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Real Monarchs 2015 Full Season USL PRO Slate Revealed

February 2, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Real Monarchs News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Monday, Feb. 2, 2015) - The 2015 Real Monarchs SLC inaugural season schedule was revealed in full today, with the USL PRO club kicking off on Sunday, March 22 at "Los Dos," LA Galaxy II and continuing on the road March 29 at Portland prior to the Rio Tinto Stadium home opener on Wednesday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m. MT against Timbers FC 2. The entire 2015 USL PRO schedule can be viewed HERE.

That April 8 inaugural home game is the first of 14 regular-season matches in the club's first-ever season, with each of the 11 fellow Western Conference opponents visiting Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy between April 8 and September 12. Portland Timbers FC 2, the Colorado Springs Switchbacks and the 2014 Champion Sacramento Republic FC each visit Utah on two occasions, while the Monarchs enjoy dual visits to Colorado Springs, Sacramento and Phoenix-based Arizona United. Download a printable PDF of the 2015 Real Monarchs Inaugural Season schedule HERE.

Visit www.RealMonarchs.com for the latest news and information, as additional Monarchs announcements are expected in the coming weeks and months as the club prepares for its first season in USL PRO. Existing Real Salt Lake PRIDE members, receive preferred pricing to become a Monarchs Founding Member, while the general public can #EmbraceTheFuture starting at just $8 per game in the club's full-season package.

"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," said RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen. "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."

Monarchs season tickets remain on sale for the 2015 season, which start at just $112 for lower bowl seating and allow extraordinary access to Rio Tinto Stadium, home of Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake, the Monarchs' parent club.

RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen has formed the Monarchs as an elite lower-division professional squad which bridges the gap between Real Salt Lake and the club's highly-lauded academy at the Grande Sports complex in Arizona, which has produced a perennial pipeline of NCAA Division I players, young professionals and has consistently competed for numerous national championships at the U-18 and U-16 levels in recent years.

"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," said Monarchs Head Coach Freddy Juarez. "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."

"Thank you to Mr. Hansen and Club President Rob Zarkos for their vision and initiative in taking this step. We are extremely excited about the development opportunity for players from all sorts of professional, college and other backgrounds to really test themselves, and hopefully make some mistakes and learn from those mistakes so that they're better prepared when they join the first team."

The full-season USL PRO Monarchs season ticket package includes a host of amenities and special access events with the team, including:

Significant savings over day-of-game pricing

Same seats for each and every game of season ticket package

Exclusive Meet the Team Event Invite

Special Season Ticket Holder rate on additional USL PRO tickets

Personal Fan Relations Coordinator

Special Season Ticket Holder e-newsletter

Season Ticket Holder Hotline (801) 727-2702 for direct FO access

All packages include every Monarchs regular-season game and first rights to additional events, which could include Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup contests and other exhibition games.

Earlier this week, RSL / Monarchs owner Hansen signed a term sheet with the Salt Lake City Fairpark Board, pledging private funds in excess of $18 million for an 8,000-seat, multi-use stadium on the edge of downtown Salt Lake City, pending a Fairpark lease extension from the Utah State Legislature. Hansen hopes to break ground on the stadium this April, with the Monarchs kicking off their 2016 campaign in the facility - which could also host an NWSL club, rugby, lacrosse, concerts and adult recreational events - next Spring. Interested constituents can identify and contact the appropriate legislator from their district by searching http://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp.

COMING IN 2015: A premium new Daktronics video board, which will be operational for the club's 2015 season. Click here to view video & still renderings of how the Rio Tinto Stadium south end will appear. The gigantic, fully high-definition board more than triples the video surface area of the current north end screen, and will provide nearly 4,200 square feet of 13mm HD pixel resolution, the largest board in Major League Soccer use.

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