RSL began play on April 2, 2005, against New York MetroStars at Giants Stadium, which ended in a scoreless tie. RSL's first season was 2005 under head coach John Ellinger. Other notable players who played in RSL's early years included veterans Clint Mathis, Eddie Pope and Jeff Cunningham. Jason Kreis became the first player in RSL history, coming in a trade from the Dallas Burn. Real Salt Lake became the twelfth MLS franchise when Major League Soccer awarded an expansion franchise on July 14, 2004, to SCP Worldwide, headed by Dave Checketts. Robbie Russell (in red) playing for Real Salt Lake However, by at least 2014, reaction to the name had drastically improved, with the team establishing an identity representative of the Salt Lake community.
Other suggested team names, such as "Highlanders", "Salt Lake SC", or "Union SLC", were initially preferred for the club by locals. Local reaction to the new team's name was initially met with mixed feelings, with the name being accused of contrivance. In choosing the name Real for the Salt Lake-based team, initial owner Dave Checketts intended to create a brand name that would become well known for its simplicity, followed the European-style naming conventions of the league, and would potentially foster a partnership with Real Madrid - admired both because of their successful football history and close association with basketball (similar to Checketts' own history with Utah's NBA team). The Spanish title Real ( Spanish pronunciation: ), meaning "royal" in English, has been used since the early 20th century by Spanish football clubs who have received royal patronage from a reigning monarch - most notably Madrid, Zaragoza, Betis and Sociedad. Their fully owned USL affiliate Real Monarchs won the USL Championship, the second division in American soccer, in 2019. The franchise's greatest success to date was in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League, where RSL finished runners-up in the tournament becoming the first American club, since the CONCACAF Champions League format was introduced in 2008, to advance to the final stage of the tournament. They were also runners-up in the 2013 MLS Cup. In domestic football, Real Salt Lake won the 2009 MLS Cup, and they finished as runners-up in the Supporters Shield in 2010, and the 2013 edition of the U.S. The team is currently led by head coach Pablo Mastroeni. Before moving to America First Field, RSL previously played home games at Rice-Eccles Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Utah, from 2005 to 2007. The club plays its home games at America First Field (formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium), a soccer-specific stadium located in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah, which they shared with their sister team, Utah Royals FC. The club was founded in 2004 when the club's first owner and founder was awarded an expansion berth in Major League Soccer.
RSL began play in 2005 as an expansion team of the league.
The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference.
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Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan are or the field is officially located in Sandy Utah.
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