2009 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake
2009 season
Owner	SCP Worldwide
Coach	Jason Kreis
Major League Soccer	8th
MLS Cup	Champions
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
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2008 2010 →

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[]

First-team squad[]

Real Salt Lake with President Barack Obama at the White House in June 2010

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Chris Seitz
2	DF	USA	Tony Beltran
3	DF	USA	Robbie Russell
4	DF	COL	Jámison Olave
5	MF	USA	Kyle Beckerman
6	DF	USA	Nat Borchers
7	MF	USA	Alex Nimo (on loan at Portland)
8	FW	CAN	Will Johnson
10	FW	USA	Robbie Findley
11	MF	ARG	Javier Morales
12	MF	HAI	Jean Alexandre (on loan at Austin)
14	FW	ARM	Yura Movsisyan ^[3]
16	FW	ARG	Fabián Espíndola


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	USA	Chris Wingert
18	GK	USA	Nick Rimando
19	FW	BRA	Pablo Campos
20	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy
21	MF	NED	Rachid El Khalifi
22	MF	ARG	Nelson González (on loan from Quilmes)
23	MF	USA	Raphael Cox
24	GK	USA	Kyle Reynish
25	FW	USA	Tino Nuñez
33	DF	USA	David Horst (on loan at Austin)
77	MF	JAM	Andy Williams
84	MF	USA	Clint Mathis

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	USA	Alex Nimo (with the Portland Timbers until the end of the USL season)

Club[]

Management[]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Jason Kreis
Assistant Coach	Jeff Cassar
Assistant Coach	Brian Johnson
Assistant Coach	Robin Fraser
Head Athletic trainer
Assistant Athletic trainer

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Real Salt Lake

Other information[]

Owner	SCP Worldwide
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Rio Tinto Stadium (20,008 / N/A)

Source: Real Salt Lake

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS	—		March 21, 2009	November 22, 2009

Updated to match played June 30, 2014
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer[]

Standings[]

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference v t
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	48	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5
2	Houston Dynamo	48	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10
3	Seattle Sounders FC	47	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9
4	Chivas USA	45	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3
5	Real Salt Lake	40	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8
6	Colorado Rapids	40	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4
7	FC Dallas	39	30	11	13	6	50	47	+4
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14


	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Columbus Crew (SS, E1)	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
2	LA Galaxy (W1)	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ²
3	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48	2010 North American SuperLiga ³
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ²
5	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45	2010 North American SuperLiga ³
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	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
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	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ¹
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

Source:^{[citation needed]}

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion

^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team. If they qualify for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified will be given a berth. Similarly, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship. If they qualify for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified will qualify.
^Note 2 - The winner of the 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) and the winner of MLS Cup 2009 (Real Salt Lake) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2009 (Los Angeles Galaxy) and the winner of the 2009 U.S. Open Cup (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.
^Note 3 - SuperLiga 2010 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Houston, Chicago, Chivas USA and New England).

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
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	T	L	L	T	L	T	W	T	W	T	L	W	L	W	T	L	W	W	T	L	L	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2009. Source: Real Salt Lake
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches[]

Win Tie Loss

MLS regular season[]

March 28, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Real Salt Lake	showSeattle, Washington United States
	Jaqua 17' Alonso 21' Montero 77'	Report	Beckerman 10' Morales 22' Olave 45'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,548 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 2, 2009	Real Salt Lake	4–1	Columbus Crew	showSandy, Utah United States
	Findley 2' Findley 29' Borchers 40' Beckerman 45' Findley 62' Beckerman 67'	Report	Garey 22' Ekpo 48+' Rogers 58'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,806 Referee: Alex Prus

