2018 Real Monarchs season

The 2018 Real Monarchs season is the fourth season for Real Monarchs in the United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

Real Monarchs
2018 season
Head CoachMark Briggs
StadiumZions Bank Stadium
Herriman, Utah
USLConference: 4th
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2019 →

Club edit

No. Position Player Nation
3 DF Adam Henley ([A])   Wales
4 DF David Horst ([A])   United States
13 MF Nick Besler ([A])   United States
19 MF Luke Mulholland ([A])   England
21 DF Taylor Peay ([A])   United States
25 DF Danny Acosta ([A])   United States
28 FW Ricky Lopez-Espin ([A])   United States
29 MF José Hernández ([A])   Mexico
30 DF Marcelo Silva ([A])   Uruguay
31 MF Pablo Ruíz ([A])   Argentina
40 MF James Moberg   United States
41 MF Charlie Adams   England
42 DF David Diosa   Colombia
43 MF Justin Portillo   United States
44 MF Maikel Chang   Cuba
45 MF Andrew Brody   United States
46 MF Masta Kacher   Canada
47 FW Josh Heard   Canada
48 DF Rhys Williams   United States
49 FW Chandler Hoffman   United States
50 GK Jake Leeker   United States
51 GK Andrew Putna ([A])   United States
52 DF Kalen Ryden   United States
53 DF Michael Gallagher   United States
54 FW Juan Mare   Argentina
55 MF Sebastián Velásquez   Colombia
56 DF Konrad Plewa   Poland
57 MF Jack Blake (on loan from Tampa Bay Rowdies)   Scotland
58 GK Dan Jackson   Costa Rica
MF Jamal Charles (on loan from Vida)   Grenada
DF Joseph Okumu   Kenya
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with Real Salt Lake.
  2. ^

Competitions edit

Pre-season edit

March 10 Fresno FC 3–2 Real Monarchs Davis, California
4:00 P.M. Johnson   40'
Bustamante   77'
Campbell   89'
Report Heard  
Hoffman   53'
Stadium: Aggie Soccer Field
Attendance: Closed-door

United Soccer League edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Sacramento Republic 34 19 8 7 47 32 +15 65 Conference Playoffs
3 Phoenix Rising FC 34 19 6 9 63 38 +25 63
4 Real Monarchs 34 19 3 12 55 47 +8 60
5 Reno 1868 FC 34 16 11 7 56 38 +18 59
6 Portland Timbers 2 34 17 4 13 58 49 +9 55
Source: 2018 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

Match results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in MDT (UTC-06)

