2026 Real Salt Lake season

Real Salt Lake
2026 season
Head coachPablo Mastroeni
StadiumAmerica First Field
Major League SoccerConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
MLS Cup PlayoffsTBD
Leagues CupTBD
Rocky Mountain CupTBD

The 2026 Real Salt Lake season is the team's 22nd season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. The team will also compete in the 2026 Leagues Cup, based on standings from the 2025 season. Real Salt Lake plays their home games at America First Field in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, and are managed by Pablo Mastroeni in his fifth full season with the club.

On November 13, 2025, Major League Soccer announced a shift to a summer-to-spring season format, beginning in 2027.[1] As such, this will be the club's final full season in the current format, which has been in place since the club's first season in 2005.

Club

Roster

As of February 11, 2026[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Rafael Cabral
2 DF  USA DeAndre Yedlin
3 DF  TRI Kobi Henry
4 DF  DEN Lukas Engel
6 MF  NED Stijn Spierings
7 MF  ARG Pablo Ruiz
8 MF  URU Juan Manuel Sanabria
9 FW  GUI Morgan Guilavogui
10 MF  USA Diego Luna
11 FW  POL Dominik Marczuk
14 MF  USA Emeka Eneli
15 DF  USA Justen Glad
16 FW  USA Tyler Wolff
17 FW  NGA Victor Olatunji
19 FW  AUS Ariath Piol
20 FW  USA Marcos Zambrano
21 DF  COL Juan José Arias (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
22 FW  ESP Sergi Solans
23 MF  USA Zach Booth (on loan from Excelsior)
24 GK  USA Max Kerkvliet
26 DF  USA Philip Quinton
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  USA Griffin Dillon
29 DF  USA Sam Junqua
30 MF  USA Owen Anderson
31 GK  USA Mason Stajduhar
34 MF  USA Luca Moisa
36 FW  ESP Jesús Barea
37 DF  USA Luis Rivera
38 MF  CHI Antonio Riquelme
39 MF  USA Aiden Hezarkhani
40 MF  USA Omar Marquez
41 DF  MEX Juan Gio Villa
44 FW  USA Chance Cowell
72 FW  USA Zavier Gozo
92 MF  GER Noel Caliskan
98 DF  GRE Alexandros Katranis
FW  CAN Van Parker

Transfers

As of February 10, 2026[2][3]

In

Player Position Previous Club Fees/Notes Date
Kobi Henry DF Reims B Permanent transfer following loan December 18, 2025[4]
Chance Cowell FW San Jose Earthquakes GAM ($ amount TBD) January 6, 2026[5]
Griffin Dillon MF Real Monarchs Homegrown player January 9, 2026[6]
Antonio Riquelme MF Real Monarchs
Diego Rocio FW Real Monarchs
Sergi Solans FW Oregon State Beavers 2026 MLS SuperDraft January 15, 2026[7]
Lukas Engel DF Middlesbrough Undisclosed January 16, 2026[8]
Stijn Spierings MF Brøndby IF Undisclosed January 25, 2026[9]
Van Parker FW RSL Academy Homegrown player February 2, 2026[10]
Morgan Guilavogui FW RC Lens Designated player February 3, 2026[11]
Juan Manuel Sanabria MF Atlético San Luis Undisclosed February 10, 2026[12]

Out

Player Position Next Club Fees/Notes Date
William Agada FW Real Zaragoza Out of Contract November 6, 2025
Forster Ajago FW Sacramento Republic FC Option Declined
Matthew Bell MF Option Declined
Zackery Farnsworth DF Monterey Bay FC Out of Contract
Kevon Lambert DF Louisville City FC Option Declined
Johnny Russell FW Dundee United Option Declined
Tommy Silva DF Detroit City FC Option Declined
Jude Wellings MF Option Declined
Zac MacMath GK Retired November 7, 2025[13]
Brayan Vera DF CF Montreal $1.5m GAM December 10, 2025[14]
Braian Ojeda MF Orlando City SC $1.8m GAM January 2, 2026[15]
Diogo Gonçalves FW Konyaspor Buyout of guaranteed contract January 28, 2026[16]
Javain Brown DF Lexington SC Expiration of contract March 4, 2026

