Real Salt Lake
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| Nicknames | Claret and Cobalt | |||
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| Short name | RSL | |||
| Founded | July 14, 2004 | |||
| Stadium | America First Field Sandy, Utah | |||
| Capacity | 20,213 | |||
| Owners | Miller Sports + Entertainment (Gail Miller) | |||
| Head coach | Pablo Mastroeni | |||
| League | Major League Soccer | |||
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| Website | rsl.com | |||
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Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional soccer team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 2004, the club began play in 2005 as an expansion team.
The club plays its home games at America First Field, a soccer-specific stadium located in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah, which they share with their sister team, Utah Royals FC. 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 team is currently led by head coach Pablo Mastroeni.
In domestic soccer, Real Salt Lake won the 2009 MLS Cup, then finished as runners-up in the 2010 Supporters Shield and in both the 2013 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup. The club additionally finished runners-up in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first American club to reach the final under the tournament's group stage format. Their fully owned USL affiliate, Real Monarchs, won the USL Championship, the second division in American soccer, in 2019.