The 2016 Real Monarchs SLC season was the club's second season of existence, and second playing in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The season began on March 26 at home against Saint Louis FC, and ended on September 24.[1]
| 2016 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dell Loy Hansen |
| Head coach | Freddy Juarez |
| Stadium | Rio Tinto Stadium |
| Top goalscorer | Ricardo Velazco (6) |
| Highest home attendance | 2,453 (Mar. 26 vs Saint Louis) |
| Lowest home attendance | 200 (May 23 vs Orange County at Ute Soccer Field) |
| Average home league attendance | 1,425 |
Players
editAs of March 24, 2016[2]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | DF | Riley McGovern |  United States
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| 5 | MF | Lennon Celestino |  Brazil
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| 6 | MF | Alec Sundly | United States
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| 7 | FW | Eti Tavares |  Guinea-Bissau
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| 9 | FW | Kevaughn Frater (on loan from Harbour View) |  Jamaica
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| 10 | MF | Ricardo Velazco | United States
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| 11 | MF | Maikon Orellana |  El Salvador
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| 12 | DF | Emilio Orozco | United States
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| 14 | FW | Colin Rolfe | United States
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| 15 | DF | Elder Torres (on loan from Vida) |  Honduras
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| 16 | FW | Amass Amankona |  Ghana
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| 17 | MF | Andrew Brody | United States
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| 18 | DF | Max Lachowecki | United States
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| 19 | MF | Tyler Arnone | United States
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| 20 | MF | Edgar Duran | United States
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| 21 | DF | Jonathan Caparelli |  Argentina
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| 22 | DF | Darion Copeland | United States
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| 24 | GK | Eric Osswald | United States
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| 28 | DF | Chris Schuler | United States
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| 30 | GK | Connor Sparrow | United States
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Competitions
editPreseason
edit| February 11, 2016 1 | Santos de Guápiles  | 2-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Guápiles, Costa Rica |
| MDT | Report | Rolfe  |
Stadium: Estadio Ebal Rodríguez |
| February 15, 2016 2 | A.D. Carmelita | 0-3 | Real Monarchs SLC | Costa Rica |
| MDT | Report |
| February 18, 2016 3 | Generación Saprissa | 1-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Costa Rica |
| MDT | Report |
| March 11, 2016 4 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-2 | BYU Cougars | Sandy, Utah |
| 2:00pm MDT | Velazco 2nd half' (pen.) |
BYU Report | Botcherby 2nd half' Vasconcellos 2nd half' (pen.) |
Stadium: America First Field |
| March 19, 2016 5 | Utah Valley Wolverines | 1-5 | Real Monarchs SLC | Orem, Utah |
| 1:00pm MDT | 17' |
Report | Rolfe 37', 58' Brody 39'Amankona 45'Duran 89' |
Stadium: Clyde Field |
USL Season
editMatches
editMarch
edit| March 26, 2016 1 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-0 | Saint Louis FC | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Orellana 90+' |
Report | Musa  44'Bond 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,453 Referee: Tyler Ploeger |
April
edit| April 2, 2016 2 | Real Monarchs SLC | 3-3 | LA Galaxy II | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Arnone 14' Copeland 22'Orellana 25'Rolfe 45' |
Report | Neeskens 51' Villarreal 68'Zubak 81'Fujii 88'McBean 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,639 Referee: Hamed Sadeghi |
| April 9, 2016 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 0-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 6:00pm MDT | Ochoa  59'Davoren 90' |
Report | Orellana 65' |
Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| April 15, 2016 4 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0-1 | Arizona United | Orem, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Rolfe 24' Amankona 48'Copeland 76'Frater 90+' |
Report | Rooney 12' Blackwood 72' |
Stadium: Clyde Field Attendance: - Referee: Mitch Lillywhite |
| April 23, 2016 5 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0-1 | Rio Grande Valley FC | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Copeland 28' Frater 55' |
Report | Escalante 24' James 33'K. Garcia 46' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| April 26, 2016 6 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0-0 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Report | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
May
edit| May 7, 2016 7 | Portland Timbers 2 | 3-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Portland, Oregon |
| 6:00pm MDT | Polk 18' Peay 48'Brett 81, 90+' |
Report | Celestino 68' Brody 87' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Victor Rivas |
| May 13, 2016 8 | Rio Grande Valley FC | 1-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Edinburg, Texas |
| 6:30pm MDT | James 18' Manotas 58'Ward 69' |
Report | Velazco 7' (pen.) Orozco 12'Rolfe 45'Sundly 46'Acosta 52'  69'Frater 83' 85' |
Stadium: UTRGF Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,985 |
| May 21, 2016 9 | Real Monarchs SLC | 3-1 | Orange County Blues | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Velazco 50', 69' Okwuonu 56'Sundly 59'Holness 70' |
Report | Stevanovic 6' Popara 90' |
Stadium: Ute Soccer Field Attendance: 200 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
| May 24, 2016 10 | Oklahoma City Energy | 3-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 6:00pm MDT | König 27' Andrews 36'Hyland 90+' |
Report | Sandoval 21' McGovern 63' |
Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| May 29, 2016 11 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2-2 | Real Monarchs SLC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 3 PM MDT | Adekugbe 17' McKendry 23'Greig 24'Flores 70' |