April 11, 2009	Real Salt Lake	2–1	D.C. United	showSandy, Utah United States
	Morales 15' Wingert 25' Borchers 35' Olave 40' Morales 80'	Report	Emilio 38' Gomez 39' Burch 75' McTavish 91+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,793 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 18, 2009	New York Red Bulls	2–0	Real Salt Lake	showEast Rutherford, New Jersey United States
	Kandji 2' Angel 57' Hall 66' Richards 69'	Report	Morales 42' Russell 49'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 25, 2009	Real Salt Lake	6–0	New England Revolution	showSandy, Utah United States
	Morales 43' Olave 53' Mathis 55' Movsisyan 70' Escalada 81' Williams 85' Findley 89'	Report	Thompson 22' Heaps 45' Mansally 57'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,051

May 2, 2009	Colorado Rapids	2–0	Real Salt Lake	showCommerce City, Colorado United States
	LaBrocca 11' Ihemelu 37' Kimura 60'	Report	Olave 41' Findley 54' Beckerman 86'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 6, 2009	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	showSandy, Utah United States
	Mathis 7' Findley 34' Johnson 92+'	Report	Donovan 91+' Magee 94+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,155 Referee: Michael Kennedy

May 9, 2009	Chivas USA	1–0	Real Salt Lake	showCarson, California United States
	Kljestan 25' Lillingston 45' Nagamura 54' Galindo 66'	Report	Olave 32' Beckerman 58'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,421 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

May 16, 2009	Real Salt Lake	0–2	Kansas City Wizards	showSandy, Utah United States
	Johnson 73' Russell 89'	Report	Wolff 20' Espinoza 22' Besler 24' Arnaud 40' Wolff 67'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,340 Referee: Yader Reyes

May 23, 2009	D.C. United	0–0	Real Salt Lake	showWashington, D.C. United States
		Report	Russell 37'	Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

May 30, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Real Salt Lake	showSanta Clara, California United States
	Glen 52' Johnson 57' Alvarez 63' Alvarez 63' Corrales 69'	Report	Beckerman 28' Johnson 48' Morales 70' Findley 80'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,153 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 6, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Colorado Rapids	showSandy, Utah United States
	Espindola 22' Russell 73' 82' Movsisyan 79' Mathis 87'	Report	Ballouchy 3' LaBrocca 45' Ihemelu 76' Cummings 88'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,546 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

June 13, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–2	Real Salt Lake	showCarson, California United States
	Gordon 46' Kirovski 65' Lewis 65' Gonzalez 91+'	Report	Movsisyan 13' Borchers 51' Johnson 59' Mathis 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,718 Referee: Jasen Anno

June 20, 2009	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Real Salt Lake	showHouston, Texas, United States
	Mulrooney 44' Ching 89'	Report	Beltran 17' Espindola 28' Olave 35' 58' Morales 67' Rimando 72'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 17,151 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 27, 2009	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Toronto FC	showSandy, Utah, United States
	Movsisyan 21' Beckerman 44' Mathis 78'	Report	Barrett 46+' Brennan 51' Vitti 61' Serioux 65'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,188 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

July 4, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	showSandy, Utah United States
	Williams 43' Espindola 77' Leitch 91+' (o.g.)	Report	Campos 13' Salinas 47' Alvarez 63' McDonald 75' Hernandez 76' Leitch 86' Cannon 95+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Michael Kennedy

July 18, 2009	Columbus Crew	3–1	Real Salt Lake	showColumbus, Ohio United States
	Lenhart 23' Garey 31' Garey 52' O'Rourke 72'	Report	Grabavoy 34' Beltran 46+' Russell 65' Cox 76'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,922 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 24, 2009	Real Salt Lake	4–2	FC Dallas	showSandy, Utah United States
	Espindola 29' Borchers 35' Movsisyan 55' Findley 62' (pen.) Johnson 72' Olave 77' Torres 82' (o.g.) Movsisyan 91+'	Report	Cunningham 13' van den Bergh 21' van den Bergh 61' Burse 62' Ricchetti 78' Moor 95+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,822 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 1, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–0	Real Salt Lake	showBridgeview, Illinois United States
19:30 CDT	Segares 8' Nyarko 76'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,534 Referee: Alex Prus

