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[1]
Home colors Away colors
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The2023 Real Salt Lake season wasthe team's 19th season inMajor League Soccer, the top division of theAmerican soccer pyramid. The team also competed in both the2023 U.S. Open Cup and2023 Leagues Cup. Real Salt Lake played their home games atAmerica First Field in theSalt Lake City suburb ofSandy, and was managed byPablo Mastroeni in his second full season with the club.

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 30)	Real Monarchs	3 (2021)
3	Bryan Oviedo	Costa Rica	DF	(1990-02-18)February 18, 1990 (age 35)	FC Copenhagen	2 (2022)
4	Brayan Vera	Colombia	DF	(1999-01-15)January 15, 1999 (age 26)	América de Cali	1 (2023)
6	Braian Ojeda	Paraguay	MF	(2000-06-27)June 27, 2000 (age 25)	Nottingham Forest (loan)	2 (2022)
7	Pablo Ruíz	Argentina	MF	(1998-12-20)December 20, 1998 (age 26)	San Luis	6 (2018)
8	Damir Kreilach(DP)	Croatia	MF	(1989-04-16)April 16, 1989 (age 36)	Union Berlin	6 (2018)
9	Chicho Arango(DP)	Colombia	FW	(1995-03-09)March 9, 1995 (age 30)	C.F. Pachuca	1 (2023)
10	Jefferson Savarino(DP)	Venezuela	FW	(1996-11-11)November 11, 1996 (age 29)	Atletico Mineiro	5 (2017, 2022)
11	Andrés Gómez	Colombia	FW	(2002-09-12)September 12, 2002 (age 23)	Millonarios F.C.	1 (2023)
12	Scott Caldwell	United States	MF	(1991-03-15)March 15, 1991 (age 34)	New England Revolution	2 (2022)
13	Nelson Palacio	Colombia	MF	(2001-06-16)June 16, 2001 (age 24)	Atlético Nacional	1 (2023)
14	Rubio Rubin	Guatemala	FW	(1996-03-01)March 1, 1996 (age 29)	San Diego Loyal SC	3 (2021)
15	Justen Glad(HGP)	United States	DF	(1997-02-28)February 28, 1997 (age 28)	Real Salt Lake Academy(HGP)	10 (2014)
16	Maikel Chang	Cuba	MF	(1991-04-18)April 18, 1991 (age 34)	Real Monarchs	4 (2020)
17	Danny Musovski	United States	FW	(1995-11-30)November 30, 1995 (age 29)	Los Angeles FC	2 (2022)
18	Zac MacMath	United States	GK	(1991-08-07)August 7, 1991 (age 34)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4 (2020)
19	Bode Hidalgo	United States	FW	(2002-02-22)February 22, 2002 (age 23)	Real Monarchs	3 (2021)
20	Erik Holt(HGP)	United States	DF	(1996-09-06)September 6, 1996 (age 29)	Real Salt Lake Academy(HGP)	5 (2019)
22	Delentz Pierre(HGP)	Haiti	DF	(2000-12-16)December 16, 2000 (age 24)	Portland Pilots(HGP)	1 (2023)
23	Ilijah Paul(GA)	United States	FW	(2002-07-26)July 26, 2002 (age 23)	Washington Huskies	1 (2023)
24	Tomas Gomez	United States	GK	(1993-05-20)May 20, 1993 (age 32)	Real Monarchs	2 (2022)
25	Emeka Eneli	United States	MF	(1999-10-18)October 18, 1999 (age 26)	Cornell Big Red	1 (2023)
26	Diego Luna	United States	MF	(2003-09-03)September 3, 2003 (age 22)	El Paso Locomotive	2 (2022)
27	Bertin Jacquesson(GA)	France	FW	(2001-11-30)November 30, 2001 (age 23)	Pittsburgh Panthers	1 (2023)
28	Jasper Löeffelsend	Germany	DF	(1997-09-10)September 10, 1997 (age 28)	Pittsburgh Panthers	2 (2022)
29	Anderson Julio	Ecuador	FW	(1996-05-31)May 31, 1996 (age 29)	Atlético San Luis	3 (2021)
30	Marcelo Silva	Uruguay	DF	(1989-03-21)March 21, 1989 (age 36)	Real Zaragoza	7 (2017)
31	Axel Kei(HGP)	Ivory Coast	FW	(2007-12-30)December 30, 2007 (age 17)	Real Salt Lake Academy(HGP)	2 (2022)
32	Zack Farnsworth(HGP)	United States	DF	(2002-07-13)July 13, 2002 (age 23)	Real Salt Lake Academy(HGP)	3 (2021)
33	Moses Nyeman	United States	MF	(2003-11-05)November 5, 2003 (age 22)	S.K. Beveren (loan)	1 (2023)
35	Gavin Beavers(HGP)	United States	GK	(2005-04-29)April 29, 2005 (age 20)	Real Monarchs(HGP)	2 (2022)
37	Luis Rivera(HGP)	United States	DF	(2007-12-01)December 1, 2007 (age 17)	Real Monarchs	1 (2023)
38	Jude Wellings(HGP)	United States	MF	(2006-04-26)April 26, 2006 (age 19)	Real Monarchs(HGP)	2 (2022)

