2024 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake
2024 season
Head coach	Pablo Mastroeni
Stadium	America First Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: 3rd; Overall: 6th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Round one
Leagues Cup	Group stage
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
Rocky Mountain Cup	Lost
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Chicho Arango (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,570 vs LAG
Lowest home attendance	19,346 vs MIN
Average home league attendance	20,048
Biggest win	4 goals (2 occasions): RSL 5-1 ATX; CHI 0-4 RSL;
Biggest defeat	3 goals (2 occasions): PDX 3-0 RSL; HOU 4-1 RSL;
Home colors	Away colors
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Head coachPablo Mastroeni

StadiumAmerica First Field

Major League SoccerConference: 3rd
Overall: 6th

MLS Cup PlayoffsRound one

The 2024 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 20th season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. The team also competed in both the 2024 U.S. Open Cup and 2024 Leagues Cup. Real Salt Lake played their home games at America First Field in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, and were managed by Pablo Mastroeni in his third full season with the club.

The season ended with the club recording its highest-ever single-season points total (59) and a 3rd place finish in the Western Conference, ensuring qualification to the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs. The club would lose in the first round to Minnesota United FC.^[1]

For his performances in this season, midfielder Diego Luna would be named as the MLS Young Player of the Year.^[2]

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No.	Name	Nationality	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Seasons with club (year signed)
2	Andrew Brody	United States	DF	(1995-05-03) May 3, 1995 (age 30)	Real Monarchs	4 (2021)
3	Bryan Oviedo	Costa Rica	DF	(1990-02-18) February 18, 1990 (age 36)	FC Copenhagen	3 (2022)
4	Brayan Vera	Colombia	DF	(1999-01-15) January 15, 1999 (age 27)	América de Cali	2 (2023)
6	Braian Ojeda	Paraguay	MF	(2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 25)	Nottingham Forest	3 (2022)
7	Pablo Ruíz	Argentina	MF	(1998-12-20) December 20, 1998 (age 27)	San Luis	7 (2018)
8	Diego Luna	United States	MF	(2003-09-03) September 3, 2003 (age 22)	El Paso Locomotive	3 (2022)
9	Chicho Arango (DP)	Colombia	FW	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 30)	C.F. Pachuca	2 (2023)
11	Andrés Gómez	Colombia	FW	(2002-09-12) September 12, 2002 (age 23)	Millonarios F.C.	2 (2023)
12	Matthew Bell	Jamaica	MF	(2002-08-07) August 7, 2002 (age 23)	Marshall Thundering Herd	1 (2024)
13	Nelson Palacio	Colombia	MF	(2001-06-16) June 16, 2001 (age 24)	Atlético Nacional	2 (2023)
14	Emeka Eneli	United States	DF	(1999-10-18) October 18, 1999 (age 26)	Cornell Big Red	2 (2023)
15	Justen Glad (HGP)	United States	DF	(1997-02-28) February 28, 1997 (age 29)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	11 (2014)
16	Maikel Chang	Cuba	MF	(1991-04-18) April 18, 1991 (age 34)	Real Monarchs	5 (2020)
17	Fidel Barajas	Mexico	MF	(2006-04-06) April 6, 2006 (age 19)	Charleston Battery	1 (2024)
18	Zac MacMath	United States	GK	(1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 34)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	5 (2020)
19	Bode Hidalgo	United States	FW	(2002-02-22) February 22, 2002 (age 24)	Real Monarchs	4 (2021)
20	Erik Holt (HGP)	United States	DF	(1996-09-06) September 6, 1996 (age 29)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	6 (2019)
21	Axel Kei (HGP)	Ivory Coast	FW	(2007-12-30) December 30, 2007 (age 18)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	3 (2022)
23	Ilijah Paul (GA)	United States	FW	(2002-07-26) July 26, 2002 (age 23)	Washington Huskies	2 (2023)
24	Tomas Gomez	United States	GK	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 32)	Real Monarchs	3 (2022)
25	Matt Crooks	England	MF	(1994-01-20) January 20, 1994 (age 32)	Middlesbrough F.C.	1 (2024)
26	Philip Quinton	United States	DF	(1999-11-16) November 16, 1999 (age 26)	Columbus Crew	1 (2024)
27	Bertin Jacquesson (GA)	France	FW	(2001-11-30) November 30, 2001 (age 24)	Pittsburgh Panthers	2 (2023)
29	Anderson Julio	Ecuador	FW	(1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 (age 29)	Atlético San Luis	4 (2021)
30	Marcelo Silva	Uruguay	DF	(1989-03-21) March 21, 1989 (age 36)	Real Zaragoza	8 (2017)
32	Zack Farnsworth (HGP)	United States	DF	(2002-07-13) July 13, 2002 (age 23)	Real Salt Lake Academy (HGP)	4 (2021)
33	Tommy Silva (HGP)	United States	DF	(2002-02-21) February 21, 2002 (age 24)	UCLA Bruins (HGP)	1 (2024)
34	Luca Moisa (HGP)	United States	MF	(2008-04-20) April 20, 2008 (age 17)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	1 (2024)
35	Gavin Beavers (HGP)	United States	GK	(2005-04-29) April 29, 2005 (age 20)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	3 (2022)
36	Kevin Bonilla	United States	DF	(2001-09-20) September 20, 2001 (age 24)	Portland Pilots	1 (2024)
37	Luis Rivera (HGP)	United States	DF	(2007-12-01) December 1, 2007 (age 18)	Real Monarchs	2 (2023)
38	Jude Wellings (HGP)	United States	MF	(2006-04-26) April 26, 2006 (age 19)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	3 (2022)
34	Zavier Gozo (HGP)	United States	FW	(2007-03-27) March 27, 2007 (age 18)	Real Monarchs (HGP)	1 (2024)
98	Alexandros Katranis	Greece	DF	(1998-05-04) May 4, 1998 (age 27)	Piast Gliwice	1 (2024)

