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Rio Tinto Stadium's 2015 slate is full. On Monday Real Salt Lake's USL Pro club, the Real Monarchs, had their 2015 season schedule unveiled as part of the league's sweeping announcement. Each of USL Pro's 24 clubs had their full season schedule announced for the upcoming 28-game schedule.
The Monarchs will face all 11 of their Western Conference foes in 2015. They host Timbers 2, Colorado Springs and Sacramento Republic twice at Rio Tinto Stadium this season.
"We are committed to providing another asset to our great State of Utah and the InterMountain region, one which will provide career, sporting and entertainment value to all those who wish to work, play and live here," RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen said in a release. "The collective presence of the Monarchs and USL PRO on the Utah sports scene deepens our sport's roots in the community, strengthen the infrastructure supporting our elite MLS team, and marks the latest of many initiatives for soccer in Utah."
Last week, Hansen and the Utah State Fairpark board signed a term sheet for a proposed $18-to-23 million soccer-specific stadium near downtown Salt Lake City that could eventually be the home of the Monarchs, should the Utah State Legislature extend the lease of the grounds to the Fairpark board. Hansen and Fairpark Chairman of the Board Roger Beattie spoke to the Tribune last week regarding the agreement.
"We have a bunch of talent in the pipeline at the Arizona academy, and we'd love to start signing a few more of these kids that need professional seasoning before we add them to the first-team roster," added Monarchs head coach Freddy Juarez in the release. "We have some homegrown kids that are in college right now to whom we've begun offering contracts; we expect them to provide a very good nucleus for the USL PRO team."
Below is the Monarchs' inaugural 2015 schedule
March
» Sunday, March 22 @ L.A. Galaxy II, 6 p.m. (Season opener)
» Sunday, March 29 @ Portland Timbers 2, 7 p.m.
April
» Wednesday, April 8 vs. Portland Timbers 2, 7 p.m. (Home opener)
» Saturday, April 11 vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 4:30 p.m.
» Friday, April 17 @ Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 5 p.m.
» Saturday, April 25 vs. L.A. Galaxy II, 8 p.m.
» Wednesday, April 29 vs. Sacramento Republic FC, 7 p.m.
May
» Saturday, May 9 at Austin Aztex, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, May 16 vs. Portland Timbers 2 7 p.m.
» Sunday, May 24 @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, 3 p.m.
» Saturday, May 30 @ Sacramento Republic FC, 8:30 p.m.
June
» Wednesday, June 3 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, June 13 @ Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 7 p.m.
» Thursday, June 25 @ Seattle Sounders FC 2, 8:30 p.m.
» Saturday, June 27 @ Arizona United SC, 8:30 p.m.
July
» Wednesday, July 1 vs. Sacramento Republic FC, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, July 11 vs. Austin Aztex, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, July 25 @ Orange County Blues, 8 p.m.
August
» Saturday, Aug. 1 vs. Orange County Blues, 7:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 8 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC, 7:30 p.m.
» Thursday, Aug. 13 @ Tulsa Roughnecks FC, 6:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 15 @ Oklahoma City Energy, 6 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 22 @ Sacramento Republic FC, 9 p.m.
» Wednesday, Aug. 26 vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 7 p.m.
» Friday, Aug. 28 vs. Seattle Sounders FC 2, 7 p.m.
September
» Wednesday, Sept. 2 vs. Oklahoma City Energy, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, Sept. 5 @ Arizona United SC, 8:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Sept. 12 vs. Arizona United SC, 4 p.m.
RSL and the Monarchs will play on the same day 12 times this year, but will obviously be featured at different times whether home or away. The crossing of the two schedules below with RSL games in bold.
» Sunday, March 29, RSL vs. Toronto FC, 5 p.m.
» Sunday, March 29 @ Portland Timbers 2, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, April 11, RSL @ Sporting KC, 6:30 p.m.
» Saturday, April 11 vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 4:30 p.m.
» Saturday, April 25, RSL @ New England Revolution, 5:30 p.m.
» Saturday, April 25 vs. L.A. Galaxy II, 8 p.m.
» Saturday, May 9, RSL @ Chicago Fire, 1 p.m.
» Saturday, May 9 at Austin Aztex, 7 p.m.
» Saturday, May 16, RSL @ Montreal Impact, TBD
» Saturday, May 16 vs. Portland Timbers 2 7 p.m.
» Saturday, May 30, RSL @ Vancouver Whitecaps, TBD
» Saturday, May 30 @ Sacramento Republic FC, 8:30 p.m.
» Saturday, June 27, RSL vs. Columbus Crew, 8 p.m.
» Saturday, June 27 @ Arizona United SC, 8:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 1, RSL @ D.C. United, 5 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 1 vs. Orange County Blues, 7:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 8, RSL @ Vancouver Whitecaps, TBD
» Saturday, Aug. 8 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC, 7:30 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 15, RSL vs. Portland Timbers, 8 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 15 @ Oklahoma City Energy, 6 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 22, RSL vs. Seattle Sounders, 8 p.m.
» Saturday, Aug. 22 @ Sacramento Republic FC, 9 p.m.
» Saturday, Sept. 12, RSL at Houston Dynamo, 6:30
» Saturday, Sept. 12 vs. Arizona United SC, 4 p.m.
-Chris Kamrani
Twitter: @chriskamrani