2019 Utah Royals FC season

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Utah Royals FC 2019 soccer season

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]

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]

NWSL Regular Season[edit]

Overall Table[edit]

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]

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ground H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A A A H A A H A H
Result W W W L D W L W D L L D L L W W W D W L L L L W
Position[a] 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 5 6 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6
  1. ^ UTA’s position at the end of the matchweek not the match itself.

Match results[edit]

April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
As of October 12, 2019

Honors and awards[edit]

As of October 24, 2019.

NWSL awards[edit]

Best XI[edit]

Second XI[edit]

NWSL Monthly Awards[edit]

NWSL Player of the Month[edit]

NWSL Team of the Month[edit]

NWSL Weekly Awards[edit]

NWSL Player of the Week[edit]

NWSL Goal of the Week[edit]

NWSL Save of the Week[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) United States Boston Breakers 2 (2018)
2 Rachel Corsie  Scotland DF (1989-08-17)August 17, 1989 (aged 29) United States Seattle Reign 2 (2018)
3 Rebecca Moros  United States DF (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 (aged 33) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
4 Becky Sauerbrunn  United States DF (1985-06-06)June 6, 1985 (aged 33) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
5 Kelley O’Hara  United States DF (1988-08-04)August 4, 1988 (aged 30) United States Sky Blue FC 2 (2018)
6 Katie Bowen  New Zealand DF (1994-04-15)April 15, 1994 (aged 24) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
7 Mandy Laddish  United States MF (1992-05-13)May 13, 1992 (aged 26) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
8 Amy Rodriguez  United States FW (1987-02-17)February 17, 1987 (aged 32) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
9 Lo’eau LaBonta  United States MF (1993-03-18)March 18, 1993 (aged 26) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
10 Diana Matheson  Canada MF (1984-04-06)April 6, 1984 (aged 35) United States Seattle Reign FC 2 (2018)
11 Desiree Scott  Canada MF (1987-07-31)July 31, 1987 (aged 31) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
12 Taylor Lytle  United States MF (1989-03-31)March 31, 1989 (aged 30) United States Sky Blue FC 2 (2018)
13 Makenzy Doniak  United States FW (1994-02-25)February 25, 1994 (aged 25) United States North Carolina Courage 2 (2018)
14 Gaby Vincent  United States DF (1997-12-07)December 7, 1997 (aged 21) United States University of Louisville 1 (2019)
15 Erika Tymrak  United States MF (1991-08-07)August 7, 1991 (aged 27) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
17 Sydney Miramontez  United States DF (1994-10-11)October 11, 1994 (aged 24) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
18 Nicole Barnhart  United States GK (1981-10-10)October 10, 1981 (aged 37) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
19 Michelle Maemone  United States DF (1997-03-18)March 18, 1997 (aged 22) United States Pepperdine University 1 (2019)
20 Mallory Weber  United States FW (1994-04-04)April 4, 1994 (aged 25) United States Portland Thorns FC 1 (2019)
21 Verónica Boquete  Spain FW (1987-04-09)April 9, 1987 (aged 32) China Beijing BG Phoenix 1 (2019)
22 Madeline Nolf  United States DF (1996-03-29)March 29, 1996 (aged 23) United States Penn State University 1 (2019)
23 Christen Press  United States FW (1988-12-29)December 29, 1988 (aged 30) Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2 (2018)
24 Katie Stengel  United States FW (1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 27) United States Boston Breakers 2 (2018)
25 Brittany Ratcliffe  United States FW (1994-02-07)February 7, 1994 (aged 25) United States FC Kansas City 2 (2018)
42 Raisa Strom-Okimoto  United States FW United States University of Hawaii 1 (2019)
66 Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir  Iceland MF (1988-09-28)September 28, 1988 (aged 30) Norway Vålerenga 2 (2018)
Melissa Lowder  United States GK United States Santa Clara University 1 (2019)

Player Transactions[edit]

As of August 3, 2019”[2]

Transfers In[edit]

Transfers Out[edit]

2019 NWSL College Draft[edit]

Source: National Women’s Soccer League[47]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d “Utah Royals FC Signs MF Vero Boquete”. rsl.com. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ “Brittany Ratcliffe tears acl”. April 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  4. ^ “Canada’s Matheson, McLeod ruled out of Women’s World Cup with injury”. May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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