Player	Position	Previous Club	Fees/Notes	Date	Ref.
Tommy Silva	DF	UCLA Bruins	Homegrown player	January 5, 2024	^[5]
Kevin Bonilla	DF	Portland Pilots	2024 MLS SuperDraft	January 9, 2024	^[6]
Fidel Barajas	MF	Charleston Battery	Undisclosed	January 11, 2024	^[7]
Alexandros Katranis	DF	Piast Gliwice	Undisclosed	February 2, 2024	^[8]
Matt Crooks	MF	Middlesbrough F.C.	Undisclosed	February 12, 2024	^[9]
Matthew Bell	MF	Marshall Thundering Herd	2024 MLS SuperDraft	February 19, 2024	^[10]
Zavier Gozo	FW	Real Monarchs	Homegrown player	February 20, 2024	^[11]
Luca Moisa	MF	Real Monarchs	Homegrown player	February 20, 2024	^[11]
Philip Quinton	DF	Columbus Crew	$200,000 GAM	April 19, 2024	^[12]
Noel Caliskan	MF	Real Monarchs		June 22, 2024	^[13]
Benji Michel	FW	Arouca		July 19, 2024	^[14]
Lachlan Brook	FW	Western Sydney Wanderers		July 23, 2024	^[15]
Javain Brown	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC		July 31, 2024	^[16]
Diogo Goncalves	MF	F.C. Copenhagen		August 9, 2024	^[17]
Dominik Marczuk	MF	Jagiellonia Bialystok		August 14, 2024	^[18]

Player	Position	Next Club	Fees/Notes	Date
Julio Benitez	MF		Option Declined	November 17, 2023
Scott Caldwell	MF	Retired
Damir Kreilach	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Option Declined
Danny Musovski	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	Contract expired
Jasper Löffelsend	MF	Colorado Rapids	$100K GAM, int'l spot, SuperDraft pick	January 10, 2024
Jefferson Savarino	FW	Botafogo	Undisclosed	January 13, 2024
Fidel Barajas	FW	Guadalajara	Undisclosed	July 2, 2024
Bryan Oviedo	DF	Alajuelense	Waived	August 15, 2024
Andrés Gómez	FW	Stade Rennais		August 17, 2024

Player	Position	Loaned To	Fees/Notes	Date
Rubio Rubín	FW	Querétaro		January 14, 2024
Kevon Lambert	MF	San Antonio FC	Loaned for full 2024 season	February 16, 2024
Delentz Pierre	DF	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Loaned for full 2024 season	February 16, 2024