August 8, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	showSandy, Utah United States
19:00 MST	Mathis 11' Findley 62' Beckerman 65'	Report	Hurtado 76'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,193 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 15, 2009	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Houston Dynamo	showSandy, Utah United States
	Mathis 4' 47+' Olave 30' Beckerman 74' Beltran 77'	Report	Hainault 8' 36' Barrett 35'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,972 Referee: Paul Ward

August 23, 2009	New England Revolution	3–1	Real Salt Lake	showFoxborough, Massachusetts United States
	Dube 9' Dube 29' Barnes 35' Dube 47' Dube 66'	Report	Espindola 35' Johnson 65' Barnes 85' (o.g.) Wingert 87'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,552 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 26, 2009	Real Salt Lake	4–0	Chivas USA	showSandy, Utah United States
	Beltran 32' Campos 43' Campos 46+' Johnson 57' Espindola 75' Findley 85' Findley 90'	Report	Saragosa 47' Bornstein 51'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,747 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 29, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	0–1	Real Salt Lake	showKansas City, Kansas United States
	Cristman 16' Hirsig 87'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Campos 18' Grabavoy 42' Beckerman 44' Wingert 78'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 9,924 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 12, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Chicago Fire	showSandy, Utah United States
	Beltran 23' Olave 27' Olave 72'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Lowry 32' Rolfe 44' Carr 79'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Alex Prus

September 19, 2009	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Real Salt Lake	showHouston, Texas, United States
	Ching 2' Cameron 5' Cochrane 46+' Davis 81' Ching 82' Ashe 92+'	Report	Borchers 20' Beckerman 27' Olave 32' Movsisyan 60' Findley 61' Johnson 70'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,133 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

September 26, 2009	FC Dallas	3–0	Real Salt Lake	showFrisco, Texas United States
	Movsisyan 79' Williams 84'	Report	Cunningham 5' Ferreira 10' Cunningham 87'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Kevin Stott

October 14, 2009	Real Salt Lake	2–0	New York Red Bulls	showSandy, Utah United States
	Beltran 3' Johnson 59' Williams 80' Espindola 90'	Report	Borman 38' Boyens 86'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,247 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 17, 2009	Toronto FC	1–0	Real Salt Lake	showToronto, Ontario, Canada
	Brennan 19' Brennan 48'	Report	Beltran 39' Beckerman 55'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,384 Referee: Terry Vaughn

October 24, 2009	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Colorado Rapids	showSandy, Utah United States
	Findley 15' Williams 25' Findley 33' Borchers 35' Beckerman 58' Movsisyan 85'	Report	Baudet 18' Casey 39' Movsisyan 86'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,675 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS playoffs[]

October 31, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Columbus Crew	showSandy, Utah United States
16:30 MDT	Beckerman 38' Findley 88'	Report	Carroll 19'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Mark Geiger

November 5, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	Columbus Crew	2–3	Real Salt Lake	showColumbus, Ohio United States
20:00 CST	Schelotto 19' Schelotto 35' O'Rourke 48' Moreno 59'	[ Report]	Morales 37' Findley 47+' (pen.) Williams 74' Olave 68'	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	showBridgeview, Illinois United States
19:00 CST	Thorrington 92+' Prideaux 101' Blanco 117'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Morales 39' Wingert 75' Beckerman 99' Johnson 110'	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	showSeattle, Washington, USA
5:30 p.m. PST	Birchall 39' Magee 41'	Report	Johnson 14' Findley 64'	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[]

April 28, 2009 Qualification	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	Real Salt Lake	showTukwila, Washington United States
	Ianni 20' Le Toux 25' (pen.) 55' Nyassi 27' 71' King 53'	Report	Johnson 32' Olave 41'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,890

References[]

^ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
^ "Real Salt Lake: Players: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ Will join Randers FC on January 1, 2010

External links[]

2009 Schedule

[1] "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.

[2] "Real Salt Lake: Players: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[3] Will join Randers FC on January 1, 2010

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