SANDY, Utah (Friday, June 2, 2017) – Real Monarchs SLC (9-1-0, 27 points, 2nd West / 2nd Overall in USL) continue their 2017 campaign this weekend with a Saturday contest in Orange County. The 6:00 p.m. MT kickoff gives Head Coach Mark Briggs ’ team a chance to extend its active six-game win streak – just two off the all-time USL record set by Orlando – and improve on the club’s 4-1-0 mark away from Rio Tinto Stadium this season.
Last weekend, the Monarchs rode goals from SLC native Taylor Peay and Captain Nick Besler – both first-half scores set up by MF Charlie Adams – to win 2-1 at Vancouver, completing the early-season road treble against Pacific Northwest foes, as the club had posted a 2-1 win at Portland and a 3-1 victory at Seattle earlier this Spring.
How to Follow Real Monarchs @ Orange County SC – Sat., June 3, 2017
- Coverage Begins: 6:00 p.m. MT
- Webstream: Watch here!
- English Radio: n/a
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- Online: The @RealMonarchs Twitter feed provides updates
Game Guide for Saturday’s Monarchs @ Orange County game Available Online
The link to the Adobe PDF version of the Game Guide in advance of Saturday’s contest between Real Monarchs and Orange County is available at this link. If you have any problems obtaining the document, would prefer to receive it as an attachment, or are seeking more information on the match, please contact Trey Fitz-Gerald in the RSL Communications Department via email at tfitz@rsl.com.
Led by FW Chandler Hoffman and MF Sebastian Velasquez – each with six goals in the first 10 games this season – the Monarchs have scored multiple goals in each of its nine victories to make the club the highest scoring team in the USL, with 27 goals through 10 matches. The club boasts six players with multiple goals, including 12 total goalscorers so far this season. On the other side, the defense led by GKs Connor Sparrow and Lalo Fernandez and three defenders that have played every one of 900 total minutes this season (DF James Moberg, DF Max Lachowecki as well as Besler) have allowed just three goals in the last 404 minutes played.
With a win on Saturday in Southern California, the Monarchs would pull within one victory of matching Orlando’s USL-record eight-game winning streak, set in 2014. Three USL teams have won seven consecutive games:
USL Winning Streaks (regular season)
8 games: Orlando City SC (2014)
7 games: Swope Park Rangers (2016-17)
7 games: Orlando City SC (2011-12)
7 games: New York Red Bulls II (2016)
6 games: Real Monarchs (active)
The Monarchs have also now won six consecutive home matches, which ranks fourth-best n the USL’s all-time record book:
USL Home Winning Streaks (incl. playoffs)
13 games: Orlando City SC (2014)
11 games: Rochester Rhinos (2015-16)
8 games: Swope Park Rangers (2016-17)
6 games: Real Monarchs (2016-present)
The Monarchs return home to Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday, June 10, to host Portland Timbers 2 at 7:00 p.m. MT. The Rio Tinto Stadium box office is open Mon.-Fri., 10a-6p; more information can be found online at www.RSL.com/Tickets. Current or interested RSL Royalty Season Ticket Members can purchase extra tickets at preferred pricing or gain assistance via the Fan Relations Hotline at 801-727-2702.
Coming in late Summer, 2017, the Zions Bank Real Academy opens in Herriman, Utah, approximately 20 minutes southwest of Rio Tinto Stadium. The $60 million facility will serve as the daily training home beginning in 2018 for both of the club's professional teams – RSL (MLS) and Real Monarchs (USL) – while centralizing the club's U-18, U-16 and future U-14 development academy youth selections. Including the 5,000-seat Zions Bank Stadium as well as the Zions Bank Training Center, the Herriman campus will provide adjacencies for an on-site charter school opening this Fall, with STEM disciplines (Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) for nearly 300 boys and girls. View the latest feature video on the Zions Bank Real Academy here.
In mid-November in North Logan, Utah, RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen broke ground on the first of a half-dozen regional training centers across Utah and Arizona to be built in the next 2-3 years. Each $5 million RTC houses a classroom, as well as an indoor and outdoor field, dedicated to fulfilling a curriculum consistent with the club's vision and mission for youth soccer training and education, and the continued development of both recreational and competitive pre-Academy (ages 7-12) initiatives across Utah and Arizona.
