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| Club: | Real Salt Lake |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Rio Tinto Stadium |
| League: | Major League Soccer |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Dell Loy Hansen |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Manager: | Jeff Cassar |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,389 (Jul 1 vs. D.C. United) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 18,036 (Jun 22 vs. New York Red Bulls) |
| Average Attendance: | 19,759 |
| Largest Win: | SKC 1-3 RSL (5/21) |
| Largest Loss: | LA 5-2 RSL (4/23) |
| League Topscorer: | Yura Movsisyan (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Joao Plata (8) |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Knockout round |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fifth round |
| Cup3: | Rocky Mountain Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Winners |
| Cup4: | Desert Diamond Cup |
| Cup4 Result: | 7th |
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| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 12th year of existence and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.
Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[1]
Real Salt Lake will continue the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the knockout stage with all remaining competitors. Having earned a 3rd-place position in the knockout stage Real Salt Lake will host the second leg of the quarterfinals
| + Goals | |||
| Rank | Player | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joao Plata |  | 13 |
| 2 | Yura Movsisyan |  | 9 |
| 3 | Juan Manuel Martínez |  | 8 |
| 4 | Javier Morales | | 4 |
| Luke Mulholland | |||
| 5 | Jordan Allen |  | 3 |
| 7 | Justen Glad | | 2 |
| Jámison Olave |  | ||
| 8 | Olmes Garcia | | 1 |
| Stephen Sunday |  | ||
| + Assists | |||
| Rank | Player | Nation | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joao Plata | | 11 |
| 2 | Demar Phillips |  | 5 |
| 3 | Javier Morales | | 4 |
| Yura Movsisyan | | ||
| 4 | Tony Beltran | | 3 |
| Luke Mulholland | |||
| 6 | Jordan Allen | | 2 |
| Juan Manuel Martínez | | ||
| 8 | Kyle Beckerman | | 1 |
| Olmes García | | ||
| Justen Glad | | ||
| Stephen Sunday | |||
| John Stertzer | | ||
| + Shutouts | |||
| Rank | Player | Nation | Shutouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Rimando | | 6 |
| No. | Position | Player | Nation | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Fernández" | Lalo Fernández (HGP) | |||
| 2 | data-sort-value="Beltran" | ||||
| 3 | data-sort-value="Kavita" | Phanuel Kavita (HGP) | |||
| 4 | data-sort-value="Olave" | ||||
| 5 | data-sort-value="Beckerman" | Kyle Beckerman (Captain) | |||
| 6 | data-sort-value="Okwuonu" | Boyd Okwuonu | |||
| 7 | data-sort-value="Martínez" | Juan Manuel Martínez (DP) | |||
| 8 | data-sort-value="Sunday" | ||||
| 10 | data-sort-value="Plata" | Joao Plata (DP) | |||
| 11 | data-sort-value="Morales" | ||||
| 12 | data-sort-value="Holness" | Omar Holness (GA) | |||
| 14 | data-sort-value="Movsisyan" | Yura Movsisyan (DP; loan from Spartak Moscow) | |||
| 15 | data-sort-value="Glad" | Justen Glad (HGP) | |||
| 16 | data-sort-value="Wingert" | ||||
| 17 | data-sort-value="Phillips" | Demar Phillips | |||
| 18 | data-sort-value="Rimando" | Nick Rimando | |||
| 19 | data-sort-value="Mulholland" | Luke Mulholland | |||
| 20 | data-sort-value="Velazco" | Ricardo Velazco (HGP) | |||
| 21 | data-sort-value="Maund" | Aaron Maund | |||
| 24 | data-sort-value="Attinella" | Jeff Attinella | |||
| 25 | data-sort-value="Acosta" | Danilo Acosta (HGP) | |||
| 27 | data-sort-value="Stertzer" | ||||
| 28 | data-sort-value="Schuler" | ||||
| 29 | data-sort-value="Báez" | Pedro Báez (loan from Cerro Porteño) | |||
| 30 | data-sort-value="Welshman" | ||||
| 49 | data-sort-value="Sandoval" | ||||
| 70 | data-sort-value="Allen" | ||||
| 80 | data-sort-value="García" | ||||
As of March 6, 2016. http://www.mlssoccer.com/transactions/2016
| Position | Player | Previous club | Fees/Notes | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Danilo Acosta | Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy | HGP | 12/29/15 | |
| MF | Omar Holness | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2016 MLS SuperDraft | 12/29/15 | |
| MF | Stephen Sunday |  Alanyaspor | 1/21/16 | ||
| FW |  Emery Welshman | Real Monarchs | 1/22/16 | ||
| DF | Chris Wingert | New York City FC | 2/3/16 | ||
| DF | Chris Schuler | Real Monarchs | 8/11/16 |
| Position | Player | Next Club | Fees/Notes | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Elías Vásquez | unattached | option declined | 11/30/15 | |
| MF |  Pecka | Rayo OKC | option declined | 11/30/15 | |
| DF | Chris Schuler | Real Monarchs | out of contract | 11/30/15 | |
| MF | Luis Gil |  Querétaro | out of contract | 11/30/15 | |
| MF | Luis Silva | Tigres UANL | out of contract | 11/30/15 | |
| FW | Sebastián Jaime |  Universidad Católica | contract terminated | 1/21/16 | |
| DF | Abdoulie Mansally | Houston Dynamo | trade | 2/18/16 | |
| MF | Adolfo Ovalle | unattached | contract terminated | 4/28/16 |
| Position | Player | Loaned from | Fees/Notes | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Yura Movsisyan |  Spartak Moscow | one-year loan; DP | 1/15/16 | |
| MF | Andrew Brody | Real Monarchs | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 | |
| DF | Emilio Orozco | Real Monarchs | 4-day loan (extreme hardship) | 4/1/16 | |
| FW | Pedro Báez | Cerro Porteño | end of season; option to buy | 7/22/16 |
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Fees/Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Sebastian Saucedo | Veracruz | one-year loan; HGP | 1/12/16 |
| FW | Devon Sandoval | Rayo OKC | Rest of the 2016 season | 7/13/16 |