2023 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake
2023 season
Head coach	Pablo Mastroeni
Stadium	America First Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: 5th ; Overall: 11th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Round One
Leagues Cup	Round of 16
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Rocky Mountain Cup	Winner
Average home league attendance	19,429
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 19th season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. The team also competed in both the 2023 U.S. Open Cup and 2023 Leagues Cup. Real Salt Lake played their home games at America First Field in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, and was managed by Pablo Mastroeni in his second full season with the club.

Club

Roster

As of June 30, 2023,^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Seasons with club (year signed)
2	Andrew Brody	United States	DF	(1995-05-03) May 3, 1995 (age 29)	Real Monarchs	3 (2021)
3	Bryan Oviedo	Costa Rica	DF	(1990-02-18) February 18, 1990 (age 34)	FC Copenhagen	2 (2022)
4	Brayan Vera	Colombia	DF	(1999-01-15) January 15, 1999 (age 25)	América de Cali	1 (2023)
6	Braian Ojeda	Paraguay	MF	(2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 24)	Nottingham Forest (loan)	2 (2022)
7	Pablo Ruíz	Argentina	MF	(1998-12-20) December 20, 1998 (age 25)	San Luis	6 (2018)
8	Damir Kreilach (DP)	Croatia	MF	(1989-04-16) April 16, 1989 (age 35)	Union Berlin	6 (2018)
9	Chicho Arango (DP)	Colombia	FW	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 29)	C.F. Pachuca	1 (2023)
10	Jefferson Savarino (DP)	Venezuela	FW	(1996-11-11) November 11, 1996 (age 28)	Atletico Mineiro	5 (2017, 2022)
11	Andrés Gómez	Colombia	FW	(2002-09-12) September 12, 2002 (age 22)	Millonarios F.C.	1 (2023)
12	Scott Caldwell	United States	MF	(1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33)	New England Revolution	2 (2022)
13	Nelson Palacio	Colombia	MF	(2001-06-16) June 16, 2001 (age 23)	Atlético Nacional	1 (2023)
14	Rubio Rubin	Guatemala	FW	(1996-03-01) March 1, 1996 (age 28)	San Diego Loyal SC	3 (2021)
15	Justen Glad (HGP)	United States	DF	(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 27)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	10 (2014)
16	Maikel Chang	Cuba	MF	(1991-04-18) April 18, 1991 (age 33)	Real Monarchs	4 (2020)
17	Danny Musovski	United States	FW	(1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 28)	Los Angeles FC	2 (2022)
18	Zac MacMath	United States	GK	(1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 33)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4 (2020)
19	Bode Hidalgo	United States	FW	(2002-02-22) February 22, 2002 (age 22)	Real Monarchs	3 (2021)
20	Erik Holt (HGP)	United States	DF	(1996-09-06) September 6, 1996 (age 28)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	5 (2019)
22	Delentz Pierre (HGP)	Haiti	DF	(2000-12-16) December 16, 2000 (age 23)	Portland Pilots (HGP)	1 (2023)
23	Ilijah Paul (GA)	United States	FW	(2002-07-26) July 26, 2002 (age 22)	Washington Huskies	1 (2023)
24	Tomas Gomez	United States	GK	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 31)	Real Monarchs	2 (2022)
25	Emeka Eneli	United States	MF	(1999-10-18) October 18, 1999 (age 25)	Cornell Big Red	1 (2023)
26	Diego Luna	United States	MF	(2003-09-03) September 3, 2003 (age 21)	El Paso Locomotive	2 (2022)
27	Bertin Jacquesson (GA)	France	FW	(2001-11-30) November 30, 2001 (age 22)	Pittsburgh Panthers	1 (2023)
28	Jasper Löeffelsend	Germany	DF	(1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 (age 27)	Pittsburgh Panthers	2 (2022)
29	Anderson Julio	Ecuador	FW	(1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 (age 28)	Atlético San Luis	3 (2021)
30	Marcelo Silva	Uruguay	DF	(1989-03-21) March 21, 1989 (age 35)	Real Zaragoza	7 (2017)
31	Axel Kei (HGP)	Ivory Coast	FW	(2007-12-30) December 30, 2007 (age 16)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	2 (2022)
32	Zack Farnsworth (HGP)	United States	DF	(2002-07-13) July 13, 2002 (age 22)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	3 (2021)
33	Moses Nyeman	United States	MF	(2003-11-05) November 5, 2003 (age 21)	S.K. Beveren (loan)	1 (2023)
35	Gavin Beavers (HGP)	United States	GK	(2005-04-29) April 29, 2005 (age 19)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	2 (2022)
37	Luis Rivera (HGP)	United States	DF	(2007-12-01) December 1, 2007 (age 16)	Real Monarchs	1 (2023)
38	Jude Wellings (HGP)	United States	MF	(2006-04-26) April 26, 2006 (age 18)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	2 (2022)