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

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			[5]
Luis Rivera	DF	Real Monarchs	Homegrown player	January 6, 2023	[6]
Delentz Pierre	DF	Portland Pilots			[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]

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

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

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

Real Salt Lake vLos Angeles FC

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)

Real Salt Lake vSporting Kansas City

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)

Real Salt Lake vSacramento Republic FC

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

Real Salt Lake vEl Paso Locomotive FC

February 14Desert 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)

Real Salt Lake vChicago Fire FC

February 18Desert 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vReal Salt Lake

February 251	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

Seattle Sounders FC vReal Salt Lake

March 42	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

Real Salt Lake vAustin FC

March 113	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

Real Salt Lake vSt. Louis City SC

March 254	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

Columbus Crew v Real Salt Lake

April 15	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

Real Salt Lake vCharlotte FC

April 86	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

FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake

April 157	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

Real Salt Lake vSan Jose Earthquakes

April 228	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

Houston Dynamo FC v Real Salt Lake

May 610	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

Real Salt Lake vLos Angeles FC

May 1311	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

Real Salt Lake vPortland Timbers

May 1712	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

Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake

May 2013RMC	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

Austin FC v Real Salt Lake

June 316	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

Toronto FC v Real Salt Lake

July 121	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

The Leagues Cup will occur between July 21 and August 19, with allMLS teams competing and regular season play being suspended. Real Salt Lake will enter in the group stage as a seeded team, based on2022 standings.

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

Real Salt Lake vSeattle Sounders FC

July 22Group 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

Real Salt Lake vMonterrey

July 26Group 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

Real Salt Lake vLeón

August 4Round 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.

Los Angeles FC v Real Salt Lake

August 8Round 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

Real Salt Lake entered the Open Cup in the Third Round, based on2022 standings.

Las Vegas Lights FC (USLC) vReal Salt Lake (MLS)

April 263rd	Las Vegas Lights FC (USLC)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Las Vegas, Nevada
8:00 PMMDT	Bushue 63' Stauffer 112' Zuluaga 112'	Report	Holt 61' Kreilach 106',116' Musovski 121'	Stadium:Cashman Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Brandon Gardner

Portland Timbers (MLS) vReal Salt Lake (MLS)

May 10Round of 32	Portland Timbers (MLS)	3–4	Real Salt Lake (MLS)	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PMPDT	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

Colorado Rapids (MLS) vReal Salt Lake (MLS)

May 24Round 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

Real Salt Lake (MLS) vLA Galaxy (MLS)

June 7Quarterfinals	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

Houston Dynamo FC (MLS) vReal Salt Lake (MLS)

August 23Semifinals	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

As of November 11, 2023

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Regular Season		Leagues Cup		US Open Cup		MLS Cup Playoffs
				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

As of November 11, 2023^[13]

Goals

Rank	Player	Nation	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
	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
	Brayan Vera		3	3	0	0	0
11	Maikel Chang		2	0	0	2	0
	Andrés Goméz		2	1	0	1	0
13	Jasper Löffelsend		1	1	0	0	0