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| Nickname(s) | Claret and Cobalt[1] | ||
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| Short name | RSL | ||
| Founded | July 14, 2004 | ||
| Stadium | America First Field Sandy, Utah | ||
| Capacity | 20,213[2] | ||
| Owners | |||
| Head coach | Pablo Mastroeni | ||
| League | Major League Soccer | ||
| 2024 |
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| Website | rsl.com | ||
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Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. Founded in 2004, the club began play in 2005 as an expansion team of the league.
The club plays its home games at America First Field (formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium), a soccer-specific stadium located in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah, which they shared with their sister team, Utah Royals FC. Before moving to America First Field, RSL previously played home games at Rice-Eccles Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Utah, from 2005 to 2007. The team is currently led by head coach Pablo Mastroeni.[3]
In domestic soccer, Real Salt Lake won the 2009 MLS Cup, and they finished as runners-up in the Supporters Shield in 2010 and the 2013 editions of both the U.S. Open Cup and MLS Cup. The club additionally finished runners-up in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first American club to do so during the tournament's group stage format. Their fully owned USL affiliate, Real Monarchs, won the USL Championship, the second division in American soccer, in 2019.
- ^ Butler, Dylan (September 28, 2019). "Rimando Way: Street outside Rio Tinto Stadium named for Real Salt Lake legendary goalkeeper". MLSSoccer.com. MLS Digital. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
Nick Rimando has been a fixture for Real Salt Lake in his 13 years in Claret-and-Cobalt. So it's only fitting that the city of Sandy, Utah honored the legendary goalkeeper with his own street outside Rio Tinto Stadium.
- ^ "Real Salt Lake 2012 Media Guide" (PDF). Major League Soccer. March 5, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ RSL Communications (December 13, 2021). "Real Salt Lake Names Pablo Mastroeni Permanent Head Coach". RSL.com. MLS Digital. Retrieved January 3, 2022.