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2019 Utah Royals FC season

Summary

The 2019 Utah Royals FC season marks the team's second year of existence and its second season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid.[1]

Utah Royals FC
2019 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
Head CoachLaura Harvey
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
NWSL 5th
Top goalscorerAmy Rodriguez (9)
Highest home attendance18,015 vs Washington Spirit, April 20th, 2019
Lowest home attendance5,777 vs Sky Blue, June 15th, 2019
Average home league attendance10,774
← 2018
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In an effort to improve on the team's 5th place finish in 2018, the Royals signed former Spanish international and Spain's all-time leading scorer Vero Boquete for the 2019 season.[2]

Utah encountered numerous injury problems to start the season as both Brittany Ratcliffe and Taylor Lytle suffered season ending injuries before the season began.[3] Canadian international Diana Matheson suffered a toe injury with the Canadian National Team which would require surgery, this injury would also force her to miss the World Cup.[4] To help deal with these absences, Utah claimed Mallory Weber off waivers from the Portland Thorns FC.[5]

Six members of the Royals would miss games due to their participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and Christen Press for the United States, Desiree Scott for Canada, Katie Bowen for New Zealand and Rachel Corsie for Scotland.[6]

The Royals would lose another player at the end of June as defender Samantha Johnson announced her retirement from professional soccer.[7]

Defender Kelley O'Hara suffered an ankle injury during the first USWNT victory tour match on August 3, she would miss the remainer of Utah's season due to this injury.[8]

On August 14, Royals forward Christen Press was named NWSL Player of the Week for Week 17, this was the first time a player on the Utah Royals had received this award.[9] Press was also named Player of the Month for August, which was also a first for the club.[10]

The Royals were eliminated from playoff contention on September 28 after their fourth consecutive loss.[11]

Utah defender Becky Sauerbrunn was named 2019 NWSL Defender of the Year, this was her fourth time winning the award, as she had previously won it three times while playing for FC Kansas City.[12]

Competitions edit

Pre Season edit

March 20, 2019 Long Beach State 0–4 Utah Royals FC Long Beach, California
19:00
  • Jónsdóttir   71', 72', 75'
  • Strom-Okimito   86'
 Stadium: George Allen Field
March 23, 2019 USC Trojans v Utah Royals FC Long Beach, California
12:15 Report Stadium: George Allen Field

NWSL Regular Season edit

Overall Table edit

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 15 4 5 54 23 +31 49 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 +13 44 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 +9 40
4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38
5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34
7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 −15 26
8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 −14 20
9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 −29 16
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
24 34 10 10 4 25 25  0 7 4 1 15 12  +3 3 6 3 10 13  −3

Last updated: October 12, 2019
Source: NWSL Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAAHAH
ResultWWWLDWLWDLLDLLWWWDWLLLLW
Position[a]421221322456776544444556
Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
  1. ^ UTA's position at the end of the matchweek not the match itself.

