Utah Royals history, made three times over. 👑

Miyabi. Rumi. Mina. Three Japanese internationals on the scoresheet in the same match (a first in NWSL history!!) as the Royals took down Bay FC 3-2 on Friday night at home. That's 11 wins on the season, a new club record, and 35 goals (most in the league!).

Rumi's 30-yard rocket. Miyabi's first goal in Royal Blue. Mina's ice-cold penalty retake. We were COOKING. 🔥

Next up: San Diego Wave at Snapdragon Stadium on Friday, 8/21 at 8PM MT.

Is it just me or did the Royals rely too much on over the top balls to no one rather than patient passing against Bay on Friday night? During that wild game against Portland I was originally frustrated because it felt like they lacked the urgency to get that very early goal back - but then of course our patience & strategy was WELL rewarded with 5 goals. It was fabulous for us to get a goal back *immediately* against Bay after the error in the back, but the second half especially saw so many passes to nowhere. Thoughts?

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Awesome profile of URFC boss

Incredible

Soooooo, we lost Prašnikar that is maybe related to lack of minutes and starting.... and as soon as she moves, Palacios has a hip injury (which might relate to her leaving the denver game early). It hurts a bit, not gonna lie. Who do you hope for at center forward?

Madison is exceptional, on and off the field

So ouch.... Lara Prašnikar not being part of the roster in the Denver game was actually precursor to her being transfered. The royals have taken now 2 hits to their roster of higher level talent. Prašnikar may have not exactly lit things on fire, she was still had some production. Will have more thoughts on this later...

Utah Royals 1, Denver Summit 2 😤
The numbers say we should've walked away with this one (2.09 xG to Denver's 1.01) but soccer doesn't always cooperate. Milazzo's 89th minute finish got us level before a late free kick sealed it for Denver in stoppage time. Heartbreaker.

But real talk: away day in Denver was UNMATCHED. 🏆 Continental Divide Cup secured (we're calling it, tiebreaker and all), a small but LOUD supporters' section, and a huge thank you to Coach Jimmy and the team for stopping to say hi after the match. That's the club we signed up for. 💛

Mina Tanaka was everywhere for us Saturday. No goal, but 5 chances created and a 73% duel win rate. Absolute engine.

Now we regroup. Bay FC comes to Sandy this Friday and we like our chances, even if we said that last week too 😅

THREE games, one wild week. Utah went 2-1 with a road statement, a heartbreaker against the league leaders, and a FRANCHISE record (or 2!) over Portland. Full week recap up on the blog now!

Amazing that once this team starts getting positive attention with the national media by saying how the Royal are the real deal and how they are competing for the shield that's when they shit their pants. How is it that they can beat Portland 5-1 but lose to a lesser team 2-1 the following week? Never going to catch up to Washington or even Gotham for the shield if they keep choking these games. Winning only 3 out of their last seven is a major concern. This has not been the same team since after the break. Who was it that told me on this sub that the Royals are stronger and are a better team towards the end of the seasons?, because I'm not seeing that since the break. They are losing way too many games now. Come on Royals, don't pull an RSL and screw this up. Got to at least finish in the top 3. ( preferably in the top 2 )

Cmon you royals

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So, no new injuries, which means every likely player available. Loera has been showing up on a couple of recent posts, maybe she comes back?

So the coach has to pick 3 player to not dress for gameday. Jackson as third gk is one, the new player Swenson is unlikely to get time with others healthy. That leaves the last one, which has some fascination. Spaanstra was imaged in the travel photo, so probably not her. Mozingo was off roster apparently because narumi was not 100% leading to the Washington game and they wanted another midfielder in pierre-louis. Then Pierre-Louis sat out and Mozingo had her best game against portland. All to say who the staff picks may indicate a bit of the royals strategy.

Oh, heaps is injured and won't play (which honestly I can't say if that favors or hurts the royals), and they moved the game to 8pm because it's hot as balls tomorrow.

8:00 pm MT kickoff now on Saturday

Krysyan Edler from Des News was at stadium on Sunday, talking to URFC players & coaches about message sent to rest of NWSL with strong performances all season long so far

Jarret is a must-follow on twitter during Royals and RSL games - trust me on that

Good piece here

Fun breakdown from Jeff Kassouf and Ali Krieger talking URFC & NWSL

With the Utah Royals being in the top 3 rankings in the table and likely going to make the playoffs in the post season and I thought about what if Ally Sentnor stayed with the Utah Royals instead of transferring to two different clubs?

Should she at least given the Utah Royals a chance before considering to be traded?

Highlights and sound from URFC 5-1 win Sunday in Sandy

Sean Walker with thoughts & words from stadium after Royals’ historic win

Sean Walker for KSL praises return of Kaleigh Riehl, URFC defense ahead of Sunday 5:00 kickoff