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. 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
Transfers
In PlayerPositionPrevious ClubFees/NotesDate Kobi Henry DF Reims B Permanent transfer following loan December 18, 2025 Chance Cowell FW San Jose Earthquakes GAM ($ amount TBD) January 6, 2026 Griffin Dillon MF Real Monarchs Homegrown player January 9, 2026 Antonio Riquelme MF Real Monarchs Diego Rocio FW Real Monarchs Sergi Solans FW Oregon State Beavers 2026 MLS SuperDraft January 15, 2026 Lukas Engel DF Middlesbrough Undisclosed January 16, 2026 Stijn Spierings MF Brøndby IF Undisclosed January 25, 2026 Van Parker FW RSL Academy Homegrown player February 2, 2026 Morgan Guilavogui FW RC Lens Designated player February 3, 2026 Juan Manuel Sanabria MF Atlético San Luis Undisclosed February 10, 2026 Saba Lobjanidze MF Atlanta United FC $625k GAM + 2028 MLS SuperDraft pick July 1, 2026 Lineker Rodrigues FW Real Monarchs Undisclosed August 10, 2026
Out PlayerPositionNext ClubFees/NotesDate William Agada FW Real Zaragoza Out of Contract November 6, 2025 Forster Ajago FW Sacramento Republic FC Option Declined Matthew Bell MF Portmore United 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 Brayan Vera DF CF Montreal $1.5m GAM December 10, 2025 Braian Ojeda MF Orlando City SC $1.8m GAM January 2, 2026 Diogo Gonçalves FW Konyaspor Buyout of guaranteed contract January 28, 2026 Javain Brown DF Lexington SC Expiration of contract March 4, 2026 Nelson Palacio MF Toronto FC $1.1 million July 6, 2026 Marcos Zambrano FW New England Revolution 2029 MLS SuperDraft pick July 16, 2026 Zavier Gozo FW Crystal Palace F.C. $15 million August 18, 2026
Loans
In PlayerPositionLoaned FromFees/NotesDate Zach Booth MF Excelsior Loan for full 2026 season January 7, 2026 DF Atlético Nacional Loan until July 2026; option to purchase February 9, 2026
Out PlayerPositionLoaned ToFees/NotesDate Nelson Palacio MF FC Zurich Continuation of loan from 2025 season July 10, 2025 Diego Rocío FW Club América Loan for full 2026 season February 5, 2026 Marcos Zambrano FW New England Revolution Loan for full 2026 season March 27, 2026 Tyler Wolff FW Sacramento Republic FC Loan for full 2026 season April 24, 2026 Mason Stajduhar GK Las Vegas Lights FC Initially loaned for full 2026 season; recalled 7/2. May 12, 2026
Competitions Preseason
MLS regular season
Matches
Standings
Western Conference table
Overall table
Leagues Cup
Real Salt Lake entered the 2026 Leagues Cup, based on league position from the previous season.
Statistics
Squad appearances As of August 18, 2026
NoPosNatPlayerTotalMLS Regular SeasonLeagues CupMLS Cup Playoffs Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps StartsGoalkeepers1GKRafael Cabral21211818330024GKMax Kerkvliet0000000031GKMason Stajduhar00000000Defenders2DFDeAndre Yedlin1413121122003DFKobi Henry000000004DFLukas Engel13131111220015DFJusten Glad12121212000021DFJuan José Arias5321320026DFPhilip Quinton18141512320029DFSam Junqua158147110037DFLuis Rivera0000000041DFJuan Gio Villa0000000098DFAlexandros Katranis85741100Midfielders6MFStijn Spierings1815151233007MFPablo Ruiz724032008MFJuan Manuel Sanabria18161514320010MFDiego Luna16121310320012MFSaba Lobjanidze6140210014MFEmeka Eneli0000000023MFZach Booth148116320027MFGriffin Dillon104103000030MFOwen Anderson0000000034MFLuca Moisa3333000038MFAntonio Riquelme0000000039MFAiden Hezarkhani178158200040MFOmar Marquez0000000092MFNoel Caliskan211818173100Forwards9FWMorgan Guilavogui17141411330011FWDominik Marczuk112101110017FWVictor Olatunji173152210019FWAriath Piol2222000022FWSergi Solans21151814310036FWJesús Barea3030000044FWChance Cowell0000000070FWLineker Rodrigues53322100FWVan Parker00000000Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.)FWZavier Gozo161616160000MFNelson Palacio00000000FWDiego Rocio00000000FWTyler Wolff00000000FWMarcos Zambrano00000000
Goals
+ Goals Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs1 Sergi Solans 10822 Zavier Gozo 663 Diego Luna 444 Zach Booth 211 Lukas Engel 211 Morgan Guilavogui 211 Aiden Hezarkhani 22 Pablo Ruiz 229 Victor Olatunji 11 Ariath Piol 11 Lineker Rodrigues 11 Juan Manuel Sanabria 11 Stijn Spierings 11
Assists
+ Assists Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs1Morgan Guilavogui8622Diego Luna642Juan Manuel Sanabria664Noel Caliskan541Zavier Gozo556Justen Glad33Sergi Solans33DeAndre Yedlin3219Saba Lobjanidze22Philip Quinton22Stijn Spierings2212Rafael Cabral11Sam Junqua11Alexandros Katranis11Luca Moisa11
Clean Sheets
+ Shutouts Rank Player Nation Total MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup MLS Cup Playoffs1Rafael Cabral422
References