RSL 2021 By The Numbers

It’s the end of Real Salt Lake’s 2021 season, and time once again for one of those clichéd seemingly never-ending numerical lists of meaningful and meaningless stats.

Considering that every single MLS pundit in the press wrote us off this year; predicting a finish dead last in the West, and bottom 5 in the entire league, we can only consider this year a success. Sure we didn’t make it to the MLS Cup, but given all the strikes against us we came very close.

So on to the list.

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• 1: RSL’s season final goal differential.
• 1.41: Total points per game.
• 1.82: Home points per game.
• 2: Number of wins (out of 3) vs Colorado Rapids to regain the Rocky Mountain Cup.

• 3: Penalty Kick goals made (out of 3).
• 4: Final playoff ranking for RSL (out of 14).
• 5: Number of road wins for RSL (tied for 6th best in the league).
• 6: Number of games RSL tied.
• 7: Header goals made by Damir Kreilach.
• 9: Home wins (tied for 9th best in the league).
• 11: Number of assists tallied by both Albert Rusnak and Aaron Herrera.
• 11.4: Best weekly Power Ranking Average, 10th place (wk 33).
• 12: Number of times Rubio Rubin was called off-sides.
• 14.26: Final Power Ranking Average, 14th place.
• 16: Number of goals scored by Damir Kreilach.

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• 17: 2021 was RSL’s 17th season!
• 22.33: Preseason Power Ranking Average (24th place)
• 23.71: Lowest weekly Power Ranking Average, 26th place (wk 1).
• 25: Road goals scored (tied for 4th best in the league).
• 30: Home goals scored (10th best in the league).
• 37: Successful tackles made by both Aaron Herrera and Pablo Ruiz.
• 39: Times an RSL player was called off-sides.
• 46: Interceptions made by Justen Glad.

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• 48: Points RSL earned in 2021.
• 50.7: Percentage of long-ball passes that succeeded.
• 55: Total goals scored by RSL.
• 67.5: Percentage of shots David Ochoa saved.
• 71: Yellow Cards.
• 74: Shots made by Damir Kreilach.
• 79: Key passes made by Albert Rusnak.

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• 81.2: Percentage of completed passes by RSL.
• 92: Percentage of passes made by Marcelo Silva that were successful.
• 157: Shots against RSL’s goal.
• 167: Number of corner kicks RSL took.
• 178: Shots on goal by RSL.
• 206: Number of long-balls taken by David Ochoa (41.9% successful).

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• 339: Times other teams fouled RSL players.
• 366: Fouls called against RSL.
• 455: Total shots by RSL.
• 1094: Number of long ball passes that were accurate.
• 3045: Number of minutes played by Albert Rusnak.
• 11,718: Number of accurate passes by RSL.
• 14,437: Total pass attempts made by RSL.