Transfers

As of June 10, 2023'^[2]^[3]

In

Player	Position	Previous Club	Fees/Notes	Date	Ref.
Ilijah Paul	FW	Washington Huskies	2023 MLS SuperDraft; Generation adidas	December 21, 2022	^[4]
Bertin Jacquesson	FW	Pittsburgh Panthers	2023 MLS SuperDraft; Generation adidas	December 21, 2022	^[5]
Luis Rivera	DF	Real Monarchs	Homegrown player	January 6, 2023	^[6]
Delentz Pierre	DF	Portland Pilots	Homegrown player	January 6, 2023	^[7]
Andrés Gómez	FW	Millonarios	Undisclosed	January 10, 2023	^[8]
Brayan Vera	DF	América de Cali	Undisclosed	February 10, 2023	^[9]
Emeka Eneli	MF	Cornell Big Red	2023 MLS SuperDraft	March 24, 2023	^[10]
Chicho Arango	FW	C.F. Pachuca	Designated Player	June 10, 2023	^[11]
Nelson Palacio	MF	Atlético Nacional	Undisclosed	June 28, 2023	^[12]

Out

Player	Position	Next Club	Fees/Notes	Date
Nick Besler	MF		Option Declined	October 26, 2022
Chris Garcia	FW	El Paso Locomotive
Bret Halsey	DF	FC Cincinnati 2
Johan Kappelhof	DF	Safa SC
Tate Schmitt	FW	Houston Dynamo
Bobby Wood	FW	New England Revolution
Aaron Herrera	DF	CF Montréal	$500,000 GAM + additional	December 21, 2022
Sergio Córdova	FW	FC Augsburg	End of loan; returned to parent club	January 5, 2023
Jeff Dewsnup	GK	Retired		January 7, 2023
Justin Meram	FW	Charlotte FC	$200,000 GAM + additional	April 27, 2023
Jonathan Menéndez	FW	Aris	Mutually Parted Ways	July 3, 2023

Loans

In

Player	Position	Loaned From	Fees/Notes	Date
Moses Nyeman	MF	S.K. Beveren	Loan for entire 2023 season	February 20, 2023

Out

Player	Position	Loaned To	Fees/Notes	Date
Jaziel Orozco	DF	Santos Laguna	Loan for entire 2023 season	February 2, 2023
Jonathan Menéndez	FW	Newell's Old Boys	Loan for entire 2023 season	February 6, 2023
Julio Benitez	MF	Forward Madison FC	Loan for entire 2023 season	February 14, 2023

Competitions

Preseason

January 21	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Los Angeles FC	Los Angeles, California
12:00 pm MDT	Jaquesson 10' Rubin 65' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 0 (closed door)

February 8	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Sporting Kansas City	Phoenix, Arizona
TBD MDT	Kreilach 19' Schmitt 43'	Report	Russell 8' Agada 54'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door)

February 11 Desert Showcase	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Tucson, Arizona
6:00 pm MDT	Pierre 7'	Report	Martinez 84'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 14 Desert Showcase	Real Salt Lake	5–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Tucson, Arizona
TBD MDT	Ojeda 19' Oviedo 23' Gómez 68', 69' Jacquesson 81'			Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (closed door)

February 18 Desert Showcase	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Chicago Fire FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 am MDT	Ojeda 22' Savarino 40', 44'	Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

MLS regular season

Matches

February 25 1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
8:30 pm MT	Brown 24'	Report	Löffelsend 15' Glad 70' Kreilach 73'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,614 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

