2012 Real Salt Lake season

The 2012 Real Salt Lake season is the team's eighth year of existence. The team's first game was on March 10 at the Home Depot Center against the Los Angeles Galaxy, which they won 3-1.

Real Salt Lake
2012 season
OwnerSCP Worldwide
CoachJason Kreis
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
MLSConference: 2nd
Overall: 5th
MLS CupConference Semifinals
U.S. Open CupThird round
CONCACAF Champions LeagueGroup stage
Desert Diamond CupThird place
Rocky Mountain CupWinners
Highest home attendance20,415 v C.D. Chivas USA (March 24, 2012)
Lowest home attendance16,444 v Portland Timbers (July 7, 2012)
Average home league attendance18,897

Background
Main article: 2011 Real Salt Lake season

Competitions

Desert Diamond Cup
See also: 2012 Desert Diamond Cup

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 New England Revolution 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
2 LA Galaxy 3 1 2 0 5 5 0 3
3 New York Red Bulls 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2 3
4 Real Salt Lake 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2 3
Source:

Results
February 22, 2012 Group 1 Real Salt Lake 1–0 New York Red Bulls Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST Paulo Jr.  75' Report Alvarez  33' Stadium: Kino Stadium
Attendance: 5,547
February 25, 2012 Group 2 LA Galaxy 2–0 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST Stadium: Kino Stadium
February 29, 2012 Group 3 Real Salt Lake 1–2 New England Revolution Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST Stadium: Kino Stadium
March 3, 2012 Third place match New York Red Bulls 0–1 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
TBD MST Stadium: Kino Stadium

Major League Soccer
See also: 2012 Major League Soccer season

League standings
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Earthquakes (SS, W1) 34 19 6 9 72 43 +29 66 2012 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Real Salt Lake 34 17 11 6 46 35 +11 57
3 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 8 11 51 33 +18 56
4 LA Galaxy 34 16 12 6 59 47 +12 54 2012 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 11 13 10 35 41 −6 43
6 FC Dallas 34 9 13 12 42 47 −5 39
7 Colorado Rapids 34 11 19 4 44 50 −6 37
8 Portland Timbers 34 8 16 10 34 56 −22 34
9 Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 24 58 −34 30
Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLS

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

Overall
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Earthquakes (SS) 34 19 6 9 72 43 +29 66 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1
2 Sporting Kansas City 34 18 7 9 42 27 +15 63
3 D.C. United 34 17 10 7 53 43 +10 58
4 New York Red Bulls 34 16 9 9 57 46 +11 57
5 Real Salt Lake 34 17 11 6 46 35 +11 57
6 Chicago Fire 34 17 11 6 46 41 +5 57
7 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 8 11 51 33 +18 56
8 LA Galaxy 34 16 12 6 59 47 +12 54 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1
9 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 48 41 +7 53
10 Columbus Crew 34 15 12 7 44 44 0 52
11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 11 13 10 35 41 −6 43
12 Montreal Impact 34 12 16 6 45 51 −6 42
13 FC Dallas 34 9 13 12 42 47 −5 39
14 Colorado Rapids 34 11 19 4 44 50 −6 37
15 Philadelphia Union 34 10 18 6 37 45 −8 36
16 New England Revolution 34 9 17 8 39 44 −5 35
17 Portland Timbers 34 8 16 10 34 56 −22 34
18 Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 24 58 −34 30
19 Toronto FC 34 5 21 8 36 62 −26 23 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League 2
Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
34 57 17 11 6 46 35  +11 11 4 2 27 15  +12 6 7 4 19 20  −1

