2006 Real Salt Lake season explained

Club:Real Salt Lake
Season:2006
Stadium:Rice-Eccles Stadium
League:Major League Soccer
League Result:10th
Chrtitle:Owner
Chairman: SCP Worldwide
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager: John Ellinger
Average Attendance:16,366
Largest Win:COL 1-4 RSL (8/9)
Largest Loss:NYRB 6-0 RSL (8/26)
Cup1:MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:DNQ
Cup2:US Open Cup
Cup2 Result:Fourth Round
Cup3:Rocky Mountain Cup
Cup3 Result:Runners-Up
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Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Real Salt Lake season was the second season of the team's existence. The team has some improvement over the previous season. However, despite mixed results on the field, RSL scored a huge victory off the field in 2006. After much controversy and debate, the franchise finally secured a guarantee for a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific stadium to be built in Sandy – a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team broke ground for the structure on the morning of August 12, with representatives from soccer giant Real Madrid present. That evening, RSL faced its namesake in front of a sellout crowd of 45,511 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Salt Lake made a good showing, but Real Madrid won the exhibition match, 2–0.

Squad

2006 roster

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See also: 2006 Major League Soccer season.

League table

Overall

Results summary

Regular season

October

U.S. Open Cup

Third round

See also: 2006 U.S. Open Cup.