March 4 2	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
8:30 pm MT	Morris 35' Héber 58' Nouhou 73' Léo Chú 86'	Report	Ojeda 62'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 30,011 Referee: Victor Rivas

March 11 3	Real Salt Lake	1–2	Austin FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Glad 22' Kreilach 41'	Report	Gallagher 9' Wolff 33'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,052 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

March 25 4	Real Salt Lake	0–4	St. Louis City SC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Kreilach 24' Eneli 68' Glad 75'	Report	Gioacchini 47' Bartlett 55' Klauss 61', 66' Alm 76', 85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,508 Referee: Mark Allatin

April 1 5	Columbus Crew	4–0	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio
5:30 pm MT	A. Morris 14', 53' Zelarayán 41' (pen.) Nagbe 64' Yeboah 90+3'	Report	Meram 29' Eneli 84'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,624 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

April 8 6	Real Salt Lake	3–1	Charlotte FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Vera 23' Ruiz 56', 57' Julio 59' Savarino 62' Glad 70'	Report	Bender 13' Świderski 27' Afful 42' Jóźwiak 48'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 17,506 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

April 15 7	FC Dallas	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Ferreira 5' Jesus 69' Kamungo 88' Ntsabeleng 90+3'	Report	Rubin 49' Savarino 68' Vera 74'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Sergii Boiko

April 22 8	Real Salt Lake	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Löffelsend 39' Ruiz 45' Savarino 54' Gómez 80'	Report	Espinoza 49'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 16,666 Referee: Filip Dujic

April 29 9	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	João Paulo 8' A. Roldán 72' Rusnák 90+4'	Report	Savarino 9' Oviedo 36' Glad 53' Ruiz 62' 90+3' Ojeda 69'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,714 Referee: Nima Saghafi

May 6 10	Houston Dynamo FC	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Escobar 57' Quiñónes 90+'	Report	Glad 45' Oviedo 83'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 13,793 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 13 11	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Ojeda 27' Eneli 79'	Report	Opoku 8' Bouanga 34' Hollingshead 68' Bogusz 87' (pen.)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,407 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

May 17 12	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Eneli 45+1'	Report	Boli 72'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 18,020 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 20 13 RMC	Colorado Rapids	2–3	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado
7:30 pm MT	Acosta 28' Wilson 33' Nicholson 45+' Abubakar 74' Cabral 77'	Report	Ruiz 12' Musovski 21', 35' Oviedo 32' Kreilach 44' Hidalgo 58' Ojeda 62' Vera 73'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,327 Referee: Jon Freemon

May 27 14	Minnesota United FC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Saint Paul, Minnesota
6:30 pm MT	Amarilla 4' Glad 31' (o.g.) Taylor 73'	Report	Savarino 28' Glad 45+7' Ojeda 59' Rubin 71'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,912 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

May 31 15	Real Salt Lake	2–3	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Musovski 51', 57' Gómez 54' Brody 64' Ruiz 67', 83'	Report	Brugman 45+4' (pen.) Edwards 66' Rodríguez 72' Boyd 74'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 17,762 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

June 3 16	Austin FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Austin, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Rigoni 43' Urruti 62' Gallagher 64' Cascante 90+2'	Report	Hidalgo 7' Rubín 15', 81' Glad 34' Löffelsend 66'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Tori Penso

June 10 17	Real Salt Lake	0–0	New York City FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Glad 42'	Report	Pereira 32' Haak 70' Barraza 83' Alfaro 84'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,301 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

June 17 18	D.C. United	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Washington, D.C.
5:30 pm MT	Birnbaum 26' Durkin 50', 53' Dájome 75' Hines-Ike 89'	Report	Ruiz 9', 41' Musovski 51' MacMath 90+1'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Malik Badawi

June 21 19	St. Louis City SC	1–3	Real Salt Lake	St. Louis, Missouri
6:30 pm MT	Gioacchini 21' Stroud 29' Ostrák 30' Nerwinski 47' Bartlett 55'	Report	Luna 15' Kreilach 48', 66' Vera 54' Beavers 71'	Stadium: Citypark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

