will find a way to give service to his striker and if there is an opportunity, he is not afraid to try the goal from 30 yards out!
-Striker Joao Plata, the former TFC player has really found a system where he can thrive! 17 goals in 55 games with RSL since 2013, what can I say, another former TFCer having a great career in Major League Soccer.
-Defender Jamison Olave, from 2009-12 Olave was a key piece of the RSL puzzle, after a 2 years with Thierry Henry and the Red Bulls, he is back to his old stomping ground to bring back the glory to the RioT.
Here is a look at their full roster from earlier this season
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Lalo Fernández Mexico
2 Defender Tony Beltran United States
3 Defender Phanuel Kavita (HGP) Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 Defender Jámison Olave Colombia
5 Midfielder Kyle Beckerman (Captain; DP) United States
6 Defender Boyd Okwuonu United States
7 Midfielder Jordan Allen (HGP) United States
8 Forward Joao Plata (DP) Ecuador
10 Midfielder Luis Gil (GA) United States
11 Midfielder Javier Morales Argentina
12 Defender Elías Vásquez http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png Guatemala
13 Forward Olmes García http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png Colombia
14 Defender Justen Glad (HGP) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
15 Forward Álvaro Saborío http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png Costa Rica
16 Midfielder Pecka http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Brazil
17 Defender Demar Phillips http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png Jamaica
18 Goalkeeper Nick Rimando http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
19 Midfielder Luke Mulholland http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png England
21 Defender Aaron Maund http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
23 Forward Sebastián Jaime (DP) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png Argentina
24 Goalkeeper Jeff Attinella http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
26 Midfielder Adolfo Ovalle (HGP) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United
27 Midfielder John Stertzer http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
28 Defender Chris Schuler http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
29 Defender Abdoulie Mansally http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/23px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png Gambia
49 Forward Devon Sandoval http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
50 Midfielder Sebastian Saucedo (HGP) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States
Graphic and Images Sources: Wikipedia