Report | Frater 41' Velazco 45+', 52', 58' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: - Referee: - |
June
edit| June 4, 2016 12 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 0-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 8 PM MDT | Levis 36' Seymore 49'Bustos 50'Adekugbe 90+' |
Report | Amankona 90+' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: - Referee: - |
| June 8, 2016 13 | Sacramento Republic | 1-0 | Real Monarchs SLC | Sacramento, California |
| TBD MDT | Jahn 47' Klimenta 48'Kiffe 74'Williams 85'Motagalvan 88' |
Report | Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 10,745 Referee: Malik Badawi |
| June 11, 2016 14 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-2 | Sacramento Republic | Reno, Nevada |
| TBD MDT | Velazco 40' |
Report | Iwasa 47' Jahn 55'Stewart 78' |
Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,182 Referee: Victor Rivas |
| June 18, 2016 15 | Orange County Blues | 1-0 | Real Monarchs SLC | Irvine, California |
| TBD MDT | Meeus 22' Karapetyan 26'Caesar 49'Cortes 55'Mirkovic 70' |
Report | Sundly 34' Frater 39'Schuler 59' |
Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| June 26, 2016 16 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 0-1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 130 pm MDT | Torres 24' Orozco 26'Arnone 72'Frater 76'Arnone 90+' |
Report | Argueta 19' Kim 41'Ibeagha 69' |
Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: C. Delagadillo |
| June 29, 2016 17 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1-0 | Real Monarchs SLC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 7:00pm MDT | Burt 13', 67' Gorrick 50'Armstrong 75'Kim 89' |
Report | Sandoval 50' Orozco 54'Okwuonu 78' |
Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium Attendance: - Referee: A. Zarrin |
July
edit| July 2, 2016 18 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-2 | Whitecaps FC 2 | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Arnone 42', 85' Holness 55' |
Report | Haber 18' Flores 77'Sanner 79'Levis 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,619 Referee: Tyler Ploeger |
| July 6, 2016 19 | Sacramento Republic | 2-3 | Real Monarchs SLC | Sacramento, California |
| TBD MDT | da Fonte 53' Barrera 57'Colvey 59' |
Report | Lachowecki 37' Kavita 66'Velazco 72', 90+'Torres 79'Frater 80' |
Stadium: Bonney Field Referee: Michael Zapata |
| July 22, 2016 20 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0–3 | Arizona United | Orem, Utah |
| 7:00 P.M. MDT | Schuler 45+' Acosta 57' |
Report Report |
Antúnez 21' Rooney 24'Cortez 49'Blackwood 57'Tan 86' (pen.) |
Stadium: Clyde Field Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
August
edit| August 1, 2016 21 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 4–1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Tukwila, Washington |
| TBD MDT | Samuel 33' Jones 60'Samuel 86'Jones 90'+2' |
Report | Brody 22' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,254 Referee: Chipalo Street |
| August 8, 2016 22 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0-0 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| August 13, 2016 23 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-0 | Swope Park Rangers | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Orozco 8' Moberg Sundly Amankona |
Summary | Ayrton Tyrpak |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| August 17, 2016 24 | Real Monarchs SLC | 2–1 | Portland Timbers 2 | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Orellana 13' Orozco 47'Velazco 79'Bijev 86' (o.g.) |
Report | Bodily 70' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Brad Jensen |
| August 27, 2016 25 | Arizona United | 0–1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Peoria, Arizona |
| 8:30pm MDT | Silva 52' |
Report | Sundly 1' Orellana 24'Kavita 65'Amankona 90+'Ramírez 90+' |
Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Robi Hullner |
September
edit| September 3, 2016 26 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1–1 | Tulsa Roughnecks | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00pm MDT | Velazco 37' |
Report | Mata 9' Abidor 22' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,519 |
| September 9, 2016 27 | Real Monarchs SLC | 0–2 | Orange County Blues | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Orozco 11' |
Report | Watson-Sirboe 34' Pluntke 59' Caesar 63' Rauhofer 79' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 5,173 |
| September 14, 2016 28 | Real Monarchs SLC | 2–0 | San Antonio FC | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Lachowecki 43' Adams 73' Velazco 77' Báez 82' Okwuonu 86' |
Report | Thurière 35' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Brad Jensen |
| September 17, 2016 29 | Arizona United | 3–2 | Real Monarchs SLC | Peoria, Arizona |
| 8:30pm MDT | Rooney 13' Kelly 64'Tan 75' |
Report Report |
Báez 45' 45+' Ramírez 60'Leal 85' |
Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,239 Referee: Paul Nothman |
| September 24, 2016 30 | LA Galaxy II | 3–1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Carson, California |
| TBD MDT | Lassiter 18' Mendiola 66' Amaya 71' |
Report | Velazco 29' |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 1,686 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
Results summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 |
Last updated: April 2, 2016
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
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Portland Timbers 2 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 |
| 10 | San Antonio FC | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Real Monarchs | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 |
| 12 | Seattle Sounders 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 |
| 13 | Arizona United | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 34 |
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Stats
edit- Stats from USL regular season. Players in italics loaned from parent club Real Salt Lake.
- As of June 14, 2016[3]
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References
edit- ^ "Real Monarchs schedule". Real Monarchs.
- ^ "Real Monarchs official roster". Real Monarchs.
- ^ "SportsEngine | Sign In Step 1". user.sportngin.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.