Loans

In

Player Position Loaned From Fees/Notes Date
Zach Booth MF Excelsior Loan for full 2026 season January 7, 2026 [17]
Juan José Arias DF Atlético Nacional Loan until July 2026; option to purchase February 9, 2026 [18]

Out

Player Position Loaned To Fees/Notes Date
Nelson Palacio MF FC Zurich Continuation of loan from 2025 season July 10, 2025 [19]
Diego Rocío FW Club América Loan for full 2026 season February 5, 2026 [20]

Competitions

Preseason

January 22 Atlantic Cup Real Salt Lake 2-1 Randers FC Faro/Loulé, Portugal
TBD Marczuk 31'
Wolff 46'
Seck 51' Stadium: Estádio Algarve
January 26 Atlantic Cup Real Salt Lake 2-1 Brøndby IF Faro/Loulé, Portugal
TBD Solans 9'
Katranis 81'
Slisz 23' Stadium: Estádio Algarve
January 31 Atlantic Cup Real Salt Lake 0-2 FC Dallas Albufeira, Portugal
TBD Musa 46'
Julio 90+'
Stadium: Estádio da Nora
Note: Match followed by additional 45-minute session, which ended RSL 1 (Wolff 35'), Dallas 1 (Louis 24')
February 13 Coachella Valley Invitational Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy Indio, California
TBD Stadium: Empire Polo Club

MLS regular season

Matches

February 21 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake Vancouver, British Columbia
5:30 p.m. MST
Report
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 23,546
Referee: Drew Fischer
February 28 2 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, Utah
5:30 p.m. MST
Report Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 20,660
Referee: Tori Penso
March 7 3 Atlanta United FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake Atlanta, Georgia
5:30 p.m. MST
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 53,862
Referee: Jon Freemon
March 14 4 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 20,751
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
March 22 5 San Diego FC v Real Salt Lake San Diego, California
5:00 p.m. MDT Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
April 4 6 Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City Sandy, Utah
2:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
April 12 7 Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. MDT Stadium: Lumen Field
April 18 8 Real Salt Lake v San Diego FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
April 22 9 Real Salt Lake v Inter Miami CF Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
April 26 10 LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake Carson, California
5:00 p.m. MDT Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
May 2 11 Real Salt Lake v Portland Timbers Sandy, Utah
2:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
May 9 12 FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake Frisco, Texas
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Toyota Stadium
May 13 13 Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
May 16 14 (RMC) Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
May 23 15 Minnesota United FC v Real Salt Lake Saint Paul, Minnesota
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Allianz Field
July 22 16 Los Angeles FC v Real Salt Lake Los Angeles, California
8:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: BMO Stadium
July 25 17 Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake Portland, Oregon
8:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Providence Park
August 1 18 St. Louis City SC v Real Salt Lake St. Louis, Missouri
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Energizer Park
August 15 19 Real Salt Lake v Minnesota United FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
August 19 20 Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
August 22 21 Orlando City SC v Real Salt Lake Orlando, Florida
5:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
August 29 22 (RMC) Colorado Rapids v Real Salt Lake Commerce City, Colorado
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
September 5 23 Real Salt Lake v Los Angeles FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
September 9 24 Houston Dynamo FC v Real Salt Lake Houston, Texas
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
September 12 25 Real Salt Lake v New York City FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
September 19 26 Real Salt Lake v Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
September 26 27 Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
October 10 28 Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake Chester, Pennsylvania
5:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Subaru Park
October 14 29 Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
October 17 30 Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Sporting Park
October 24 31 Real Salt Lake v St. Louis City SC Sandy, Utah
7:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: America First Field
October 28 32 Austin FC v Real Salt Lake Austin, Texas
6:30 p.m. MDT Stadium: Q2 Stadium
October 31 33 San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake San Jose, California
TBD Stadium: PayPal Park
November 7 34 Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
5:00 p.m. MST Stadium: America First Field

