2016 Real Monarchs season
The 2016 Real Monarchs SLC season was the club's second season of existence, and second playing in the
American soccer pyramid. The season began on March 26 at home against Saint Louis FC, and ended on September 24.[1]
Players
As of March 24, 2016[2]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | DF | Riley McGovern |  United States
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| 5 | MF | Lennon Celestino
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 Brazil
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| 6 | MF | Alec Sundly | United States
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| 7 | FW | Eti Tavares |  Guinea-Bissau
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| 9 | FW | Kevaughn Frater (on loan from Harbour View) |  Jamaica
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| 10 | MF | Ricardo Velazco | United States
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| 11 | MF | Maikon Orellana |  El Salvador
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| 12 | DF | Emilio Orozco | United States
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| 14 | FW | Colin Rolfe | United States
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| 15 | DF | Elder Torres (on loan from Vida) |  Honduras
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| 16 | FW | Amass Amankona |  Ghana
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| 17 | MF | Andrew Brody | United States
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| 18 | DF | Max Lachowecki | United States
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| 19 | MF | Tyler Arnone | United States
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| 20 | MF | Edgar Duran | United States
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| 21 | DF | Jonathan Caparelli |  Argentina
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| 22 | DF | Darion Copeland | United States
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| 24 | GK | Eric Osswald | United States
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| 28 | DF | Chris Schuler | United States
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| 30 | GK | Connor Sparrow | United States
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Competitions
Preseason
| February 11, 2016 1 | Real Monarchs SLC | Guápiles, Costa Rica | ||
| MDT | Report | Rolfe  |
Stadium: Estadio Ebal Rodríguez |
| February 15, 2016 2 | Real Monarchs SLC | Costa Rica | ||
| MDT | Report |
| February 18, 2016 3 | Real Monarchs SLC | Costa Rica | ||
| MDT | Report |
| 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 |
| March 19, 2016 5 | Real Monarchs SLC | Orem, Utah | ||
| 1:00pm MDT | 17' |
Report | Rolfe 37', 58' Brody 39'Amankona 45'Duran 89' |
Stadium: Clyde Field |
USL Season
Matches
March
| 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
| April 2, 2016 2 | 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 | Real Monarchs SLC | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||
| 6:00pm MDT | Ochoa  59'Davoren 90' |
Report | Orellana 65' |
Stadium: |
| April 15, 2016 4 | 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 | 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 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Sandy, Utah | ||
| 7:00pm MDT | Report | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
May
| May 7, 2016 7 | Real Monarchs SLC | Portland, Oregon | ||
| 6:00pm MDT | Polk 18' Peay 48'Brett 81, 90+' |
Report | 87' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Victor Rivas |
| May 13, 2016 8 | 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 | 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, 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 | Vancouver, British Columbia | |||
| 3 PM MDT | Flores 70' |
Report | Frater 41' Velazco 45+', 52', 58' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: - Referee: - |
June
| June 4, 2016 12 | Vancouver, British Columbia | |||
| 8 PM MDT | Levis 36' Seymore 49'Bustos 50'Adekugbe |
Report | Amankona 90+' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: - Referee: - |
| June 8, 2016 13 | 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 | 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 | Real Monarchs SLC | Irvine, California | ||
| TBD MDT | Mirkovic 70' |
Report | Sundly 34' Frater 39'Schuler 59' |
Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| June 26, 2016 16 | Real Monarchs SLC | Colorado 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 17 | 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
| July 2, 2016 18 | Real Monarchs SLC | 1-2 | Whitecaps FC 2 | Sandy, Utah |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Arnone 42', 85' Holness 55' |
Report | 90+' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,619 Referee: Tyler Ploeger |
| July 6, 2016 19 | 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 | Arizona United | Orem, Utah | ||
| 7:00 P.M. MDT | Schuler 45+' Acosta 57' |
Report Report |
Tan ) 86' (pen. |
Stadium: Clyde Field Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
August
| August 1, 2016 21 | 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 8, 2016 22 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Sandy, Utah | ||
| 7:00 pm MDT | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| August 13, 2016 23 | Swope Park Rangers | Sandy, Utah | ||
| 7:00 pm MDT | Orozco 8' Moberg Sundly Amankona |
Summary | |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| 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 | 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
| September 3, 2016 26 | 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 | 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 | Real Monarchs SLC | Peoria, Arizona | ||
| 8:30pm MDT | Tan 75' |
Report Report |
Báez 45' 45+' Ramírez 60'Leal 85' |
Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,239 Referee: Paul Nothman |
| September 24, 2016 30 | 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
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
| 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
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30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 |
| 13 | Arizona United
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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
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]
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References
- ^ "Real Monarchs schedule". Real Monarchs.
- ^ "Real Monarchs official roster". Real Monarchs.
- ^ "SportsEngine | Sign In Step 1". user.sportngin.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