Last updated: October 27, 2012
Source: 2012 Major League Soccer season
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
March 10, 2012 1 LA Galaxy 1–3 Real Salt Lake Carson, CA
19:30 PDT Buddle  71' Report Beckerman  36'
Franklin  73' (o.g.)
Morales  80'  80'
Espíndola  85'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Kevin Stott
March 17, 2012 2 Real Salt Lake 2–0 New York Red Bulls Sandy, UT
20:00 MDT Gil  22'
Espindola  39'
Gil  58'		 Report Richards  10'
Cooper  72'
Holgersson  83'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,738
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
March 24, 2012 3 Real Salt Lake 0–1 C.D. Chivas USA Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Schuler  12' Report Minda  46'
Vagenas  55'
Townsend  72'
Townsend  86'
Kennedy  90+3'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,415
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
March 31, 2012 4 Portland Timbers 2–3 Real Salt Lake Portland, OR
19:00 PDT Brunner  38'
Nagbe  48'
Nagbe  65'
Marcelin  85'		 Report Saborio  39' (pen.)
Steele  89'
Beckerman  90+2'
Beckerman  90+3'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 20,438
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
April 4, 2012 5 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Montreal Impact Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Paulo Jr.  13' (pen.) Report Felipe  80' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,191
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 7, 2012 6 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Sabório  20'
Espínola  57'
Olave  74'
Beckerman  74'
Gil  81'		 Report Pickens  58'
Moor  81'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,870
Referee: Jair Marrufo
April 14, 2012 7 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, KS
19:30 CDT Collin  63'
Nagamura  76'		 Johnson  51'
Steele  78'		 Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park
Attendance: 19,422
Referee: Kevin Stott
April 21, 2012 8 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Real Salt Lake Santa Clara, CA
19:30 PDT Moreno  22'
Dawkins  44'
Stephenson  45+2'
Lenhart  68'
Dawkins  90+2'
Wondolowski  90+3'		 Espindola  29'
Beckerman  42'
Morales  47'
Beckerman  53'
Saborio  60'
Olave  69'		 Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 10,202
Referee: Elias Bazakos
April 25, 2012 9 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake Frisco, TX
19:30 CDT Shea  45+1' (pen.) Johnson  27'
Bonfigli  72'		 Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium
Attendance: 10,069
Referee: Geoff Gamble
April 28, 2012 10 Real Salt Lake 3–2 Toronto FC Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Beckerman  7'
Olave  17'
Wingert  27'
Eckersley  57' (o.g.)
Morales  61'
Steele  90+3'		 Avila  48'
Henry  77'
Henry  78'
Frings  80'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,629
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 5, 2012 11 Real Salt Lake 2–1 New England Revolution Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Saborio  33'
Olave  36'
Saborio  55'
Johnson  59'
Saborio  90+5'		 Brettschneider  22'
Tierney  57'
Cárdenas  81'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,219
Referee: David Gantar
May 9, 2012 12 Chicago Fire 0–0 Real Salt Lake Bridgeview, IL
19:30 CDT Beckerman  71' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,544
Referee: Jair Marrufo
May 12, 2012 13 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake Seattle, WA
19:00 PDT Johnson  53' Espindola  51'
Saborio  70'		 Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,312
Referee: Mark Geiger
May 26, 2012 14 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Alvarez  37'
Saborio  59'
Saborio  76'
Borchers  90+3'
Espindola  90+6'		 Hedges  75'
Perez  85'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,341
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
June 16, 2012 15 C.D. Chivas USA 0–3 Real Salt Lake Carson, CA
19:30 PDT Minda  73' Wingert  38'
Espindola  41'
Espindola  54'
Saborio  71'
Johnson  90+4'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 13,816
Referee: Yader Reyes
June 20, 2012 16 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Beckerman  9'
Saborio  24'
Steele  53'
Morales  66'
Espindola  80'		 Donovan  29'
Magee  50'
DeLaGarza  53'
Donovan  68'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,382
Referee: Kevin Stott
June 23, 2012 17 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Beckerman  46'
Morales  79'
Espindola  90'		 Stephenson  41'
Gordon  75'
Wondolowski  84'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,050
Referee: Jair Marrufo
June 30, 2012 18 Columbus Crew 2–0 Real Salt Lake Columbus, OH
20:00 EDT Tchani  16'
Vukovic  38'
Gaven  44'
George  82'		 Espindola  57'
Steele  65'		 Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,674
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
July 4, 2012 19 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, UT
20:00 MDT Saborio  41'
Wingert  56'
Espindola  86'		 Hurtado  41'
Gonzalez  46'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,363
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
July 7, 2012 20 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Portland Timbers Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Saborio  60'
Saborio  62'
Johnson  65'
Saborio  75' (pen)		 Horst  66'
Chara  66'
Palmer  67'
Smith  68'
Chara  74'
Danso  80'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,444
Referee: Mark Geiger
July 14, 2012 21 San Jose Earthquakes 5–0 Real Salt Lake Santa Clara, CA
19:30 PDT Wondolowski  19', 73', 80'
Chávez  26'
Morrow  60'
Gordon  63'
Dawkins  79'		 Report Watson-Siriboe  16'
Olave  44'
Beckerman  58'
Espíndola  59'
Mansally  62'
Steele  69'		 Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 10,744
Referee: Allen Chapman
July 21, 2012 22 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids Sandy, UT
20:00 MDT Saborio  32'
Steele  82'
Johnson  90'		 Nane  45' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,492
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
July 27, 2012 23 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Saborio  34', 58' DeMerit  33'
Mattocks  52'  86'
Cannon  76'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,702
Referee: Kevin Stott
August 4, 2012 24 Colorado Rapids 1–0 Real Salt Lake Commerce City, CO
19:00 MDT Nane  38' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 15,218
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
August 11, 2012 25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 1 Real Salt Lake Vancouver, BC
16:00 PDT Rochat  41'
Koffie  49'
Camilo Sanvezzo  58'
Richards  64'
Davidson  83'		 Summary Beltran  37'
Borchers  90+2'		 Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 20,083
Referee: Paul Ward
August 18, 2012 26 Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 FC Dallas Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Beltran  14'
Watson-Siriboe  20'
Espinolda  25'
Saborio  76'		 Report Hedges  54'
Castillo  61'
Ferreira  94'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,281
Referee: Juan Guzman
August 24, 2012 27 Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Real Salt Lake Chester, PA
19:30 EDT M. Farfan  59' Report Wingert  58' Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 18,441
Referee: Jai Marrufo
September 1, 2012 28 Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 D.C. United Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Morales  25'
Johnson  49'
Wingert  71'
Watson-Siriboe  82'		 Report Saragosa  60'
Dudar  78'
Korb  87'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,334
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
September 6, 2012 29 Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 Real Salt Lake Houston, TX
19:30 CDT Clark  64'
Carr  64'
Clark  94'		 Report Steele  84' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 18,452
Referee: Ismail Elfath
September 22, 2012 30 Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 Portland Timbers Sandy, UT
18:00 MDT Espindola  14'
Morales  36'
Olave  81'		 Report Dike  61' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,524
Referee: Kevin Stott
September 29, 2012 31 C.D. Chivas USA 0 - 4 Real Salt Lake Carson, CA
19:30 PDT Bolaños  15'
Minda  21'		 Report Saborío  8, 11, 65'
Wingert  20'
Paulo  81'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 11,450
Referee: Juan Guzman
October 6, 2012 32 LA Galaxy 1 - 2 Real Salt Lake Carson, CA
18:00 PDT Keane  17'
Gaul  64'		 Report Espindola  25, 28'
Beltran  71'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
October 17, 2012 33 Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 0 Real Salt Lake Seattle, WA
20:00 PDT Scott  10'
Scott  30'
Tiffert  67'		 Report Beltran  46'
Schuler  51'		 Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,356
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
October 27, 2012 34 Real Salt Lake 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Wingert  36'
Johnson  82'		 Report DeMerit  47' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,507
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Playoffs
Main article: 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs
November 2, 2012 Conference
Semi-finals		 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake Seattle, Washington
19:00 PDT Parke  45+2'
Evans  54'		 Report Beckerman  53'
Morales  56'		 Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 34,941
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 8, 2012 Conference
Semi-finals		 Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, UT
19:30 MST Report Alonso  51'
Martinez  81'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,657
Referee: Chris Penso

