2006 Real Salt Lake season

The 2006 Real Salt Lake season was the second season of the team's existence. The team has some improvement over the previous season. However, despite mixed results on the field, RSL scored a huge victory off the field in 2006. After much controversy and debate, the franchise finally secured a guarantee for a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific stadium to be built in Sandy – a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team broke ground for the structure on the morning of August 12, with representatives from soccer giant Real Madrid present. That evening, RSL faced its namesake in front of a sellout crowd of 45,511 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Salt Lake made a good showing, but Real Madrid won the exhibition match, 2-0.

Real Salt Lake
2006 season
Owner SCP Worldwide
Head Coach John Ellinger
Major League Soccer10th
Average home league attendance16,366

Squad

2006 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
1 GK  USA Scott Garlick
2 DF  USA Nelson Akwari
3 DF  USA Carey Talley
5 DF  CRC Daniel Torres
7 MF  JAM Andy Williams
8 DF  USA Joey Worthen
9 MF  USA Jason Kreis
10 MF  MAR Mehdi Ballouchy
11 DF  USA Chris Brown
13 FW  SKN Atiba Harris
15 MF  USA Kenny Cutler
16 DF  LBR Willis Forko
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  USA Chris Klein
18 GK  USA Jay Nolly
19 DF  USA Kevin Novak
20 MF  USA Nikolas Besagno
21 MF  USA Christian Jimenez
22 FW  USA Jamie Watson
23 DF  USA Eddie Pope
25 MF  CRC Jafet Soto
27 DF  CRC Douglas Sequeira
31 DF  USA Jack Stewart
74 FW  JAM Jeff Cunningham

Competitions

Major League Soccer
See also: 2006 Major League Soccer season

League table

Western Conference
Western Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 FC Dallas 52 32 16 12 4 48 44 +4
2 Houston Dynamo 46 32 11 8 13 44 40 +4
3 Chivas USA 43 32 10 9 13 45 42 +3
4 Colorado Rapids 41 32 11 13 8 36 49 –13
5 Los Angeles Galaxy 39 32 11 15 6 37 37 0
6 Real Salt Lake 39 32 10 13 9 45 49 –4
MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Overall
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 D.C. United (E1) 55 32 15 7 10 52 38 +14
2 FC Dallas (W1) 52 32 16 12 4 48 44 +4
3 New England Revolution (E2) 48 32 12 8 12 39 35 +4
4 Chicago Fire (E3) 47 32 13 11 8 43 41 +2
5 Houston Dynamo (W2) 46 32 11 8 13 44 40 +4
6 Chivas USA (W3) 43 32 10 9 13 45 42 +3
7 Colorado Rapids 41 32 11 13 8 36 49 –13
8 New York Red Bulls 39 32 9 11 12 41 41 0
9 Los Angeles Galaxy 39 32 11 15 6 37 37 0
10 Real Salt Lake 39 32 10 13 9 45 49 –4
11 Kansas City Wizards 38 32 10 14 8 43 45 –2
12 Columbus Crew 33 32 8 15 9 30 42 –12
MLS Supporters' Shield, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Results summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAAHAHHAHHHAAHAHAAHHHAAHAHHAHAAHA
ResultLLTLLLWWTWLLTLTLWLTWWWWLWLTWLTTT
Source: MLS Results and League table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
32 39 10 13 9 45 49  −4 6 4 6 23 19  +4 4 9 3 22 30  −8

