Real Monarchs

Real Monarchs
Company type	Professional soccer club
Industry	Sports
Founded	2014
Headquarters	Herriman, United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Gail Miller (owner)
Products	Soccer team
Owner	Gail Miller
Parent	Real Salt Lake (MLS)

The Real Monarchs are a professional soccer organization participating in MLS Next Pro, recognized as the third tier within the American soccer hierarchy. Functioning as the official reserve team for Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake, they operate out of the Real Salt Lake training center located in Herriman, Utah, with home fixtures held at Zions Bank Stadium. Ownership of the club is held by entrepreneur Gail Miller.

History

On December 23, 2014, Freddy Juarez, previously the coach of the RSL Academy, was named Head Coach. The Monarchs' inaugural match in the USL took place on March 22, 2015, resulting in a goalless draw versus LA Galaxy II.

In 2017, Real Monarchs earned the USL Regular Season Championship, which corresponds to the second division's equivalent of the Supporters Shield. Their first USL Championship victory came in 2019 after a 3–1 win over two-time champions Louisville City FC at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. This achievement marked them as the second MLS reserve squad to secure the second division title and the first to do so as champions of the USL Championship Western Conference.

The club declared on December 6, 2021, its move to join the newly established 21-team MLS Next Pro league starting with the 2022 season.

On April 18, 2025, Miller Sports + Entertainment, under former Utah Jazz proprietor Gail Miller’s leadership, completed acquisition of the franchise as part of a $600 million transaction that included ownership of Real Salt Lake.

Current roster

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

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Players on loan

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No.	Position	Country	Name

Coaching and technical personnel

Role	Individual

Head coaches

**Real Monarchs Head Coaching Records**
Coach	Nationality	Appointment	Departure	Matches	Wins	Defeats	Draws	Winning Percentage
Freddy Juarez	United States	December 23, 2014	December 6, 2016	60	18	28	14	30.00%
Mike Petke	United States	December 22, 2016	March 29, 2017	1	1	0	0	100%
Mark Briggs	Template:Country data ENG Template:Namespace detect showall	March 29, 2017	August 23, 2018	56	35	11	10	62.50%
Jámison Olave (interim)	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall	August 23, 2018	January 21, 2019	11	3	7	1	27.27%
Martín Vásquez	United States	January 21, 2019	July 1, 2019	15	6	6	3	40.00%
Jámison Olave (interim)	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall	July 1, 2019	November 20, 2019	23	14	4	5	60.87%
Jámison Olave	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall	November 20, 2019	present	100	25	66	9	29.50%

Achievements

USL Championship Cup
- Champions: 2019
USL Regular Season
- Champions: 2017
Western Conference (USL Championship)
- Regular season champions: 2017
- Playoff champions: 2019
Four Corners Cup
- Champions: 2019

Leading all-time scorers

Players in bold are currently on the Real Monarchs roster; statistics include all official competitions.
Totals cover both regular season and playoff matches.

Rank	Player	Country	Tenure	Goals scored
1	Chandler Hoffman	United States	2017–2018	29
2	Maikel Chang	Template:Country data CUB Template:Namespace detect showall	2018–present	18
3	Douglas Martínez	Template:Country data HON Template:Namespace detect showall	2019–2021	17
4	Sebastián Velásquez	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall	2017–2018	16
5	Jack Blake	Template:Country data ENG Template:Namespace detect showall	2018–2020	13
6	Kalen Ryden	United States	2018–2020	9
	Ricardo Velazco	United States	2015–2017	9
	Max Rauhofer	Template:Country data URU Template:Namespace detect showall	2015	9

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|Charlie Adams
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|2016–2018 
|8

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|10 
|Daniel Haber 
|Canada 
|2017 
|7

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Seasonal performance

'Yearly overview'

Season	Level	Competition	Regular season record W–L–D	Postseason results	U.S. Open Cup participation	Average attendance

|-

|2015 
|3rd tier 
|USL 
|7–13–8
12th place, Western Conference 
|Did not qualify for playoffs 
|Reached Third Round 
|4,968

|-

|2016  
|3rd tier  
|USL  
|10–14–6
11th place, Western Conference  
|Did not qualify  
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)  
|2,528  
|- 
|2017  
|2nd tier  
|USL  
|\ bgcolor="#B3B7FF"|19–5–6
1st place, Western Conference  
|Conference Quarterfinals  
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)  
|2,195  
|- 
|2018  
|2nd tier  
|USL  
|19–12–3
4th place, Western Conference  
|Conference Quarterfinals  
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)  
|1,731  
|- 
|2019  
|2nd tier  
|USLC  
|16–10–8
4th place, Western Conference  
|\ bgcolor=gold |Champions   
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)   
|1,983   
|- 
|2020   
|2nd tier   
|USLC   
|3–11–2
14th place, Western Conference
4th in Group C   
|Did not qualify   
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)   
|N/A   
|-   
|2021    
|2nd tier    
|USLC    
|5–20–7
14th place, Western Conference    
|Did not qualify    
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)    
|N/A    
|-   
|2022    
|3rd tier    
|MLS Next Pro    
|6–14–4
10th place, Western Conference    
|Did not qualify    
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)    
|N/A    
|-   
|2023    
|3rd tier    
|MLS Next Pro    
|8–15–5
12th place, Western Conference    
|Did not qualify    
|Ineligible (MLS reserve side)    
|N/A

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Broadcasting

Beginning in 2022, all matches featuring Real Monarchs have been accessible via streaming on the MLS Next Pro official website. Starting in 2023, a selection of these games can also be viewed through MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, in collaboration with Major League Soccer.

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