2019 Utah Royals FC season
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
Pre Season
Overall Table
Results summary
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
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
^ UTA's position at the end of the matchweek not the match itself.
Match results
April
May
June
July
August
September
Utah Royals FC v Portland Thorns FC
October
Stats
As of October 12, 2019
Honors and awards
As of October 24, 2019.
Best XI
Second XI
NWSL Monthly Awards
Club
Roster
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
As of August 3, 2019'' [ 2]
Transfers In
Transfers Out
Source: National Women's Soccer League [ 47]
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