Last updated: November 8, 2012
Source:
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 2, 2006 MT 1Chivas USA3–0Real Salt LakeCarson, California, USA
14:00 Ante Razov  21', 65'
Juan Pablo Garcia  25'
Jonathan Bornstein  40'		 Report Eddie Pope  17' Stadium: The Home Depot Center
April 8, 2006 MT 2FC Dallas2–1Real Salt LakeFrisco, Texas, USA
17:30 Greg Vanney  2'
Simo Valakari  35'
Kenny Cooper  43'
Mark Wilson  57'		 Report Chris Klein  36' Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
April 15, 2006 MT 3Real Salt Lake1–1New York Red BullsSalt Lake City USA
17:00 MT Carey Talley  59'
Jason Kreis  36'		 Report Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
April 22, 2006 MT 4Houston Dynamo2–1Real Salt LakeHouston, Texas, USA
17:30 Craig Waibel  58'
Adrian Serioux  69'
Dwayne De Rosario  84'		 Report Jeff Cunningham  8'  57'
Carey Talley  68'		 Stadium: Robertson Stadium
April 29, 2006 5Real Salt Lake2-3Los Angeles GalaxySalt Lake City, USA
12:00 Jason Kreis  6'  83'  87'
Atiba Harris  70'  74'		 Report Landon Donovan  11'
Cobi Jones  26'
Herculez Gomez  60'
Chris Albright  87'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
May 6, 2006 6Real Salt Lake0-1Columbus CrewSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Jeff Cunningham  62'
Atiba Harris  69'
Carey Talley  79'
Mehdi Ballouchy  90'		 Report Jason Garey  70'
Jose Retiz  85'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
May 13, 2006 7Los Angeles Galaxy0-3Real Salt LakeLos Angeles, USA
17:30 Paulo Nagamura  44'
Ugo Ihemelu  70'
Josh Gardner  90+2'		 Report Atiba Harris  17'  65'
Nelson Akwari  19'
Willis Forko  31'
Daniel Torres  85'
Jeff Cunningham  72', 87'
Scott Garlick  75'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
May 20, 2006 8Real Salt Lake2-1Kansas City WizardsSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Atiba Harris  41'
Nelson Akwari  51'
Mehdi Ballouchy  78'
Jeff Cunningham  80'		 Report Ryan Pore  27'
Davy Arnaud  28'
Nick Garcia  46'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
May 27, 2006 9Real Salt Lake2-2Colorado RapidsSalt Lake City, USA
12:00 Atiba Harris  54'  82'
Jeff Cunningham  67'  73' (pen.)
Jason Kreis  88'
Andy Williams  89'		 Report Dedi Ben Dayan  15'
Jovan Kirovski  33'
Daniel Wasson  84'
Hunter Freeman  89'
Bouna Coundoul  90+2'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
June 3, 2006 10Real Salt Lake3-1Chicago FireSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Jeff Cunningham  57', 77'
Dasan Robinson  69' (o.g.)		 Report Dasan Robinson  17'
Brian Plotkin  62'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
June 9, 2006 11Colorado Rapids1-0Real Salt LakeDenver, USA
17:30 Jovan Kirovski  9'
Nicolas Hernandez  16'
Kyle Beckerman  21'		 Report Jeff Cunningham  34' Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
June 17, 2006 12Houston Dynamo2-1Real Salt LakeHouston, Texas, USA
17:30 Brian Mullan  31'  36'
Eddie Robinson  55'
Alejandro Moreno  83'
Pat Onstad  87'		 Report Carey Talley  15'
Scott Garlick  22'
Kenny Cutler  34'
Andy Williams  59'
Jason Kreis  88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Robertson Stadium
June 24, 2006 13Real Salt Lake0-0New England RevolutionSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Report Jeff Larentowicz  59' Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
June 28, 2006 14Chicago Fire2-1Real Salt LakeBridgeview, Illinois, USA
18:00 Chad Barrett  80', 85' Report Jason Kreis  25'  43'
Carey Talley  73'
Douglas Sequeira  81'		 Stadium: Bridgeview Stadium
July 4, 2006 15Real Salt Lake0-0Chivas USASalt Lake City, USA
18:00 Jeff Cunningham  86' Report Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
July 8, 2006 16Los Angeles Galaxy2-0Real Salt LakeLos Angeles, USA
17:30 Tyrone Marshall  21'
Ugo Ihemelu  40'
Herculez Gomez  47'
Josh Gardner  50'		 Report Douglas Sequeira  9'
Atiba Harris  57'
Andy Williams  79'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
July 14, 2006 17New England Revolution1-3Real Salt LakeFoxborough, MA, USA
17:30 James Riley  35'
Taylor Twellman  57'		 Report Chris Klein  16'
Eddie Pope  18'
Jason Kreis  21'  55'
Jeff Cunningham  52'
Willis Forko  88'		 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
