Utah Royals FC
Utah Royals FC | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Utah Royals FC | ||
Seat | Sandy , Utah | ||
founding | 2017 | ||
owner | Dell Loy Hansen | ||
Website | rsl.com/utahroyals | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Laura Harvey | ||
Venue | Rio Tinto Stadium | ||
Places | 20,213 | ||
league | National Women's Soccer League | ||
2019 |
Reg. Season : 6th place Play-offs: not qualified |
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The Utah Royals FC is a women's football franchise from Sandy in the greater Salt Lake City in Utah , which since the season 2018 in the National Women's Soccer League plays the highest league in women's football in the USA.
history
On November 16, 2017, the Real Salt Lake franchise from Major League Soccer announced that it had acquired a team from the National Women's Soccer League. Four days later, the NWSL announced that FC Kansas City would dissolve its team and transfer the player contracts, draft picks and other rights to the new franchise. Subsequently, on November 27, 2017, the new team announced the engagement of Laura Harvey as a trainer and published the name of the new team and its logo on December 1.
The team ended the first season of 2018 with 9 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats in the regular season in fifth place, which means that the play-offs of the four best teams were only just missed. In addition, the team achieved the second best attendance average behind Portland Thorns FC with an average of almost 10,000 viewers per game.
In the second season , too , the team missed the play-offs. At the end of the regular season, Utah finished sixth in the table with a balanced record (10 wins, 4 draws, 10 defeats).
Stadion
- Rio Tinto Stadium ; Sandy (since 2018)
Utah Royals FC, like Real Salt Lake, play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. It can accommodate a total of 20,213 spectators.
Trainer
- since 2018: Laura Harvey
Players
Current squad
As of October 29, 2019
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Coaching staff
- Laura Harvey (trainer)
- Scott Parkinson (Assistant Trainer)
- Amy LePeilbet ( Assistant Trainer)
- Jason Betty (goalkeeping coach)
Season statistics
year | league | Regular season | Play-offs | Average audience 1 | Most successful goalscorer 1 |
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2018 | NWSL | 5th place | not qualified | 9,466 | Katie Stengel (6) |
2019 | NWSL | 6th place | not qualified | 10,774 | Amy Rodriguez (9) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Maria Torres: Announcement of new team in Salt Lake means women's pro soccer is likely done in KC. In: The Kansas City Star. November 16, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
- ^ Maria Torres: FC Kansas City women's soccer team folds, NWSL sends players to Salt Lake City. In: The Kansas City Star. November 20, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
- ^ Maddie Lee: Real Salt Lake hires Laura Harvey to coach new women's soccer team. In: The Salt Lake Tribune. November 27, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
- ↑ RSL Communications: Utah Royals FC unveils name, identity for 2018 NWSL season. In: Real Salt Lake. December 1, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Utah Royals Players - Real Salt Lake. In: rsl.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .