2006 Real Salt Lake season

American soccer team season March 2026 August 2023 June 2025 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake tertiary wordmark color.svg 2006 Rice-Eccles Stadium Major League Soccer 10th Owner SCP Worldwide Head coach John Ellinger 16,366 COL 1-4 RSL (8/9) NYRB 6-0 RSL (8/26) MLS Cup Playoffs DNQ US Open Cup Fourth Round Rocky Mountain Cup Runners-Up _RSL_06h _RSL_06h _RSL_06h _RSL_06h _RSL FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000060 _adidasstripesonwhite _RSL_06a _adidasonwhite2006 _RSL_06a _3_stripes_on_white2 000060 FFFFFF 000060 FFFFFF 000060 true 2005 2007 The 2006 Real Salt Lake season was the second season of the team's existence. The team has some improvement over the previous season. However, despite mixed results on the field, RSL scored a huge victory off the field in 2006. After much controversy and debate, the franchise finally secured a guarantee for a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific stadium to be built in Sandy – a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team broke ground for the structure on the morning of August 12, with representatives from soccer giant Real Madrid present.June 2025 That evening, RSL faced its namesake in front of a sellout crowd of 45,511 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Salt Lake made a good showing, but Real Madrid won the exhibition match, 2–0.https://www.deseret.com/2006/8/13/19968546/battle-tested-rsl-keeps-game-close-but-misses-opportunities/ Battle-tested: RSL keeps game close but misses opportunities Deseret News James Edwards August 13, 2006 June 2, 2025 Squad 2006 roster 1 United States GK Scott Garlick 2 United States DF Nelson Akwari 3 United States DF Carey Talley 5 Costa Rica DF Daniel Torres 7 Jamaica MF Andy Williams 8 United States DF Joey Worthen 9 United States MF Jason Kreis 10 Morocco MF Mehdi Ballouchy 11 United States DF Chris Brown 13 Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Atiba Harris 15 United States MF Kenny Cutler 16 Liberia DF Willis Forko 17 United States MF Chris Klein 18 United States GK Jay Nolly 19 United States DF Kevin Novak 20 United States MF Nikolas Besagno 21 United States MF Christian Jimenez 22 United States FW Jamie Watson 23 United States DF Eddie Pope 25 Costa Rica MF Jafet Soto 27 Costa Rica DF Douglas Sequeira 31 United States DF Jack Stewart 74 Jamaica FW Jeff Cunningham Competitions Major League Soccer 2006 Major League Soccer season League table Western Conference RSL Overall RSL Results summary table b Round Stadium A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /A /H /A Result L /L /T /L /L /L /W /W /T /W /L /L /T /L /T /L /W /L /T /W /W /W /W /L /W /L /T /W /L /T /T /T Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Tie red2 Loss complete MLS Results and League table May 2013 6 4 6 23 19 4 9 3 22 30 November 8, 2012 https://archive.today/20130102202130/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/stats/_/id/4771/season/2006/league/usa.1/real-salt-lake?cc=5901 November 2012 Regular season #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Tie 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA April 1 Chivas USA April 2, 2006 MT 14:00 3–0 Report Real Salt Lake Ante Razov 21 65Juan Pablo Garcia 25Jonathan Bornstein 40 Eddie Pope 17 The Home Depot Center Carson, California L 2 FC Dallas April 8, 2006 MT 17:30 2–1 Report Real Salt Lake Greg Vanney 2Simo Valakari 35Kenny Cooper 43Mark Wilson 57 Chris Klein 36 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas L 3 Real Salt Lake April 15, 2006 MT 17:00 MT 1–1 Report New York Red Bulls Carey Talley 59Jason Kreis 36 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D 4 Houston Dynamo April 22, 2006 MT 17:30 2–1 Report Real Salt Lake Craig Waibel 58Adrian Serioux 69Dwayne De Rosario 84 Jeff Cunningham 8 57Carey Talley 68 Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas L 5 Real Salt Lake April 29, 2006 12:00 2-3 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Jason Kreis 6 2 83 87Atiba Harris 70 74 Landon Donovan 11Cobi Jones 26Herculez Gomez 60Chris Albright 87 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City L May 6 Real Salt Lake May 6, 2006 17:00 0-1 Report Columbus Crew Jeff Cunningham 62Atiba Harris 69Carey Talley 79Mehdi Ballouchy 90 Jason Garey 70Jose Retiz 0 85 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City L 7 Los Angeles Galaxy May 13, 2006 17:30 0-3 Report Real Salt Lake Paulo Nagamura 44Ugo Ihemelu 70Josh Gardner 90+2 Atiba Harris 17 65Nelson Akwari 19Willis Forko 31Daniel Torres 85Jeff Cunningham 72 87Scott Garlick 75 Home Depot Center Los Angeles W 8 Real Salt Lake May 20, 2006 17:00 2-1 Report Kansas City Wizards Atiba Harris 41Nelson Akwari 51Mehdi Ballouchy 78Jeff Cunningham 80 Ryan Pore 27Davy Arnaud 28Nick Garcia 46 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W 9 Real Salt Lake May 27, 2006 12:00 2-2 Report Colorado Rapids Atiba Harris 2 54 82Jeff Cunningham 67 73 pen.Jason Kreis 88Andy Williams 89 Dedi Ben Dayan 15Jovan Kirovski 33Daniel Wasson 84Hunter Freeman 89Bouna Coundoul 90+2 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D June 10 Real Salt Lake June 3, 2006 17:00 3-1 Report Chicago Fire Jeff Cunningham 57 77Dasan Robinson 69 o.g. Dasan Robinson 17Brian Plotkin 62 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W 11 Colorado Rapids June 9, 2006 17:30 1-0 Report Real Salt Lake Jovan Kirovski 9Nicolas Hernandez 16Kyle Beckerman 21 Jeff Cunningham 34 Invesco Field at Mile High Denver L 12 Houston Dynamo June 17, 2006 17:30 2-1 Report Real Salt Lake Brian Mullan 31 36Eddie Robinson 55Alejandro Moreno 83Pat Onstad 87 Carey Talley 15Scott Garlick 22Kenny Cutler 34Andy Williams 59Jason Kreis 88 pen. Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas L 13 Real Salt Lake June 24, 2006 17:00 0-0 Report New England Revolution Jeff Larentowicz 59 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D 14 Chicago Fire June 28, 2006 18:00 2-1 Report Real Salt Lake Chad Barrett 80 85 Jason Kreis 25 43Carey Talley 73Douglas Sequeira 81 Bridgeview Stadium Bridgeview, Illinois L July 15 Real Salt Lake July 4, 2006 18:00 0-0 Report Chivas USA Jeff Cunningham 86 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D 16 Los Angeles Galaxy July 8, 2006 17:30 2-0 Report Real Salt Lake Tyrone Marshall 21Ugo Ihemelu 40Herculez Gomez 47Josh Gardner 50 Douglas Sequeira 9Atiba Harris 57Andy Williams 79 Home Depot Center Los Angeles L 17 New England Revolution July 14, 2006 17:30 1-3 Report Real Salt Lake James Riley 35Taylor Twellman 57 Chris Klein 16Eddie Pope 18Jason Kreis 21 55Jeff Cunningham 52Willis Forko 88 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA W 18 Real Salt Lake July 22, 2006 18:00 0-1 Report FC Dallas Andy Williams 57 Abe Thompson 90+3 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City L 19 Real Salt Lake July 26, 2006 17:00 3-3 Report Chivas USA Jeff Cunningham 33Carey Talley 55Kevin Novak 63Andy Williams 74 Ante Razov 2Jonathan Bornstein 59Sacha Kljestan 81Claudio Suarez 90+4 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D 20 Real Salt Lake July 29, 2006 17:00 2-1 Report D.C. United Nikolas Besagno 15Carey Talley 32Jeff Cunningham 90 pen. 90+5 pen.Jamie Watson 90+5 Jaime Moreno 36John Wilson 90+5 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W August 21 Colorado Rapids August 9, 2006 17:30 1-4 Report Real Salt Lake Clint Mathis 31Kyle Beckerman 42Hunter Freeman 58Aitor Karanka 69Eric Denton 0 75Thiago Martins 84Mike Petke 85 Jeff Cunningham 25 76 pen.Mehdi Ballouchy 31Chris Klein 63Kenny Cutler 77Scott Garlick 85Douglas Sequeira 0 85Chris Brown 90+4 Invesco Field at Mile High Denver W 22 Columbus Crew August 16, 2006 17:30 1-2 Report Real Salt Lake Sebastian Rozental 23 pen.Ritchie Kotschau 70 Eddie Pope 8Chris Klein 75Carey Talley 90Scott Garlick 90+3 Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio W 23 Real Salt Lake August 19, 2006 17:00 3-1 Report Houston Dynamo Chris Klein 45+2Douglas Sequeira 64 77Scott Garlick 78Jeff Cunningham 82 Dwayne De Rosario 60Adrian Serioux 72Kelly Gray 90+2 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W 24 New York Red Bulls August 26, 2006 15:30 6-0 Report Real Salt Lake Edson Buddle 54 61 72Jordan Cila Todd Dunivant 79John Wolyniec 86 Jack Stewart 0 8 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey L 25 Real Salt Lake August 30, 2006 17:00 1-0 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Kevin Novak 53Jeff Cunningham 60Mehdi Ballouchy 85 Tyrone Marshall 29 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W September 26 Real Salt Lake September 2, 2006 17:00 0-1 Report Colorado Rapids Scott Garlick 50Eddie Pope 70 Nicolas Hernandez 48Kyle Beckerman 62Colin Clark 66Hunter Freeman 84Dan Gargan 88Thiago Martins 88 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City L 27 D.C. United September 9, 2006 17:30 1-1 Report Real Salt Lake Freddy Adu 45Brandon Prideaux 61Rod Dyachenko 64Ben Olsen 65 Jeff Cunningham 62Chris Klein 65 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. D 28 Real Salt Lake September 16, 2006 17:00 3-2 Report FC Dallas Andy Williams 13Chris Klein 62Jack Stewart 67Jason Kreis 72Atiba Harris 78 Carlos Ruiz 4 45+1Ronnie O'Brien 27Bobby Rhine 36 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City W 29 FC Dallas September 23, 2006 17:30 2-1 Report Real Salt Lake Carlos Ruiz 9Kenny Cooper 14 68 Jeff Cunningham 48Kevin Novak 54 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas L 30 Kansas City Wizards September 30, 2006 17:30 3-3 Report Real Salt Lake Josh Wolff 6Jose Burciaga 25 63Jack Jewsbury 45Scott Sealy 54 Andy Williams 32Atiba Harris 35 44Jason Kreis 81 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri D October 31 Real Salt Lake October 7, 2006 17:00 1-1 Report Houston Dynamo Carey Talley 54Atiba Harris 56Mehdi Ballouchy 60 Paul Dalglish 20 78Ryan Cochrane 26 Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City D 32 Chivas USA October 15, 2006 14:00 1-1 Report Real Salt Lake Brent Whitfield 20 Jafet Soto 89 Home Depot Center Los Angeles D U.S. Open Cup Third round 2006 U.S. Open Cup August 2, 2006 13:00 Utah Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 Report Colorado Colorado Rapids Nicolas Hernandez 54Jacob Peterson 61Daniel Wasson 89 L References 2006 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake