2018 Utah Royals FC season

The 2018 Utah Royals FC season marks the team's first year of existence and its inaugural season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid.[1][2]

Utah Royals FC
2018 season
OwnerDell Loy Hansen
Head coachLaura Harvey
StadiumRio Tinto Stadium
NWSL
Highest home attendance19,203 (vs. Chicago Red Stars – April 14)
Lowest home attendance7,137 (vs. Orlando Pride – May 9)
Average home league attendance9,539

Background
Main article: Utah Royals FC

Non-competitive

Preseason
March 3, 2018 Friendly Utah Royals FC v BYU Herriman, Utah
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
March 16, 2018 Friendly UCLA 1–4 Utah Royals FC Los Angeles, California
9 AM PT Sheehan  81' Report
Stadium: Frank Marshall Field

Competitions

NWSL regular season

2018 NWSL

Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 17 6 1 53 17 +36 57 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC 24 12 6 6 40 28 +12 42 NWSL Playoffs
3 Seattle Reign FC 24 11 8 5 27 19 +8 41
4 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 10 5 38 28 +10 37
5 Utah Royals FC 24 9 8 7 22 23 −1 35
6 Houston Dash 24 9 5 10 35 39 −4 32
7 Orlando Pride 24 8 6 10 30 37 −7 30
8 Washington Spirit 24 2 5 17 12 35 −23 11
9 Sky Blue FC 24 1 6 17 21 52 −31 9
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
24 35 9 7 8 22 23  −1 5 3 4 11 7  +4 4 4 4 11 16  −5

Last updated: September 8, 2018
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
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Updated to match(es) played on September 8, 2018. 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.
March
Sat 24 March 1 Orlando Pride 1–1 Utah Royals FC Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM ET Marta  21' (pen)
Krieger  90+3'		 Report Jónsdóttir  3' (Matheson)
Sauerbrunn  21'
Ratcliffe  58'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 9,017
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Fri 30 March 2 Houston Dash 0–0 Utah Royals FC Houston, Texas
7 PM CT Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,433
April
Sat 14 April 3 Utah Royals FC 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Report Colaprico  27' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,203
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sat 21 April 4 North Carolina Courage 2–2 Utah Royals FC Cary, North Carolina
3:30 PM ET Mathias  6'
Hamilton  17'
Dunn  80'
Dahlkemper  87'		 Report Ratcliffe  28'  66'
Stengel  52'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Jon Fremon
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sat 28 April 5 Utah Royals FC 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
7 PM MT Rodriguez  53'
Jonsdottir  49'
Scott  85'		 Report Heath  67' (Sinclair)
Purce  36'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,446
May
Sat 5 May 6 Utah Royals FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Sandy, Utah
7 PM MT O’Hara  7'
Sauerbrunn  15'
Matheson  66'		 Report Smith  72' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,551
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
Wed 9 May 7 Utah Royals FC 0–0 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
7 PM MT Gorry  86' Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 7,137
Sat 19 May 8 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Houston Dash Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Elby  9'
Tymrak  51'
Matheson  55'		 Report Daly  12' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,323
Referee: Eric Tattersall
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Fri 25 May 9 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Utah Royals FC Portland, Oregon
Sinclair  18'
Horan  39',  67'		 Report Corsie  69'
Jónsdóttir  83'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,113
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
June
Sat 2 June 10 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7 PM ET Groom  10'
Tiernan  92+'		 Report Matheson  3'
Freeman  85' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Lorant Varga
Sat 16 June 11 North Carolina Courage 0–1 Utah Royals FC Cary, North Carolina
7 PM ET Report Scott  26'
Ratcliffe  90+4'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,164
Sat 23 June 12 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM ET Naughton  62' (Colaprico)
DiBernardo  70' (Kerr)
Nagasato  87'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Natalie Simon
Wed 27 June 13 Utah Royals FC 0–0 Seattle Reign FC Sandy, Utah
8 PM MT Report Catley  59' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,504
Sat 30 June 14 Utah Royals FC 3–1 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
8 PM MT Press  7'
Stengel  25' (Press), 29' (Gorry)		 Report Lloyd  62' (Dorsey) Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,394
July
Fri 6 July 15 Portland Thorns FC 4–0 Utah Royals FC Portland, Oregon
8 PM PT Heath  2' (Crnogorčević)
Horan  32' (Heath)
Crnogorčević  34'
Lussi  62' (Horan)		 Report Johnson  31'
Matheson  45'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17, 930
Wed 11 July 16 Seattle Reign FC 1–0 Utah Royals FC Seattle, Washington
7:30 PM PT Long  45+2'
Rapinoe  54' (Catley)		 Report Johnson  12'
Corsie  45+2'
Jónsdótti  66'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Seattle)
Attendance: 3,191
Sat 14 July 17 Utah Royals FC 1–2 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
5:00 PM PT Rodriguez  8' (Corsie) Report Hill  24'
Morgan  45+2' (pen.)
Edmonds  52' (Krieger)
Kennedy  68'
Ubogagu  75'
Camila  89'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,761
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Fri 20 July 18 Utah Royals FC 0–0 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
8 PM PT Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,529
Referee: Christina Unkel
August
Sun 5 August 19 Houston Dash 1–2 Utah Royals FC Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT Latsko  41' (Huerta)
Huerta  48'		 Report Press  77'
Stengel  83' (Tymrak)		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,907
Wed 8 August 20 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Sandy, Utah
8 PM MT Stengel  74' (Lytle) Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,154
Sat 11 August 21 Utah Royals FC 0–1 Seattle Reign FC Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Fishlock  48' (Oyster)  74' Report Moros  90' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 8,740
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Sat 18 August 22 Sky Blue FC 2–2 Utah Royals FC Piscataway, New Jersey
7 PM ET Johnson  14' (Rodriguez), 48'
Killion  39'
Lloyd  69'
Tiernan  76'		 Report Richardson  58' (o.g.)
Rodriguez  90+4' (Press)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,468
Wed 22 August 23 Washington Spirit 0–1 Utah Royals FC Boyds, Maryland
7:30 PM ET Report Rodriguez  12'
Corsie  17'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,318
September
Sat 8 September 24 Utah Royals FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Rodriguez  55' (Bowen)
Stengel  64' (Lytle)		 Report Gilliland  17'
Stanton  25'
Kerr  39' (Gilliland)		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,851
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Stats
  • Stats from NWSL Regular season and NWSL play offs are all included.
As of September 8, 2018