June 24 20	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Minnesota United FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Silva 58' Musovski 79' Glad 90+8'	Report	Dotson 27' Reynoso 39' Irwin 90+2'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,439 Referee: Tori Penso

July 1 21	Toronto FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Toronto, Ontario
5:30 pm MT	Mabika 21'	Report	Paul 86' Julio 90+2'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 26,694 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

July 8 22	Real Salt Lake	4–0	Orlando City SC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Arango 23' Glad 41' Luna 53' Ojeda 62' Vera 70' Savarino 78' Julio 89'	Report	Cartagena 38'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 12 23	Sporting Kansas City	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 pm MT	Sallói 30' Russell 36'	Report	Musovski 46' Arango 67' Julio 72' Ruiz 87'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 17,924 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

July 15 24	Real Salt Lake	3–1	New York Red Bulls	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Luna 2', 53' Savarino 81' Brody 83' Vera 84' Julio 90'	Report	Tolkin 55' Amaya 80'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,556 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

August 26 25	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Houston Dynamo FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Chang 50' Julio 63'	Report	Baird 9' Steres 29' Carrasquilla 75'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,471 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

August 30 26	Portland Timbers	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
8:30 pm MT	Moreno 13' Chará 34' Mora 64' Asprilla 90+3' Bingham 90+5'	Report	Ojeda 45+1' Arango 83' Vera 86'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,320 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

September 2 27 RMC	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Vera 19', 62' Palacio 24' Arango 49'	Report	Ronan 16' Maxsø 42' Abubakar 72'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,798 Referee: Nima Saghafi

September 16 28	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Real Salt Lake	San Jose, California
8:30 pm MT	Ebobisse 2' Rodrigues 15'	Report	Vera 13' Arango 44', 69'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 15,390 Referee: Natalie Simon

September 20 29	Real Salt Lake	1–3	FC Dallas	Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MT	Kreilach 20' Arango 43' Silva 60'	Report	Arriola 56' Ferreira 62' (pen.), 71'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 17,842 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

September 23 30	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Vera 47', 90+4' Glad 65' Brody 74' Palacio 82'	Report	White 17' Adekugbe 90+11'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,243 Referee: Malik Badawi

October 1 31	Los Angeles FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles, California
6:00 pm MT	Sánchez 39' Olivera 56' Tillman 62' Bogusz 67' Palacios 78'	Report	Gómez 51' Arango 72' Rubin 86' Palacio 89'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,221 Referee: Timothy Ford

October 7 32	Real Salt Lake	2–3	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Glad 3' Vera 58', 81' Savarino 89' MacMath 90+7'	Report	Thommy 4' Russell 29' Radoja 38' Pulido 77' Melia 90+2'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,205 Referee: Ted Unkel

October 14 33	LA Galaxy	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
8:30 pm MT	Joveljic 7' Costa 34' Alfaro 66' Aguirre 75'	Report	Julio 45+1' Eneli 54' Luna 76'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 20,673 Referee: Jair Marrufo
Note: Match rescheduled from August 20 due to Hurricane Hilary making landfall in Southern California.

October 21 34 RMC	Colorado Rapids	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado
7:00 pm MT	Bassett 15'	Report	Julio 30' Luna 74'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,538 Referee: Timothy Ford

MLS Cup Playoffs

Round One

October 29 Game 1	Houston Dynamo FC	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
3:00 pm CT	Herrera 22' Bassi 79' Escobar 90+5' Carrasquilla 90+7'	Report	Oviedo 44' Luna 54' Julio 82'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,508 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

November 6 Game 2	Real Salt Lake	1–1 (5–4 p)	Houston Dynamo FC	Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MT	Glad 27' Ojeda 33' Vera 52' Savarino 70'	Report	Clark 16' Bassi 17', 28' Dorsey 48' Carrasquilla 69' Sviatchenko 71'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,251 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
	Penalties
	Arango Kreilach Savarino Vera Luna		Bassi Carrasquilla Úlfarrson Dorsey Quiñónes

November 11 Game 3	Houston Dynamo FC	1–1 (4–3 p)	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
3:00 pm CT	Baird 20', 28'	Report	Savarino 46' Luna 65' Arango 66' Vera 72'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 16,374 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Carrasquilla Úlfarrson Bassi Quiñónes Dorsey		Arango Rubin Luna Vera Musovski
Note: Houston Dynamo FC won the series 2–1.