February 3 Atlantic Cup	Real Salt Lake	1–2	Brøndby IF	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
9:00 am MDT	Julio 16'	Report	Vallys 35' Suzuki 41'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

2024 Real Salt Lake season

Roster

Transfers

In

Out

Loans

In

Out

Competitions

Preseason

MLS regular season

Matches

MLS Cup playoffs

Round One

Standings

Western Conference table

Overall table

Leagues Cup

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Squad appearances

Goals

Assists

Clean Sheets

References

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February 6 Atlantic Cup	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Fredrikstad FK	Lagos, Portugal
12 pm MDT	Julio 36'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos

February 9 Atlantic Cup	Real Salt Lake	3–0	KÍ Klaksvik	Parchal, Portugal
6:00 am MDT	Julio 38' Ruiz 52' Barajas 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Bela Vista

February 14 Friendly	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Toronto FC	Santa Barbara, California
		Report	Bernardeschi

February 21 1	Inter Miami CF	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6 pm MT	Taylor 39' D. Gómez 68', 83'	Report	Ruiz 15'	Stadium: Chase Stadium Attendance: 21,137 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernandez

February 24 2	St. Louis City SC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	St. Louis, Missouri
6:30 pm MT	Pompeu 24' Adeniran 78'	Report	Arango 74'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

March 2 3	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
2 pm MT	Gómez 18', 41' Ojeda 37' 86' Arango 45+5', 59'	Report	Atuesta 35' Murillo 50' Bogusz 68'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,509 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

March 9 4 RMC	Real Salt Lake	1–2	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Eneli 22' Hidalgo 40' Vera 87' Luna 90+'	Report	Navarro 43' (pen.) Löffelsend 58' Bassett 70'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,147 Referee: Atahan Yara

March 23 5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
5:30 pm MT	Kreilach 33'	Report	Katranis 47', 76' Julio 70' Vera 90+7' MacMath 90+10'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,178 Referee: Chris Grabas

March 30 6	Real Salt Lake	3–1	St. Louis City SC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Hidalgo 28' Arango 70', 84', 90+1'	Report	Vassilev 3' Markanich 30' Parker 90+9'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,357 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 6 7	Minnesota United FC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	St. Paul, Minnesota
6:30 pm MT	Rosales 40' 89' Trapp 45+1' Oluwaseyi 87'	Report	Arango 24' Katranis 64' MacMath 82' Eneli 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,568 Referee: Mark Allatin

May 11 12	LA Galaxy	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
8:30 pm MT	Aude 18' Pec 54' Berry 90+4'	Report	Arango 20', 40' Crooks 23'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 25,220 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 25 15	FC Dallas	3–3	Real Salt Lake	Frisco, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Fraser 38' Illarramendi 45+4' Delgado 57' Arriola 59' Paes 80' Norris 81' Ibeagha 87'	Report	Luna 61' Julio 73' Palacio 90+8'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

June 15 18	CF Montréal	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Montreal, Quebec
5:30 pm MT	Yankov 22' Campbell 49' Saliba 50' Cóccaro 63' Sosa 74'	Report	Luna 72'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Filip Dujic

June 19 19	Sporting Kansas City	3–4	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 pm MT	Afrifa 28' Agada 70', 90+5' Bassong 90+2'	Report	A. Gómez 14', 51' Julio 33' Vera 77' Crooks 84'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 16,414 Referee: Mark Allatin

April 13 8	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Columbus Crew	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Crooks 13' Ojeda 45+3' Eneli 46' Vera 57' Arango 65' Katranis 90+1'	Report	Quinton 22' Arfsten 45+6' Habroune 59'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,033 Referee: Ramy Touchan

April 20 9	Chicago Fire FC	0–4	Real Salt Lake	Chicago, Illinois
6:30 pm MT	Acosta 15'	Report	Gómez 24', 31' Arango 33', 37' Luna 90+3'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 14,247 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

April 27 10	Philadelphia Union	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Chester, Pennsylvania
5:30 pm MT	Gazdag 50' Glesnes 57' Carranza 78' Bedoya 90+8'	Report	Gómez 34', 75' Arango 39' Katranis 49', 89' Vera 57' Crooks 59'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 19,048 Referee: Malik Badawi

