2005 Real Salt Lake season

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Real Salt Lake

2005 season
Owner	SCP Worldwide
Head coach	John Ellinger
Stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Major League Soccer	11th
MLS Cup	DNQ
2005 U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Rocky Mountain Cup	Runners-Up
Average home league attendance	18,037
Biggest win	RSL 3-0 DAL (7/23)
Biggest defeat	DC 5-1 RSL (8/30)
Home colors Away colors
2006 →

The 2005 Real Salt Lake season was the first season of the team's existence. The team ended with poor results, being the second lowest of the general table in the league of (5–22–5).

Squad[]

2005 roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Noah Palmer 1 GK  USA D.J. Countess 2 DF  USA Nelson Akwari 3 DF  USA Rusty Pierce 4 DF  TRI Marlon Rojas 5 MF  USA Brian Kamler 6 MF  USA Jordan Cila 7 MF  JAM Andy Williams 9 FW  USA Jason Kreis (team captain) 10 MF  USA Clint Mathis 11 MF  USA Chris Brown 12 DF  TRI Leslie Fitzpatrick 13 DF  USA Brian Dunseth 14 FW  BOT Dipsy Selolwane

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Leighton O'Brien 16 -  USA Matt Behncke 17 MF  USA Kenny Cutler 18 GK  USA Jay Nolly 19 MF  USA Luke Kreamalmeyer 20 MF  USA Nikolas Besagno 21 MF  USA Sergio Flores 22 FW  USA Jamie Watson 23 DF  USA Eddie Pope 24 MF  USA Seth Trembly 27 DF  USA Kevin Novak 31 -  USA Mike Lookingland 32 DF  NZL Cameron Knowles 99 FW  USA Dante Washington

Competitions[]

Major League Soccer[]

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	San Jose Earthquakes (W1)	64	32	18	4	10	53	31	+22
2	New England Revolution (E1)	59	32	17	7	8	55	37	+18
3	D.C. United (E2)	54	32	16	10	6	58	37	+21
4	Chicago Fire (E3)	49	32	15	13	4	49	50	–1
5	FC Dallas (W2)	48	32	13	10	9	52	44	+8
6	MetroStars	47	32	12	9	11	53	49	+4
7	Colorado Rapids (W3)	45	32	13	13	6	40	37	+3
8	Los Angeles Galaxy	45	32	13	13	6	44	45	–1
9	Kansas City Wizards	45	32	11	9	12	52	44	+8
10	Columbus Crew	38	32	11	16	5	34	45	–11
11	Real Salt Lake	20	32	5	22	5	30	65	–35
12	Chivas USA	18	32	4	22	6	31	67	–36

	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs
	MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2005 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference[]

Western Conference v t
Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	San Jose Earthquakes	64	32	18	4	10	53	31	+22
2	FC Dallas	48	32	13	10	9	52	44	+8
3	Colorado Rapids	45	32	13	13	6	40	37	+3
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	45	32	13	13	6	44	45	–1
5	Real Salt Lake	20	32	5	22	5	30	65	–35
6	Chivas USA	18	32	4	22	6	31	67	–36

	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2005 MLS Cup Playoffs

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
32	20	5	22	5	30	65	−35	5	8	3	19	24	−5	0	14	2	11	41	−30

Last updated: June 18, 2011
Source: [1]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Regular season[]

  Win   Tie   Loss

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

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U.S. Open Cup[]

Third round[]

References[]