Honors and awards

NWSL Season Awards
See also: NWSL awards

NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
March Becky Sauerbrunn Gunnhildur Jonsdottir [5]
April Becky Sauerbrunn [6]
May Abby Smith Becky Sauerbrunn [7]
June Becca Moros
Becky Sauerbrunn		 [8]
July Rachel Corsie [9]

NWSL Player of the Month
Month Result Player Ref.

NWSL Player of the Week
Week Result Player Ref

NWSL Goal of the Week
Week Result Player Ref.
1 Won Gunnhildur Jonsdottir [10]
4 Nominated Brittany Ratcliffe [11]
5 Nominated Amy Rodriguez [12]
6 Won Diana Matheson [13]
8 Nominated Erika Tymrak [14]
11/12 Won Brittany Ratcliffe [15]
19 Won Katie Stengel [16]
20 Nominated Katie Stengel [17]
21 Nominated Amy Rodriguez [18]
24 Nominated Amy Rodriguez [19]

NWSL Save of the Week
Week Result Player(s) Ref.
5 Nominated Abby Smith [20]
9 Nominated Abby Smith and Becky Sauerbrunn [21]
16 Won Rachel Corsie [22]
17 Won Rachel Corsie [23]
20 Nominated Abby Smith [24]
24 Won Nicole Barnhart [25]

Club

Roster
  • Age calculated as of the start of the 2018 season.
As of July 20, 2018[26]


