2009 Real Salt Lake season
2009 season | |||
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Owner | SCP Worldwide | ||
Coach | Jason Kreis | ||
Stadium | Rio Tinto Stadium | ||
Major League Soccer | 8th | ||
MLS Cup | Champions | ||
2009 U.S. Open Cup | N/A | ||
Rocky Mountain Cup | Winners | ||
Highest home attendance | 19,546 (vs Colorado Rapids, 6 June) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 11,499 (vs Columbus Crew, 31 October) | ||
Average home league attendance | 16,070[1] | ||
Biggest win | RSL 6-0 NE (4/25) | ||
Biggest defeat | 'DAL 3-0 RSL (9/26) | ||
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The 2009 Real Salt Lake season was the fifth season of the team's existence. After clinching the eighth and final spot in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, Real Salt Lake would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2009 MLS Cup. The team was the first team in MLS history to win the MLS Cup after finishing the regular season with a losing record (11–12–7).
Squad
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]As of July 15, 2009.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club
[edit]Management
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Head Athletic trainer | |
Assistant Athletic trainer |
Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Real Salt Lake
Other information
[edit]Owner | |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Rio Tinto Stadium (20,008 / N/A) |
Source: Real Salt Lake
Competitions
[edit]Overall
[edit]Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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MLS | — | March 21, 2009 | November 22, 2009 |
Updated to match played June 30, 2014
Source: Competitions
Major League Soccer
[edit]Standings
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 48 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
2 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | |
3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | |
4 | Chivas USA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | |
5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40 | |
6 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
7 | FC Dallas | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 39 | |
8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Columbus Crew (S) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
2 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 48 | |
3 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | North American SuperLiga |
4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | CONCACAF Champions League |
5 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | North American SuperLiga |
6 | Chivas USA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | |
7 | New England Revolution | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42 | |
8 | Real Salt Lake (C) | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40 | CONCACAF Champions League |
9 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
10 | D.C. United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
11 | FC Dallas | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 39 | |
12 | Toronto FC | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 39 | CONCACAF Champions League |
13 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 | |
15 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
29 | 40 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 23 | −14 |
Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie
Matches
[edit]Win Tie Loss
MLS regular season
[edit]March
[edit]March 28, 2009 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
Jaqua Alonso Montero |
Report | Beckerman Morales Olave |
Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,548 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
April
[edit]April 2, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 4–1 | Columbus Crew | Sandy, Utah |
Findley Findley Borchers Beckerman Findley Beckerman |
Report | Garey Ekpo Rogers |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,806 Referee: Alex Prus |
April 11, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | D.C. United | Sandy, Utah |
Morales Wingert Borchers Olave Morales |
Report | Emilio Gomez Burch McTavish |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,793 Referee: Kevin Stott |
April 18, 2009 | New York Red Bulls | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
Kandji Angel Hall Richards |
Report | Morales Russell |
Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
April 25, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 6–0 | New England Revolution | Sandy, Utah |
Morales Olave Mathis Movsisyan Escalada Williams Findley |
Report | Thompson Heaps Mansally |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,051 |
May
[edit]May 2, 2009 | Colorado Rapids | 2–0 | Real Salt Lake | Commerce City, Colorado |
LaBrocca Ihemelu Kimura |
Report | Olave Findley Beckerman |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
May 6, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 2–2 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Sandy, Utah |
Mathis Findley Johnson |
Report | Donovan Magee |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,155 Referee: Michael Kennedy |
May 9, 2009 | Chivas USA | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
Kljestan Lillingston Nagamura Galindo |
Report | Olave Beckerman |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,421 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
May 16, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 0–2 | Kansas City Wizards | Sandy, Utah |
Johnson Russell |
Report | Wolff Espinoza Besler Arnaud Wolff |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,340 Referee: Yader Reyes |
May 23, 2009 | D.C. United | 0–0 | Real Salt Lake | Washington, D.C. |
Report | Russell |
Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
May 30, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Santa Clara, California |
Glen Johnson Alvarez Alvarez Corrales |
Report | Beckerman Johnson Morales Findley |
Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,153 Referee: Kevin Stott |
June
[edit]June 6, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
Espindola Russell Movsisyan Mathis |
Report | Ballouchy LaBrocca Ihemelu Cummings |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,546 Referee: Jeff Gontarek |
June 13, 2009 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 0–2 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
Gordon Kirovski Lewis Gonzalez |