Match results edit

April edit
April 20, 2019 1 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST Labonta   10' Report Matthews   26' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,015
April 27, 2019 2 Orlando Pride 0–1 Utah Royals FC Orlando, Florida
7:00 pm MST
Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,640
Referee: Jon Freemon
May edit
May 3, 2019 3 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,556
May 11, 2019 4 Utah Royals FC 1–2 Houston Dash Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST Rodriguez   29'
S. Johnson   44'
Corsie   69'		 Report Daly   42'   50'
Hanson   72'
Nairn   83'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 10,138
May 19, 2019 5 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Utah Royals FC Cary, North Carolina
3:00 pm MST Eddy   78' Report Rodriguez   7'
Rodriguez   40'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,821
May 25, 2019 6 Utah Royals FC 2–0 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
6:00 pm MST Rodriguez   31' (pen)
Doniak   89'		 Box Weatherholt   64'
Callahan   68'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,345
Referee: Karen Abt
June edit
June 1, 2019 7 Washington Spirit 2–0 Utah Royals FC Boyds, Maryland
7:00 pm MST
Box Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Referee: 4,575
June 15, 2019 8 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MST
Box
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 5,777
June 21, 2019 9 Portland Thorns FC 0–0 Utah Royals FC Portland, Oregon
8:00 pm MST
Box
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,581
June 28, 2019 10 Utah Royals FC 0–2 Reign FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MST Stengel   84' Box
Report		 Fishlock   30'
Onumonu   35'
Groom   49'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 6,910
July edit
July 12, 2019 11 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 pm MST James   42'
Flores   77'
Pierre-Louis   88'
Hoy   90+2'		 Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,842
July 19, 2019 12 Utah Royals FC 2–2 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MST Press   43'
Corsie   90'		 Report Sinclair   9'
Foord   83'
Sauerbrunn   87' (o.g)		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 15,931
July 27, 2019 13 Utah Royals FC 1–2 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MST Press   13' Report Hamilton   34'
McDonald   54'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 10,545
August edit
August 3, 2019 14 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm MST Kerr   5'
Elby   85'		 Report Jónsdóttir   74' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,335
August 7, 2019 15 Utah Royals FC 3–0 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MST Press   27', 29'
Rodriguez   28'		 Report Hoy   60'
Wright   60'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,715
August 11, 2019 16 Reign FC 1–3 Utah Royals FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm MST Long   14'
Groom   41'
Celia   68'		 Report Stengel   3'
LaBonta   59'
Rodriguez   67'
Weber   81'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 5,939
August 17, 2019 17 Orlando Pride 0–2 Utah Royals FC Orlando, Florida
7:00 pm MST Edmonds   63' Report Press   60'
Rodriguez   77'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,279
August 21, 2019 18 Washington Spirit 0–0 Utah Royals FC Boyds, Maryland
7:00 pm MST Kellond-Knight   5' Report Press   50' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,430
September edit
September 6, 2019 19 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MST Sauerbrunn   36'
Corsie   65'
Rodriguez   78'		 Report Sonnett   61'   77'
Horan   80'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 10,897
September 13, 2019 20 Houston Dash 2–1 Utah Royals FC Houston, Texas
7:00 pm MST Huerta   27', 62'
Nairn   87'		 Report Jónsdóttir   75' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,538
September 21, 2019 21 Utah Royals FC 0–3 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST Report Mewis   30' (p)
O'Sullivan   35'
Hinkle   65'
Debinha   70'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 9,946
September 25, 2019 22 Reign FC 2–1 Utah Royals FC Tacoma, Washington
7:00 pm MST Balcer   40'
McNabb   77'
Taylor   86'		 Box
Report		 Stengel   67' Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 5,015
Note: Game was rescheduled from September 18th due to unplayable field conditions
September 28, 2019 23 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm MST DiBernardo   40'
Short   67'
Nagasato   85'		 Report Press   42' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,839
October edit
October 12, 2019 24 Utah Royals FC 2-1 Houston Dash Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MST Press   3'
Rodriguez   23'
Weber   70'		 Report Schmidt   26'
Romero   29'
Daly   70'
Mewis   78'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 9,513

Stats edit

As of October 12, 2019

Honors and awards edit

As of October 24, 2019.

NWSL awards edit

Best XI edit

Player Position Ref
  Becky Sauerbrunn Defender [13]
  Christen Press Forward [13]

Second XI edit

Player Position Ref
  Kelley O'Hara Defender [13]

NWSL Monthly Awards edit

NWSL Player of the Month edit

Month Result Player Ref.
August Won   Christen Press [10]

NWSL Team of the Month edit

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April   Becky Sauerbrunn   Christen Press [14]
May   Rachel Corsie   Vero Boquete   Amy Rodriguez [15]
June   Amy Rodriguez [16]
August   Lo'eau LaBonta   Christen Press
  Amy Rodriguez 		[17]

NWSL Weekly Awards edit

NWSL Player of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
17 Won   Christen Press [18]

NWSL Goal of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
2 Nominated   Lo'Eau LaBonta [19]
3 Nominated   Christen Press [20]
4 Nominated   Amy Rodriguez [21]
5 Nominated   Amy Rodriguez [22]
6 Nominated   Amy Rodriguez [23]
7 Nominated   Makenzy Doniak [24]
9 Won   Amy Rodriguez [25][26]
14 Won   Christen Press [27]
15 Won   Christen Press [28]
17 Won   Amy Rodriguez [29]
18 Won   Christen Press [30]
21 Won   Becky Sauerbrunn [31]
25 Nominated   Amy Rodriguez [30]

NWSL Save of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [32]
4 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [33]
7 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [34]
10 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [35]
13 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [36]
16 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [37]
21 Won   Nicole Barnhart [38]
24 Nominated   Nicole Barnhart [39]

