2016 Real Monarchs season

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]

Real Monarchs SLC
2016 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
Head coachFreddy Juarez
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
Top goalscorerRicardo Velazco (6)
Highest home attendance2,453
(Mar. 26 vs Saint Louis)
Lowest home attendance200
(May 23 vs Orange County at Ute Soccer Field)
Average home league attendance1,425
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Players

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As of March 24, 2016[2]

No. Position Player Nation
4 DF Riley McGovern   United States
5 MF Lennon Celestino   Brazil
6 MF Alec Sundly   United States
7 FW Eti Tavares   Guinea-Bissau
9 FW Kevaughn Frater (on loan from Harbour View)   Jamaica
10 MF Ricardo Velazco   United States
11 MF Maikon Orellana   El Salvador
12 DF Emilio Orozco   United States
14 FW Colin Rolfe   United States
15 DF Elder Torres (on loan from Vida)   Honduras
16 FW Amass Amankona   Ghana
17 MF Andrew Brody   United States
18 DF Max Lachowecki   United States
19 MF Tyler Arnone   United States
20 MF Edgar Duran   United States
21 DF Jonathan Caparelli   Argentina
22 DF Darion Copeland   United States
24 GK Eric Osswald   United States
28 DF Chris Schuler   United States
30 GK Connor Sparrow   United States

Competitions

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Preseason

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February 11, 2016 1 Santos de Guápiles   2-1   Real Monarchs SLC Guápiles, Costa Rica
MDT Report Rolfe   Stadium: Estadio Ebal Rodríguez
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

USL Season

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Matches

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March
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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
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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 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
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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
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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
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Antúnez   21'
Rooney   24'
Cortez   49'
Blackwood   57'
Tan   86' (pen.)
Stadium: Clyde Field
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
August
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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 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
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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
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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

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Overall Home Away
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

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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

Stats

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  • Stats from USL regular season. Players in italics loaned from parent club Real Salt Lake.
As of June 14, 2016[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Real Monarchs schedule". Real Monarchs.
  2. ^ "Real Monarchs official roster". Real Monarchs.
  3. ^ "SportsEngine | Sign In Step 1". user.sportngin.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.