The 2012 Real Salt Lake season is the team's eighth year of existence. The team's first game was on March 10 at the

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against the

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, which they won 3-1.

Background

Review

Competitions

Preseason

Desert Diamond Cup

Standings

Results

Major League Soccer

League standings

;Western Conference ;Overall

Results summary

Results by round

Regular season

Playoffs

'' Seattle Sounders won on 1 - 0 aggregate''

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Roster & Transfers

Roster

''Roster on September 27, 2012.''

In

MLS Drafts

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Real Salt Lake is in the #17 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.2011 MLS Roster Rules | Major League Soccer

International roster spots

Real Salt Lake has 6 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Real Salt Lake has traded away two spots permanently, one to

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in 2004 and the other to

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in 2005.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: * 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 3 pick from

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; * Unspecified year conditional draft pick from Seattle Sounders FC.
Future picks traded: * 2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to

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; *

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round 4 pick to Chicago Fire; *

conditional pick to Montreal Impact.

References

{{2012 in American soccer

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