July 22, 2006 18Real Salt Lake0-1FC DallasSalt Lake City, USA
18:00 Andy Williams  57' Report Abe Thompson  90+3' Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
July 26, 2006 19Real Salt Lake3-3Chivas USASalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Jeff Cunningham  33'
Carey Talley  55'
Kevin Novak  63'
Andy Williams  74'		 Report Ante Razov  2'
Jonathan Bornstein  59'
Sacha Kljestan  81'
Claudio Suarez  90+4'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
July 29, 2006 20Real Salt Lake2-1D.C. UnitedSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Nikolas Besagno  15'
Carey Talley  32'
Jeff Cunningham  90' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.)
Jamie Watson  90+5'		 Report Jaime Moreno  36'
John Wilson  90+5'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
August 9, 2006 21Colorado Rapids1-4Real Salt LakeDenver, USA
17:30 Clint Mathis  31'
Kyle Beckerman  42'
Hunter Freeman  58'
Aitor Karanka  69'
Eric Denton  75'
Thiago Martins  84'
Mike Petke  85'		 Report Jeff Cunningham  25', 76' (pen.)
Mehdi Ballouchy  31'
Chris Klein  63'
Kenny Cutler  77'
Scott Garlick  85'
Douglas Sequeira  85'
Chris Brown  90+4'		 Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
August 16, 2006 22Columbus Crew1-2Real Salt LakeColumbus, Ohio, USA
17:30 Sebastian Rozental  23' (pen.)
Ritchie Kotschau  70'		 Report Eddie Pope  8'
Chris Klein  75'
Carey Talley  90'
Scott Garlick  90+3'		 Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
August 19, 2006 23Real Salt Lake3-1Houston DynamoSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Chris Klein  45+2'
Douglas Sequeira  64'  77'
Scott Garlick  78'
Jeff Cunningham  82'		 Report Dwayne De Rosario  60'
Adrian Serioux  72'
Kelly Gray  90+2'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
August 26, 2006 24New York Red Bulls6-0Real Salt LakeEast Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
15:30 Edson Buddle  54', 61', 72'
Jordan Cila
Todd Dunivant  79'
John Wolyniec  86'		 Report Jack Stewart  8' Stadium: Giants Stadium
August 30, 2006 25Real Salt Lake1-0Los Angeles GalaxySalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Kevin Novak  53'
Jeff Cunningham  60'
Mehdi Ballouchy  85'		 Report Tyrone Marshall  29' Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
September 2, 2006 26Real Salt Lake0-1Colorado RapidsSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Scott Garlick  50'
Eddie Pope  70'		 Report Nicolas Hernandez  48'
Kyle Beckerman  62'
Colin Clark  66'
Hunter Freeman  84'
Dan Gargan  88'
Thiago Martins  88'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
September 9, 2006 27D.C. United1-1Real Salt LakeWashington, D.C., USA
17:30 Freddy Adu  45'
Brandon Prideaux  61'
Rod Dyachenko  64'
Ben Olsen  65'		 Report Jeff Cunningham  62'
Chris Klein  65'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
September 16, 2006 28Real Salt Lake3-2FC DallasSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Andy Williams  13'
Chris Klein  62'
Jack Stewart  67'
Jason Kreis  72'
Atiba Harris  78'		 Report Carlos Ruiz  4', 45+1'
Ronnie O'Brien  27'
Bobby Rhine  36'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
September 23, 2006 29FC Dallas2-1Real Salt LakeFrisco, Texas, USA
17:30 Carlos Ruiz  9'
Kenny Cooper  14'  68'		 Report Jeff Cunningham  48'
Kevin Novak  54'		 Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
September 30, 2006 30Kansas City Wizards3-3Real Salt LakeKansas City, Missouri, USA
17:30 Josh Wolff  6'
Jose Burciaga  25'  63'
Jack Jewsbury  45'
Scott Sealy  54'		 Report Andy Williams  32'
Atiba Harris  35', 44'
Jason Kreis  81'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
October 7, 2006 31Real Salt Lake1-1Houston DynamoSalt Lake City, USA
17:00 Carey Talley  54'
Atiba Harris  56'
Mehdi Ballouchy  60'		 Report Paul Dalglish  20'  78'
Ryan Cochrane  26'		 Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
October 15, 2006 32Chivas USA1-1Real Salt LakeLos Angeles, USA
14:00 Brent Whitfield  20' Report Jafet Soto  89' Stadium: Home Depot Center

U.S. Open Cup

Third round
See also: 2006 U.S. Open Cup
August 2, 2006 Real Salt Lake0 - 1 Colorado Rapids
13:00 Report Nicolas Hernandez  54'
Jacob Peterson  61'
Daniel Wasson  89'
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