Standings

Western Conference table

MLS Western Conference table (2026)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 4 0 0 14 1 +13 12 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 Los Angeles FC 4 4 0 0 8 0 +8 12 Qualification for round one
3 San Diego FC 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 10
4 San Jose Earthquakes 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 9
5 Seattle Sounders FC 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 9
6 Real Salt Lake 4 3 1 0 7 5 +2 9
7 Colorado Rapids 4 2 2 0 7 6 +1 6
8 Houston Dynamo FC 3 2 1 0 5 5 0 6 Qualification for the wild-card round
9 FC Dallas 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 5
10 LA Galaxy 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 4
11 Austin FC 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 4
12 Sporting Kansas City 4 1 2 1 4 7 −3 4
13 Minnesota United FC 4 1 2 1 4 11 −7 4
14 Portland Timbers 4 1 3 0 6 11 −5 3
15 St. Louis City SC 4 0 3 1 1 6 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on March 15, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
6 San Jose Earthquakes 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 9
7 Seattle Sounders FC 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 9
8 Real Salt Lake 4 3 1 0 7 5 +2 9
9 Inter Miami CF 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
10 New York Red Bulls 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 7
Updated to match(es) played on March 15, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Leagues Cup

Real Salt Lake will enter the 2026 Leagues Cup, based on league position from the previous season.

August 4 Group Stage UANL v Real Salt Lake Sandy, Utah
TBD Stadium: America First Field
August 8 Group Stage Real Salt Lake v Mazatlán Sandy, Utah
TBD Stadium: America First Field
August 11 Group Stage Real Salt Lake v Juárez Sandy, Utah
TBD Stadium: America First Field

Statistics

Squad appearances

As of March 14, 2026

No Pos Nat Player Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK Rafael Cabral 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
24 GK Max Kerkvliet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Mason Stajduhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF DeAndre Yedlin 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Kobi Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Lukas Engel 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
15 DF Justen Glad 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
21 DF Juan José Arias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Philip Quinton 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
29 DF Sam Junqua 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
37 DF Luis Rivera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Juan Gio Villa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 DF Alexandros Katranis 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Stijn Spierings 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Pablo Ruiz 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Juan Manuel Sanabria 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
10 MF Diego Luna 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Emeka Eneli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Zach Booth 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
27 MF Griffin Dillon 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
30 MF Owen Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Luca Moisa 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
38 MF Antonio Riquelme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Aiden Hezarkhani 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
40 MF Omar Marquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92 MF Noel Caliskan 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Morgan Guilavogui 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
11 FW Dominik Marczuk 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Tyler Wolff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Victor Olatunji 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Ariath Piol 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
20 FW Marcos Zambrano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Sergi Solans 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
36 FW Jesús Barea 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW Chance Cowell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 FW Zavier Gozo 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
FW Van Parker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.)
MF Nelson Palacio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Diego Rocio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goals

As of March 14, 2026[21]
Goals
Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs
1 Aiden Hezarkhani 2 2
2 Zavier Gozo 1 1
Ariath Piol 1 1
Sergi Solans 1 1
Stijn Spierings 1 1

Assists

As of March 14, 2026[21]
Assists
Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs
1 Justen Glad 2 2
Philip Quinton 2 2
2 Zavier Gozo 1 1
Morgan Guilavogui 1 1
Diego Luna 1 1
Luca Moisa 1 1
Juan Manuel Sanabria 1 1

Clean Sheets

As of March 14, 2026[21]
Shutouts
Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs

References

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  18. ^ RSL Communications (February 9, 2026). "Real Salt Lake Acquires 22-Year-old Colombian Centerback Juan Jose Arias via Loan from Atlético Nacional". RSL.com. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  19. ^ RSL Communications (July 10, 2025). "Real Salt Lake Loans Colombian MF Nelson Palacio to FC Zurich". RSL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
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