Seattle Sounders won on 1 - 0 aggregate

U.S. Open Cup
See also: 2012 U.S. Open Cup
May 29, 2012 Third Round Real Salt Lake 1–3 Minnesota Stars Sandy, UT
19:00 MDT Gil  29'
Velásquez  83'
Olave  85'		 Venegas  3'
Hlavaty  45' (pen)
Bracalello  58'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 17,212
Referee: Tyler Ploeger

CONCACAF Champions League
See also: 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League
July 31, 2012 Group Stage Herediano 1–0 Real Salt Lake Heredia, Costa Rica
Aguilar  14' Saborio  7'
Beckerman  43'
Borchers  58'		 Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
Referee: Francisco Chacon
August 21, 2012 Group Stage Real Salt Lake 2–0 Tauro Sandy, UT, USA
22:00 Saborío  48'
Beckerman  58'		 Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,430
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)
September 18, 2012 Group Stage Tauro 0–1 Real Salt Lake Panama City, Panama
20:00 Report Saborío  90+4' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández
Attendance: 674
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)
October 23, 2012 Group Stage Real Salt Lake 0–0 Herediano Sandy, UT, USA
22:00 Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,436
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Real Salt Lake is in the #17 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking.[1]

International roster spots

Real Salt Lake has 6 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Real Salt Lake has traded away two spots permanently, one to Chivas USA in 2004 and the other to Colorado Rapids in 2005.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: *2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 3 pick from D.C. United; *Unspecified year conditional draft pick from Seattle Sounders FC.
Future picks traded: *2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Vancouver Whitecaps FC; *2014 MLS SuperDraft round 4 pick to Chicago Fire; *2014 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Montreal Impact.

References
  1. 2011 MLS Roster Rules | Major League Soccer Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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