March 24 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 2–3 Real Monarchs Tulsa, Oklahoma
1:00 P.M. Pírez   46'
Rivas   61', 83'
Mirković   65'
Lennon   69'
Gee   76'
Report Baird   7',   48'
Hoffman   89'
Adams   90+1'
Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Michael Cap
March 31 2 Real Monarchs 2–4 Portland Timbers 2 Sandy, Utah
1:00 P.M. Jadama   31'
Ebobisse   35'
Arboleda   59'
Report Besler   3'
Ryden   7'   32'
Gallagher   54'
Velásquez   66'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Brad Jensen
April 7 3 Phoenix Rising FC 0–1 Real Monarchs Scottsdale, Arizona
8:30 P.M. Lambert   28'
Fernandez   50'
Drogba   90+3'
Report Velásquez   56'
Heard   58'
Brody   65'
Ryden   71'
Portillo   78'
Chang   90+5'
Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,531
Referee: Ramy Touchan
April 11 4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 1–3 Real Monarchs Tacoma, Washington
8:00 P.M. Estrada   19'
Felix Chenkam   90'+2'
Report Kacher   4', 65'
Adams   49'
Hoffman   77'
Velasquez   88'
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 21 5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Real Monarchs St. Petersburg, Florida
5:30 P.M. Gorskie   35'
Cole   40',   51'
Hristov   70' (Cole)
Report Ryden   45'
Portillo   59'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
April 30 6 Real Monarchs 0–0 Las Vegas Lights FC Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Velásquez   68' Report Alatorre   18'
Kobayashi   56'
Ferriño  90'
Alvarez   90+2'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 4 7 Real Monarchs 2–1 Orange County SC Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Chang   6'
Adams   26',   82'  
Mare   90+1',   90+1'
Sparrow   90+4'
Report Quinn   38',   45+1' (pen.)
Amico   89'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,644
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
May 9 8 Real Monarchs 4–1 Swope Park Rangers Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Mare   15'   55'
Ryden   24', 44'
Evans (o.g.)
Report Belmar   8' Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
May 12 9 Real Monarchs 1–0 Fresno FC Herriman, Utah
2:00 P.M. Chang   8' Report Barrera   31'
Cazarez   79'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,245
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
May 19 10 Las Vegas Lights FC 0–2 Real Monarchs Las Vegas, Nevada
8:00 pm PDT Drake   34'
Alvarez   66'
Huiqui   90+5'
Report Velásquez   3'
Adams   16'
Heard   22'
Horst   59'
Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 6,810
Referee: Malik Badawi
May 26 11 Portland Timbers 2 1–0 Real Monarchs Portland, Oregon
3:00 P.M. Asprilla   36'   77'
Vytas   50'
Report Peay   56' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
May 29 12 Real Monarchs 1–0 Sacramento Republic FC Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M. Portillo   33'
Hoffman   68'
Report Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Daniel Radford
June 4 13 Real Monarchs 2–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Herriman, Utah
6:00 P.M. Ledezma   25'
Moberg   45'
Kacher   48',   70'
Report Enríquez   31'
James   49'
Sullivan   79'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,654
June 13 14 Swope Park Rangers 3–2 Real Monarchs Kansas City, Kansas
6:30 P.M. Storm   22'
Minter   29'
Silva   44'   57'
Blackwood   79'
Report Hoffman   19' (pen.), 83'
Ruíz   45'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 985
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 16 15 Saint Louis FC 0–1 Real Monarchs Fenton, Missouri
6:30 P.M. Kavita   59' Report Hoffman   15' (pen)
Horst   25'
Heard   42'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,432
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
June 26 16 Real Monarchs 1–0 Fresno FC Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Brody   8'
Blake   87'
Report Brown   30'
Johnson   65'   69'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,812
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
July 3 17 Reno 1868 FC 3–0 Real Monarchs Reno, Nevada
8:00 P.M. Carroll   24'
Felipe Fernandes   32',   84'
Brown   57', 66'
Hoppenot   74'
Report Moberg   74'
Blake   83'
Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,125
Referee: Michael Radchuk
July 7 18 Sacramento Republic FC 0–0 Real Monarchs Sacramento, California
9:00 P.M. Moffat   50' Report Velásquez   66'
Moberg   73'
Gallagher   78'
Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Mark Allatin
July 14 19 Real Monarchs 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M. Adams   17',   26'
Velasquez   70'
Kacher   73'
Chang   84'
Report Daley   54'
Burke-Gilroy   80'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 835
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
July 21 20 San Antonio FC 4–2 Real Monarchs San Antonio, Texas
6:30 P.M. Gallagher   1' (o.g.)
Gordon   27'
King   50'
Guzmán   56'
Ward   68'
Report Velásquez   16',   61'
Blake   65'
Moberg   67'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,572
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 28 21 Real Monarchs 4–1 Phoenix Rising FC Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Velásquez   37'
da Fonte   43' (o.g.)
Heard   45'
Henley   60'
Chang   61'
Hoffman   65'
Portillo   77'
Brody   84'
Report Awako   62'
Ryden   76' (o.g.)
da Fonte   78'
Woszczynski   85'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,743
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
August 8 22 Real Monarchs 2–1 Reno 1868 FC Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M. Adams   10'
Ryden   31'
Chang   41'
Hernández   81'
Report Brown   9'
Van Ewijk   71'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Kevin Broadley
August 11 23 OKC Energy 3–2 Real Monarchs Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT Volesky   1'
A.Dixon   27'
Barril   62'
Patterson   83'
Report Adams   58'
Blake   60'
Mare   90+1'
Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 5,616
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
August 18 24 Real Monarchs 3–2 Tulsa Roughnecks Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M. Hoffman   12', 35'
Plewa   69'
Portillo   86' (pen)
Mare   90+2'
Report Covarrubius   44'
Ferreira   55'
del Grecco   56'
Tavares   83'
Cerda   85'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,404
Referee: Elton García
August 25 25 Real Monarchs 4–0 LA Galaxy II Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. Chang   20'
Adams   33',   65'
Hoffman   36',   40'
Report Vera   85' Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,707
Referee: Jose Lara
August 29 26 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–0 Real Monarchs Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 P.M. (MDT) Robinson   87' Report Mare   44'
Gallagher   78'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,248
Referee: Joe Wykowsk
September 3 27 Real Monarchs 1–2 San Antonio FC Herriman, Utah
8:00 p.m. CDT Williams   40'
Plewa   64'
Report Guzmán   31'
Seth   63'
Laing   66'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
September 5 28 Rio Grande Valley Toros 2–1 Real Monarchs Edinburg, Texas
6:30 P.M. Padilla   45'
Quintailla   71'
Wharton   77'
Report Plewa   26'
Portillo   76'
Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,058
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 12 29 Real Monarchs 1–1 Saint Louis FC Herriman, Utah
8:00 P.M. Plewa   6'
Hernández   48'
Report Fall   9'
Calistri   32'
Hilton   81'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,180
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
September 19 30 Orange County SC 5–2 Real Monarchs Irvine, California
8:00 P.M. Crognale   22'
Quinn   36',   80' (pen)
Powder   37'
Duke   77'
Amico   81'
Enevoldsen   88'
Report Portillo   1',   63'
Ryden   7',   79'
Chang   82'
Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,238
Referee: Mark Allatin
September 22 31 LA Galaxy II 6–1 Real Monarchs Carson, California
19:30 Zubak   18'
Vera   38'
Alvarez   49', 52', 75'
Engola   76'
López   86'
Report Plewa   56'
Hoffman   57'
Chang   68'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Victor Rivas
September 29 32 Real Monarchs 0–2 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. (MDT) Kacher   53'
Ryden   90'
Report Ajeakwa   63'
Maybin   90+1'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 2,386
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
October 3 33 Real Monarchs 2–1 OKC Energy Herriman, Utah
7:00 P.M. (MDT) Saucedo   17',   48'
Sparrow   21'
Report R. Dixon   22' (pen)
Ross   75'
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
October 13 34 Fresno FC 0–1 Real Monarchs Fresno, California
8:00 P.M. Caffa   77'
Del Campo   82'
Report Adams   37'
Okumu   86'
Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Referee: Michael Radchuk

Postseason edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

October 20 Quarterfinal Real Monarchs 0–1 Reno 1868 FC Herriman, Utah
15:00 (MST) Velásquez   45+4' Report Brown   90+2' Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ismir Pekmic

References edit

  1. ^ "Real Salt Lake announce that new USL PRO team will be called Real Monarchs". MLSsoccer.com. September 10, 2014. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2018.