2016 Real Monarchs season

The 2016 Real Monarchs SLC season is 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 will end 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

Players

As of March 24, 2016[2]

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

Competitions

Preseason
February 11, 2016 1Santos de Guápiles 2-1 Real Monarchs SLCGuápiles, Costa Rica
MDT Report Rolfe Stadium: Estadio Ebal Rodríguez
February 15, 2016 2A.D. Carmelita 0-3 Real Monarchs SLCCosta Rica
MDT Report
February 18, 2016 3Generación Saprissa 1-1 Real Monarchs SLCCosta Rica
MDT Report
March 11, 2016 4Real Monarchs SLC1-2BYU CougarsSandy, Utah
2:00pm MDT Velazco  2nd half' (pen.) BYU Report Botcherby  2nd half'
Vasconcellos  2nd half' (pen.)		 Stadium: America First Field
March 19, 2016 5Utah Valley Wolverines1-5Real Monarchs SLCOrem, Utah
1:00pm MDT  17' Report Rolfe  37', 58'
Brody  39'
Amankona  45'
Duran  89'		 Stadium: Clyde Field

USL Season

Matches
Further information: 2016 USL season
March
March 26, 2016 1Real Monarchs SLC1-0Saint Louis FCSandy, Utah
7:00pm MDT Orellana  90+' Report Musa  44'
Bond  90+'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
April
April 2, 2016 2Real Monarchs SLC3-3LA Galaxy IISandy, 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 3Tulsa Roughnecks0-1Real Monarchs SLCTulsa, Oklahoma
6:00pm MDT Ochoa  59'
Davoren  90'		 Report Orellana  65' Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 4,011
Referee: Sorin Stoica
April 15, 2016 4Real Monarchs SLC0-1Arizona UnitedOrem, 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 5Real Monarchs SLC0-1Rio Grande Valley FCSandy, 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 6Real Monarchs SLC0-0Seattle Sounders FC 2Sandy, Utah
7:00pm MDT Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Andrew Musashe
May
May 7, 2016 7Portland Timbers 23-1Real Monarchs SLCPortland, 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 8Rio Grande Valley FC1-1Real Monarchs SLCEdinburg, 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 9Real Monarchs SLC3-1Orange County BluesSalt 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 10Oklahoma City Energy3-1Real Monarchs SLCOklahoma 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 11Whitecaps FC 22-2Real Monarchs SLCVancouver, 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
June 4, 2016 12Whitecaps FC 20-1Real Monarchs SLCVancouver, British Columbia
8 PM MDT Levis  36'
Seymore  49'
Bustos  50'
Adekugbe 		Report Amankona  90+' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: -
Referee: -
June 8, 2016 13Sacramento Republic1-0Real Monarchs SLCSacramento, 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 14Real Monarchs SLC1-2Sacramento RepublicReno, 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 15Orange County Blues1-0Real Monarchs SLCIrvine, 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 16Colorado Springs Switchbacks0-1Real Monarchs SLCColorado Springs, Colorado
130 pm MDT Torres  24'
Orozco  26'
Arnone  72'
Frater  76'
Arnone 		Report Argueta  19'
Kim  41'
Ibeagha  69'		 Stadium: Switchbacks Stadium
Attendance: unknown
Referee: C. Delagadillo
June 29, 2016 17Colorado Springs Switchbacks1-0Real Monarchs SLCColorado 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
July 2, 2016 18Real Monarchs SLC1-2Whitecaps FC 2Sandy, 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 19Sacramento Republic2-3Real Monarchs SLCSacramento, 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 20Real Monarchs SLC0–3Arizona UnitedOrem, 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
August 1, 2016 21Seattle Sounders FC 24–1Real Monarchs SLCTukwila, 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 22Real Monarchs SLC0-0Colorado Springs SwitchbacksSandy, Utah
7:00 pm MDT Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
August 13, 2016 23Real Monarchs SLC1-0Swope Park RangersSandy, Utah
7:00 pm MDT Orozco  8'
Moberg
Sundly
Amankona 		Summary Ayrton
Tyrpak 		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
August 17, 2016 24Real Monarchs SLC2–1Portland Timbers 2Sandy, 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 25Arizona United0–1Real Monarchs SLCPeoria, 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
September 3, 2016 26Real Monarchs SLC1–1Tulsa RoughnecksSandy, Utah
7:00pm MDT Velazco  37' Report Mata  9'
Abidor  22'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 3,519
September 9, 2016 27Real Monarchs SLC0–2Orange County BluesSandy, 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 28Real Monarchs SLC2–0San Antonio FCSandy, 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 29Arizona United3–2Real Monarchs SLCPeoria, 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 30LA Galaxy II3–1Real Monarchs SLCCarson, California
TBD MDT Lassiter  18'
Mendiola  66'
Amaya  71'		 Report Velazco  29' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,686
Referee: Ramy Touchan

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
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:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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

References
  1. "Real Monarchs schedule". Real Monarchs.
  2. "Real Monarchs official roster". Real Monarchs.
  3. http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/team_instance/1788698?subseason=280291&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=1782618
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