Club edit

Roster edit

  • Age calculated as of the start of the 2019 season.
As of August 5, 2019[2][40][41][42]
No. Name Nationality Positions Date of birth (age) Signed from Year with club (year signed)
1 Abby Smith   United States GK (1993-10-04)October 4, 1993 (aged 25)   Boston Breakers 2 (2018)
2 Rachel Corsie   Scotland DF (1989-08-17)August 17, 1989 (aged 29)   Seattle Reign 2 (2018)
3 Rebecca Moros   United States DF (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 (aged 33)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
4 Becky Sauerbrunn   United States DF (1985-06-06)June 6, 1985 (aged 33)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
5 Kelley O'Hara   United States DF (1988-08-04)August 4, 1988 (aged 30)   Sky Blue FC 2 (2018)
6 Katie Bowen   New Zealand DF (1994-04-15)April 15, 1994 (aged 24)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
7 Mandy Laddish   United States MF (1992-05-13)May 13, 1992 (aged 26)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
8 Amy Rodriguez   United States FW (1987-02-17)February 17, 1987 (aged 32)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
9 Lo'eau LaBonta   United States MF (1993-03-18)March 18, 1993 (aged 26)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
10 Diana Matheson   Canada MF (1984-04-06)April 6, 1984 (aged 35)   Seattle Reign FC 2 (2018)
11 Desiree Scott   Canada MF (1987-07-31)July 31, 1987 (aged 31)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
12 Taylor Lytle   United States MF (1989-03-31)March 31, 1989 (aged 30)   Sky Blue FC 2 (2018)
13 Makenzy Doniak   United States FW (1994-02-25)February 25, 1994 (aged 25)   North Carolina Courage 2 (2018)
14 Gaby Vincent   United States DF (1997-12-07)December 7, 1997 (aged 21)   University of Louisville 1 (2019)
15 Erika Tymrak   United States MF (1991-08-07)August 7, 1991 (aged 27)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
17 Sydney Miramontez   United States DF (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 24)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
18 Nicole Barnhart   United States GK (1981-10-10)October 10, 1981 (aged 37)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
19 Michelle Maemone   United States DF (1997-03-18)March 18, 1997 (aged 22)   Pepperdine University 1 (2019)
20 Mallory Weber   United States FW (1994-04-04)April 4, 1994 (aged 25)   Portland Thorns FC 1 (2019)
21 Verónica Boquete   Spain FW (1987-04-09)April 9, 1987 (aged 32)   Beijing BG Phoenix 1 (2019)
22 Madeline Nolf   United States DF (1996-03-29)March 29, 1996 (aged 23)   Penn State University 1 (2019)
23 Christen Press   United States FW (1988-12-29)December 29, 1988 (aged 30)   Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2 (2018)
24 Katie Stengel   United States FW (1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 27)   Boston Breakers 2 (2018)
25 Brittany Ratcliffe   United States FW (1994-02-07)February 7, 1994 (aged 25)   FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
42 Raisa Strom-Okimoto   United States FW   University of Hawaii 1 (2019)
66 Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir   Iceland MF (1988-09-28)September 28, 1988 (aged 30)   Vålerenga 2 (2018)
Melissa Lowder   United States GK   Santa Clara University 1 (2019)

Player Transactions edit

As of August 3, 2019''[2]

Transfers In edit

Player Position Previous Club Fees/Notes Date
  Verónica Boquete MF   Beijing BG Phoenix Signed [2] 01/04/19
  Gaby Vincent DF University of Louisville Signed [43] 04/17/19
  Mallory Weber FW Portland Thorns FC Acquired off the NWSL Waiver Wire [5] 05/13/19
  Raisa Strom-Okimoto DF University of Hawaii Signed [44] 07/26/19
  Melissa Lowder GK Santa Clara University Signed [44] 07/26/19

Transfers Out edit

Player Position Next Club Fees/Notes Date
  Alex Arlitt DF unattached option declined 10/01/18
  Katrina Gorry MF   Brisbane Roar[45] option declined 10/01/18
  Elise Thorsnes FW   LSK Kvinner[46] option declined 10/01/18
  Samantha Johnson DF retired[7] 06/28/19

2019 NWSL College Draft edit

Source: National Women's Soccer League[47]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 3 23   Michelle Maemone D Pepperdine
Round 3 26   Madeline Nolf D Penn State
Round 4 32   Alexandra Kimball M North Carolina

References edit

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