Standings

Western Conference table

MLS Western Conference table (2023)
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Louis City SC	34	17	12	5	62	45	+17	56	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53	Qualification for round one
3	Los Angeles FC	34	14	10	10	54	39	+15	52
4	Houston Dynamo FC	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51
5	Real Salt Lake	34	14	12	8	48	50	−2	50
6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	10	12	55	48	+7	48
7	FC Dallas	34	11	10	13	41	37	+4	46
8	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	14	8	48	51	−3	44	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	10	14	39	43	−4	44	Qualification for the wild-card round
10	Portland Timbers	34	11	13	10	46	58	−12	43
11	Minnesota United FC	34	10	13	11	46	51	−5	41
12	Austin FC	34	10	15	9	49	55	−6	39
13	LA Galaxy	34	8	14	12	51	67	−16	36
14	Colorado Rapids	34	5	17	12	26	54	−28	27

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall table

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Houston Dynamo FC (U)	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One and U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[a]
10	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	66	53	+13	51	Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[b]
11	Real Salt Lake	34	14	12	8	48	50	−2	50	Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[b]
12	Nashville SC	34	13	11	10	39	32	+7	49	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[c]
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (V)	34	12	10	12	55	48	+7	48	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[d]

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(U) U.S. Open Cup winner; (V) Canadian Championship winner
Notes:

^ Qualify for both the Champions Cup and U.S. Open Cup as 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions
^ As one of the top seven teams in the overall table to not qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
^ As 2023 Leagues Cup runner-up
^ As 2023 Canadian Championship winners

Leagues Cup

The Leagues Cup will occur between July 21 and August 19, with all MLS teams competing and regular season play being suspended. Real Salt Lake will enter in the group stage as a seeded team, based on 2022 standings.

West 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	RSL	SEA
1	Monterrey	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	4–2
2	Real Salt Lake	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	3–0
3	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	2	2	7	−5	0		—	—	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

July 22 Group stage	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
9:30 pm ET	Oviedo 33' Arango 45+2', 51' Savarino 48' Silva 60' Vera 81' Rubín 88'	Report	Yeimar 45+2'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 10,507 Referee: Guillermo Pacheco Larios

July 26 Group stage	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Monterrey	Sandy, Utah
9:30 pm ET	Ojeda 66'	Report	Glad 8' (o.g.) Berterame 13', 74' Govea 33' Romo 87'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,734 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Knockout round

August 4 Round of 32	Real Salt Lake	3–1	León	Sandy, Utah
9:00 pm ET	Vera 19' Musovski 60', 69', 71' Arango 81'	Report	Moreno 8', 60' Tesillo 87'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 17,547 Referee: Benjamin Pineda
Note: Match rescheduled from August 3 due to severe weather in the area.

August 8 Round of 16	Los Angeles FC	4–0	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles, California
10:00 pm ET	Chiellini 38' Bouanga 52', 56' Ordaz 62' Palencia 83' Krastev 84'	Report		Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 17,728 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

U.S. Open Cup

Real Salt Lake entered the Open Cup in the Third Round, based on 2022 standings.

April 26 3rd	Las Vegas Lights FC (USLC)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Las Vegas, Nevada
8:00 PM MDT	Bushue 63' Stauffer 112' Zuluaga 112'	Report	Holt 61' Kreilach 106', 116' Musovski 121'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Brandon Gardner

May 10 Round of 32	Portland Timbers (MLS)	3–4	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PDT	Blanco 4' Rasmussen 50' Niezgoda 52' Griffith 62' Loría 72' Bonilla 88' Asprilla 90+3'	Report	Musovski 30' Gómez 41', 51' Chang 55', 59' Pierre 70' Ojeda 90+6'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 8,071 Referee: Victor Rivas

May 24 Round of 16	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	0–1	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Commerce City, Colorado
8:00 PM MDT	Rosenberry 78'	Report	Gómez 12' Savarino 30' Ojeda 37' Löffelsend 82'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 2,280 Referee: Andrew Musashe