Report | Movsisyan Borchers Johnson Mathis |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,718 Referee: Jasen Anno |
June 20, 2009 | Houston Dynamo | 1–1 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas, United States |
Mulrooney Ching |
Report | Beltran Espindola Olave Morales Rimando |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 17,151 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
June 27, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 3–0 | Toronto FC | Sandy, Utah, United States |
Movsisyan Beckerman Mathis |
Report | Barrett Brennan Vitti Serioux |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,188 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
July
[edit]July 4, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sandy, Utah |
Williams Espindola Leitch |
Report | Campos Salinas Alvarez McDonald Hernandez Leitch Cannon |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Michael Kennedy |
July 18, 2009 | Columbus Crew | 3–1 | Real Salt Lake | Columbus, Ohio |
Lenhart Garey Garey O'Rourke |
Report | Grabavoy Beltran Russell Cox |
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,922 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
July 24, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 4–2 | FC Dallas | Sandy, Utah |
Espindola Borchers Movsisyan Findley Johnson Olave Torres Movsisyan |
Report | Cunningham van den Bergh van den Bergh Burse Ricchetti Moor |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,822 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
August
[edit]August 1, 2009 | Chicago Fire | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Bridgeview, Illinois |
19:30 CDT | Segares Nyarko |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,534 Referee: Alex Prus |
August 8, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Seattle Sounders FC | Sandy, Utah |
19:00 MST | Mathis Findley Beckerman |
Report | Hurtado |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,193 Referee: Kevin Stott |
August 15, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 0–0 | Houston Dynamo | Sandy, Utah |
Mathis Olave Beckerman Beltran |
Report | Hainault Barrett |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,972 Referee: Paul Ward |
August 23, 2009 | New England Revolution | 3–1 | Real Salt Lake | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
Dube Dube Barnes Dube Dube |
Report | Espindola Johnson Barnes Wingert |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,552 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
August 26, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 4–0 | Chivas USA | Sandy, Utah |
Beltran Campos Campos Johnson Espindola Findley Findley |
Report | Saragosa Bornstein |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,747 Referee: Terry Vaughn |
August 29, 2009 | Kansas City Wizards | 0–1 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
Cristman Hirsig |
Report[permanent dead link] | Campos Grabavoy Beckerman Wingert |
Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 9,924 Referee: Mark Geiger |
September
[edit]September 12, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Chicago Fire | Sandy, Utah |
Beltran Olave Olave |
Report[permanent dead link] | Lowry Rolfe Carr |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Alex Prus |
September 19, 2009 | Houston Dynamo | 3–2 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas, United States |
Ching Cameron Cochrane Davis Ching Ashe |
Report | Borchers Beckerman Olave Movsisyan Findley Johnson |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,133 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
September 26, 2009 | FC Dallas | 3–0 | Real Salt Lake | Frisco, Texas |
Movsisyan Williams |
Report | Cunningham Ferreira Cunningham |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Kevin Stott |
October
[edit]October 14, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 2–0 | New York Red Bulls | Sandy, Utah |
Beltran Johnson Williams Espindola |
Report | Borman Boyens |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,247 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
October 17, 2009 | Toronto FC | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Brennan Brennan |
Report | Beltran Beckerman |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Terry Vaughn |
October 24, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 3–0 | Colorado Rapids | Sandy, Utah |
Findley Williams Findley Borchers Beckerman Movsisyan |
Report | Baudet Casey Movsisyan |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,675 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
MLS playoffs
[edit]October 31, 2009 Conf. Semifinals | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | Columbus Crew | Sandy, Utah |
16:30 MDT | Beckerman Findley |
Report | Carroll |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Mark Geiger |
November 5, 2009 Conf. Semifinals | Columbus Crew | 2–3 | Real Salt Lake | Columbus, Ohio |
20:00 CST | Schelotto Schelotto O'Rourke Moreno |
[ Report] | Morales Findley Williams Olave |
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,109 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
November 14, 2009 Conf. Finals | Chicago Fire | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Real Salt Lake | Bridgeview, Illinois |
19:00 CST | Thorrington Prideaux Blanco |
Report[permanent dead link] | Morales Wingert Beckerman Johnson |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 21,723 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
Penalties | ||||
Blanco McBride Conde Thorrington Brown Pause Prideaux |
Mathis Morales Findley Beckerman Johnson Espindola Grabavoy |
November 22, 2009 Final | Los Angeles Galaxy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Real Salt Lake | Seattle, Washington |
5:30 p.m. PST | Birchall Magee |
Report | Johnson Findley |
Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 46,011 Referee: Kevin Stott |
Penalties | ||||
Beckham Berhalter Kirovski Donovan Magee Klein Buddle |
Mathis Findley Beckerman Grabavoy Williams Wingert Russell |
U.S. Open Cup qualifying
[edit]April 28, 2009 Qualification | Seattle Sounders FC | 4–1 | Real Salt Lake | Tukwila, Washington |
Ianni Le Toux Nyassi King |
Report | Johnson Olave |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,890 |
References
[edit]- ^ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "Real Salt Lake: Players: Main". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ Will join Randers FC on January 1, 2010