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 24) Boston Breakers 1 (2018)
2 Rachel Corsie  Scotland DF (1989-08-17)August 17, 1989 (aged 28) Seattle Reign 1 (2018)
3 Rebecca Moros  United States DF (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 (aged 32) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
4 Becky Sauerbrunn  United States DF (1985-06-06)June 6, 1985 (aged 32) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
5 Kelley O'Hara  United States DF (1988-08-04)August 4, 1988 (aged 29) Sky Blue FC 1 (2018)
6 Katie Bowen  New Zealand DF (1994-04-15)April 15, 1994 (aged 23) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
7 Mandy Laddish  United States MF (1992-05-13)May 13, 1992 (aged 25) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
8 Amy Rodriguez  United States FW (1987-02-17)February 17, 1987 (aged 31) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
9 Lo'eau LaBonta  United States MF (1993-03-18)March 18, 1993 (aged 25) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
10 Diana Matheson  Canada MF (1984-04-06)April 6, 1984 (aged 34) Seattle Reign FC 1 (2018)
11 Desiree Scott  Canada MF (1987-07-31)July 31, 1987 (aged 30) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
12 Taylor Lytle  United States MF (1989-03-31)March 31, 1989 (aged 29) Sky Blue FC 1 (2018)
14 Alex Arlitt  United States DF (1993-08-25)August 25, 1993 (aged 24) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
15 Erika Tymrak  United States MF (1991-08-07)August 7, 1991 (aged 26) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
16 Samantha Johnson  United States DF (1991-06-10)June 10, 1991 (aged 26) Chicago Red Stars 1 (2018)
17 Sydney Miramontez  United States DF (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 23) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
18 Nicole Barnhart  United States GK (1981-10-10)October 10, 1981 (aged 36) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
19 Katrina Gorry  Australia MF (1992-08-13)August 13, 1992 (aged 25) Brisbane Roar 1 (2018)
20 Elise Thorsnes  Norway FW (1988-08-14)August 14, 1988 (aged 29) Avaldsnes 1 (2018)
21 Christen Press  United States FW (1988-12-29)December 29, 1988 (aged 29) Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 1 (2018)
23 Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir  Iceland MF (1988-09-28)September 28, 1988 (aged 29) Vålerenga 1 (2018)
24 Katie Stengel  United States FW (1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 26) Boston Breakers 1 (2018)
25 Brittany Ratcliffe  United States FW (1994-02-07)February 7, 1994 (aged 24) FC Kansas City 1 (2018)
Makenzy Doniak  United States FW (1994-02-25)February 25, 1994 (aged 24) North Carolina Courage 1 (2018)


Transfers
As of July 19, 2018[26]

In
Player Position Previous Club Fees/Notes Date
Christen Press FW Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Three team trade with Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash [27]
06/18/18
Samantha Johnson DF Chicago Red Stars Three team trade with Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash [28]
06/18/18
Makenzy Doniak FW North Carolina Courage Acquired in trade with the North Carolina Courage for the rights to Heather O'Reilly. [29]
06/28/18

Out
Player Position Next Club Fees/Notes Date
Alexa Newfield MF unattached Released 07/19/18
Maegan Kelly MF unattached Released 06/20/18
E.J. Proctor GK unattached Released 06/20/18
Brooke Elby MF Chicago Red Stars Three team trade with the Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash 06/18/18
Notes
  1. ^
    Option Declined (OPT): Players who have had their option declined may still be resigned by the club under a new contract.
  2. ^
    Free Agent (FREE): Players who are out of contract may still be resigned by the club under a new contract.

Trialist
Player Position Previous team Notes Date Result
Taylor Isom Defender Brigham Young University 2018 NWSL College Draft pick #14 01/18/18
E.J. Proctor Goalkeeper Duke University 2018 NWSL College Draft pick #34 01/18/18

See also

References
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  26. "Canadian WNT Standout Desiree Scott, "The Destroyer," Officially Commits to Utah Royals FC". rsl.com. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  27. "Utah Royals FC Acquire Rights to USWNT FW Christen Press Plus DF Samantha Johnson From Chicago Red Stars". rsl.com. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  28. "Utah Royals FC Acquire Rights to USWNT FW Christen Press Plus DF Samantha Johnson From Chicago Red Stars". rsl.com. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  29. "NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE SIGN HEATHER O'REILLY AFTER TRADE WITH UTAH ROYALS FC". June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
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