June 7 Quarterfinals	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	3–2	LA Galaxy (MLS)	Sandy, Utah
7:30 PM MDT	Kreilach 19', 45+7' (pen.), 56' Glad 32' Savarino 51' Eneli 61'	Report	Neal 59' Brugman 82' Costa 84'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,712 Referee: Ramy Touchan

August 23 Semifinals	Houston Dynamo FC (MLS)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM MDT	Dorsey 22' Herrera 38' 45+5' Carrasquilla 93' 105' Artur 118' Caicedo 120+5'	Report	Vera 38' 119' Arango 59' Julio 64' Eneli 67' A. Gómez 72' Glad 106' Palacio 114'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 11,137 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Statistics

Squad appearances

As of November 11, 2023

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Regular Season		Leagues Cup		US Open Cup		MLS Cup Playoffs
No	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
18	GK		Zac MacMath	35	35	28	28	3	3	1	1	3	3
35	GK		Gavin Beavers	12	11	7	6	1	1	4	4	0	0
81	GK		Tomas Gomez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Andrew Brody	37	32	29	25	2	2	4	3	2	2
4	DF		Brayan Vera	32	32	24	24	3	3	2	2	3	3
15	DF		Justen Glad	42	40	32	31	3	2	5	5	2	2
20	DF		Erik Holt	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
22	DF		Delentz Pierre	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
30	DF		Marcelo Silva	22	19	16	15	3	3	3	1	0	0
32	DF		Zack Farnsworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Bryan Oviedo	34	26	25	19	3	2	3	2	3	3
49	DF		Luis Rivera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Pablo Ruíz	25	23	17	15	4	4	4	4	0	0
8	MF		Damir Kreilach	33	19	27	15	0	0	5	4	1	0
12	MF		Scott Caldwell	5	3	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Nelson Palacio	16	12	11	10	2	0	1	0	2	2
16	MF		Maikel Chang	29	16	22	12	1	0	5	3	1	1
19	MF		Bode Hidalgo	30	16	23	13	3	1	3	1	1	1
25	MF		Emeka Eneli	31	23	21	13	3	3	5	5	2	2
26	MF		Diego Luna	32	22	23	14	4	3	2	2	3	3
28	MF		Jasper Löffelsend	26	16	21	15	1	0	3	1	1	0
31	MF		Kevon Lambert	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF		Moses Nyeman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Jude Wellings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF		Zavier Gozo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF		Braian Ojeda	42	32	30	22	4	4	5	3	3	3
Forwards
9	FW		Chicho Arango	18	14	11	9	4	4	1	1	2	0
10	FW		Jefferson Savarino	34	32	24	22	4	4	3	3	3	3
11	FW		Andrés Gómez	40	21	30	15	2	1	5	3	3	2
14	FW		Rubio Rubin	31	17	22	14	4	1	3	1	2	1
23	FW		Ilijah Paul	9	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
27	FW		Bertin Jacquesson	12	4	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
29	FW		Anderson Julio	38	15	28	12	4	0	3	1	3	2
31	FW		Axel Kei	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Danny Musovski	34	18	24	14	4	3	4	1	2	0
Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.)
	FW		Jonathan Menéndez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Justin Meram	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Julio Benitez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	DF		Jaziel Orozco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

As of November 11, 2023^[13]

Goals
Rank	Player	Total	MLS Regular Season	Leagues Cup	US Open Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs
1	Jefferson Savarino	11	7	1	2	1
2	Danny Musovski	9	5	2	2	0
3	Chicho Arango	8	6	2	0	0
3	Damir Kreilach	8	4	0	4	0
5	Diego Luna	7	5	0	0	2
6	Anderson Julio	6	5	0	1	0
7	Justen Glad	5	5	0	0	0
8	Pablo Ruiz	4	4	0	0	0
9	Rubio Rubin	3	2	1	0	0
9	Brayan Vera	3	3	0	0	0
11	Maikel Chang	2	0	0	2	0
11	Andrés Goméz	2	1	0	1	0
13	Jasper Löffelsend	1	1	0	0	0

Assists

As of June 15, 2023^[13]