May 4 11	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Eneli 14' Vera 47' Arango 81', 90'	Report	Rodríguez 90+4'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,001 Referee: Timothy Ford

May 15 13	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	A. Gómez 27', 86' Luna 58' Barajas 90+2'	Report	Baker 55' C. Roldan 85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,268 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 18 14 RMC	Real Salt Lake	5–3	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Arango 23', 85' A. Gómez 40', 88', 90' Crooks 51' Vera 65' Eneli 79' Julio 90+6'	Report	Bassett 5' Navarro 19' Steffen 32' Mihailovic 56' Yapi 90+9'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,213 Referee: Jon Freemon

May 29 16	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
8:30 pm MT	Rusnák 68' Vargas 87' Baker-Whiting 90+4'	Report	Oviedo 67' Crooks 75' A. Gómez 90+9'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 29,244 Referee: Sergii Boiko

June 1 17	Real Salt Lake	5–1	Austin FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Arango 16', 45+5', 71' Julio 24', 31' Palacio 83' Vera 84'	Report	Pereira 45+1' Ring 54', 90+2' Biro 82'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,078 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

June 22 20	Real Salt Lake	0–1	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Oviedo 55' Gómez 78'	Report	Yamane 59' Pec 74'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,570 Referee: Jair Marrufo

July 3 21	Real Salt Lake	3–2	Houston Dynamo FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Gómez 22' Luna 42' Ojeda 67', 77' Eneli 90+2'	Report	Blessing 5' Aliyu 8' Brody 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,522 Referee: Allen Chapman

July 6 22	Real Salt Lake	5–2	Atlanta United FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Crooks 1' Luna 57', 84' Ojeda 59' Arango 68' Katranis 78'	Report	Lobzhanidze 31' Williams 67' Ríos 80' Fortune 89'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,396 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

July 13 23	Portland Timbers	3–0	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon
8:00 pm MT	Mora 3', 23' Chará 7' Rodríguez 8' Moreno 48' Bravo 86' Evander 90'	Report	Arango 23' Gómez 23' Ojeda 37' Crooks 56' Luna 63'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,014 Referee: Joe Dickerson

July 17 24	Los Angeles FC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles, California
8:30 pm MT	Olivera 5' Kamara 41' Hollingshead 60'	Report	Luna 8' Vera 33' Katranis 66' Chang 71' Palacio 74' Glad 90+3'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,163 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

July 20 25 RMC	Colorado Rapids	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado
7:30 pm MT	Bombito 23' Lewis 35' Vines 39' Yapi 74' Bassett 88'	Report	Gómez 9', 49' Luna 88'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Referee: Ramy Touchan

August 24 26	Real Salt Lake	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Brook 81'	Report	Espinoza 20' Pellegrino 33' Gruezo 37' Daniel 87'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 21,015 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

August 31 27	Real Salt Lake	2–0	New England Revolution	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Ojeda 45+2' Julio 45+3' Quinton 56'	Report	Lima 55'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,475 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 14 28	Houston Dynamo FC	4–1	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Steres 24' Bassi 27' Ponce 39', 81' Dorsey 45+3' Kowalczyk 75'	Report	Arango 32' Sviatchenko 49' (o.g.) Katranis 63' Glad 90+4'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 15,862 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 18 29	Real Salt Lake	3–2	FC Dallas	Sandy, Utah
7:30pm MT	Vera 11' (pen.) Julio 24', 62' Crooks 90' Eneli 90+10'	Report	Ferreira 45+1' Velasco 88' (pen.)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,436 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 21 30	Real Salt Lake	3–3	Portland Timbers	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Marczuk 10' Luna 22' Katranis 72' Gonçalves 90'	Report	Williamson 48' Miller 55' Evander 57', 76' Antony 62' Rodríguez 90+2'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,778 Referee: Tori Penso

September 28 31	Austin FC	2–2	Real Salt Lake	Austin, Texas
6:30 pm MT	Obrian 82' Biro 89'	Report	Crooks 48' Glad 59' Gonçalves 65' (pen.) Chang 90+6'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Lukasz Szpala