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Real Salt Lake is a professional soccer club established in 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah and began playing in Major League Soccer in 2005. The team is nicknamed RSL, Real, Royals and Red & Blue Army. Their owners are SCP Worldwide and Jason Kreis is their coach since 2007. The team colors are claret red, cobalt blue, and real gold. They are playing their home games at the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT. The name “Real Salt Lake” was choosed by the owners because they desired to associate the team with a successful soccer club and to develop a brand that was clearly associated with soccer.
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Many fans thought the name should more accurately reflect the Salt Lake area. The teams’ first game was against MetroStars, which finished 0-0 and was played at the Giants Stadium on April 2, 2005. John Ellinger was the first head coach of the team and after being replaced by Jason Kreis, he remained with the team as technical director/director of soccer operations through August of 2007. The teams’ major rivals are the Colorado Rapids, which it competes with for the annual Rocky Mountain Cup, and C.D. Chivas USA, a fellow expansion team in 2005.