Assists
Rank	Player	Total	MLS Regular Season	US Open Cup
1	Andrés Gómez	6	4	2
2	Jefferson Savarino	5	4	1
3	Danny Musovski	3	2	1
3	Rubio Rubín	3	1	2
5	Maikel Chang	2	2	0
	Bode Hidalgo	2	1	1
	Bertin Jacquesson	2	1	1
	Damir Kreilach	2	1	1
	Bryan Oviedo	2	2	0
11	Andrew Brody	1	1	0
	Anderson Julio	1	0	1
	Jasper Löffelsend	1	1	0
	Justin Meram	1	1	0
	Braian Ojeda	1	1	0
	Brayan Vera	1	1	0

Clean Sheets

As of November 11, 2023^[13]

Shutouts
Rank	Player	Nation	Total	MLS Regular Season	Leagues Cup	US Open Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs
1	Zac MacMath		10	9	1	0	0
2	Gavin Beavers		1	0	0	1	0

References

^ Kennedy, Paul (October 22, 2023). "MLS breaks attendance record". Soccer America. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Roster". rsl.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ "Real Salt Lake Announces 2023 Roster Decisions". rsl.com. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
^ RSL Communications (December 21, 2023). "RSL Selects Five in 2023 MLS Superdraft". RSL.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ RSL Communications (December 21, 2023). "RSL Selects Five in 2023 MLS Superdraft". RSL.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ RSL Communications (January 6, 2023). "RSL Sign Defender Luis Rivera as Homegrown Player". RSL.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ RSL Communications (January 6, 2023). "RSL Brings Delentz Pierre Back to Utah". RSL.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ RSL Communications (January 10, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Acquire Colombian Winger Carlos Andrés Gómez From Millonarios FC". RSL.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ RSL Communications (February 13, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Adds Defender Brayan Vera From Colombian Power CD América de Calí". RSL.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ MLSSoccer.com (March 24, 2023). "Real Salt Lake sign Emeka Eneli after SuperDraft selection". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ RSL.com (June 10, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Welcomes Colombian Striker Cristian 'Chicho" Arango Back To MLS From Mexican Side Pachuca". RSL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^ RSL.com (June 29, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Adds 22-Year-Old Colombian Nelson Palacio from Atlético Nacional". RSL.com. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Major League Soccer Season Statistics". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

[table_note_res_USCC10.43801119618025-13] Qualify for both the Champions Cup and U.S. Open Cup as 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions

[table_note_res_USOC10.43801119618025-14] As one of the top seven teams in the overall table to not qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

[table_note_res_CCC80.43801119618025-15] As 2023 Leagues Cup runner-up

[table_note_res_CCC70.43801119618025-16] As 2023 Canadian Championship winners

[Attendance-2023-1] Kennedy, Paul (October 22, 2023). "MLS breaks attendance record". Soccer America. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[players-2] "Roster". rsl.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[RSL.com-3] "Real Salt Lake Announces 2023 Roster Decisions". rsl.com. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.

[4] RSL Communications (December 21, 2023). "RSL Selects Five in 2023 MLS Superdraft". RSL.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[5] RSL Communications (December 21, 2023). "RSL Selects Five in 2023 MLS Superdraft". RSL.com. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[6] RSL Communications (January 6, 2023). "RSL Sign Defender Luis Rivera as Homegrown Player". RSL.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[7] RSL Communications (January 6, 2023). "RSL Brings Delentz Pierre Back to Utah". RSL.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[8] RSL Communications (January 10, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Acquire Colombian Winger Carlos Andrés Gómez From Millonarios FC". RSL.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[9] RSL Communications (February 13, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Adds Defender Brayan Vera From Colombian Power CD América de Calí". RSL.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[10] MLSSoccer.com (March 24, 2023). "Real Salt Lake sign Emeka Eneli after SuperDraft selection". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

[11] RSL.com (June 10, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Welcomes Colombian Striker Cristian 'Chicho" Arango Back To MLS From Mexican Side Pachuca". RSL.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

[12] RSL.com (June 29, 2023). "Real Salt Lake Adds 22-Year-Old Colombian Nelson Palacio from Atlético Nacional". RSL.com. Retrieved June 29, 2023.

[RSL-Statistics-17] "Major League Soccer Season Statistics". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

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