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Real Salt Lake

2011 season
Owner	SCP Worldwide
Coach	Jason Kreis
Stadium	Rio Tinto Stadium
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
SuperLiga	Group Stage
Home colors Away colors Third colors

The 2011 Real Salt Lake season will be 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.

Salt Lake will begin their 2011 campaign with a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal at Columbus Crew on February 22, 2011. They will then host Columbus at Rio Tinto Stadium on March 1, 2011.

Background

Main article: 2010 Real Salt Lake season

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 of their unprotected players: Robbie Findley and David Horst. 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.

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, 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. 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.

After much rumor as to where striker Robbie Findley would end up, he eventually signed for English Championship club Nottingham Forest, 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 details have yet been disclosed.

January

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

Match Results

Legend

Win

Loss

Tie

CONCACAF Champions League

See also: 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
Quarterfinals	February 22, 2011	Columbus Crew	Away	-	-	-
Quarterfinals	March 1, 2011	Columbus Crew	Home	-	-	-

Major League Soccer

See also: 2011 Major League Soccer season

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
1	March 19, 2011	San Jose Earthquakes	Away	-	-	-
2	March 26, 2011	Los Angeles Galaxy	Home	-	-	-

SuperLiga

See also: 2011 North American SuperLiga

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S, C)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	CONCACAF Champions League
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	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	51
6	Houston Dynamo	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	49	CONCACAF Champions League
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	CONCACAF Champions League
17	New England Revolution	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

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

Player Information

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

Last updated on 26 December 2010.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		CONCACAF Champions League		U.S. Open Cup		SuperLiga
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Tim Melia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Tony Beltran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	USA	Robbie Russell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	COL	Jámison Olave	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	USA	Kyle Beckerman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	USA	Nat Borchers	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ARG	Fabián Espíndola	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW	CAN	Will Johnson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ARG	Javier Morales	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	HAI	Jean Alexandre	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	CRC	Álvaro Saborío	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	USA	Chris Wingert	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	GK	USA	Nick Rimando	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	USA	Luis Gil	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ARG	Nelson González	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	BRA	Paulo Araujo Jr.	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	USA	Kyle Reynish	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	USA	Collen Warner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	USA	Chris Schuler	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	USA	Rauwshan McKenzie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	MF	JAM	Andy Williams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
–	MF	SLV	Arturo Alvarez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	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	0
30	DF		Rauwshan McKenzie	0	0	0
4	DF		Jámison Olave	0	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
—	MF		Arturo Alvarez	0	0	0
5	MF		Kyle Beckerman	0	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	0	0	0
26	MF		Collen Warner	0	0	0
77	MF		Andy Williams	0	0	0
23	FW		Paulo Araujo Jr.	0	0	0
19	FW		Pablo Campos	0	0	0
7	FW		Fabián Espíndola	0	0	0
8	FW		Will Johnson	0	0	0
15	FW		Álvaro Saborío	0	0	0

Last updated on December 28, 2010