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Wikipedia - Utah Royals
The Utah Royals (formerly Utah Royals FC) are an American women's professional soccer club based in Salt Lake City. Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion club, the Royals played its first stint in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2018 to 2020.
In December 2020, the NWSL announced that the Royals would cease operations and their player-related assets transferred to the expansion Kansas City NWSL team, now known as the Kansas City Current. Real Salt Lake owners David Blitzer and Ryan Smith reestablished the Royals in 2023, with play to resume in 2024.
History
Establishment
On November 16, 2017, Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer announced that it had acquired a franchise in the National Women's Soccer League. On November 20, 2017, the league announced that FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League would fold their club, and the team's player contracts, draft picks, and other rights would be transferred to the new Salt Lake City club. As of August 2017[update], Utah's six NCAA Division I women's soccer teams outnumbered the men's, a seventh women's soccer school moved from Division II to Division I in 2020, and the state has the highest rate of girls' high school soccer players recruited by Division I colleges. Attendance at Division I women's soccer games in Utah is among the highest in the NCAA. The decision to bring a NWSL team to Utah was based on the established interest in men's soccer in the state as well as Dell Loy Hansen's gut feeling and longtime interest in a team.
The new Salt Lake City team announced its hiring of former Seattle Reign FC coach Laura Harvey as its inaugural head coach on November 27, 2017.
Inaugural season
Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir scored the first goal in franchise history on March 24, 2018 in the third minute of the club's inaugural match against Orlando Pride in Orlando. 18,500 tickets were sold ahead of their first home match (with only club seats and standing-only tickets remaining). Official attendance the day of the match, in which they played the Chicago Red Stars, was reported as 19,023.
«Юта Роялс» является одним из девяти клубов-основателей Национальной женской футбольной лиги. В своем первом сезоне команда заняла последнее место в регулярном чемпионате. В следующем сезоне «Роялс» улучшили свои результаты и заняли 7-е место. В 2018, после переезда в Юту, команда снова заняла последнее место в регулярном чемпионате.
В 2019 «Юта Роялс» впервые вышли в плей-офф Национальной женской футбольной лиги, где в полуфинале проиграли команде «Чикаго Ред Старз».
Главным тренером «Юта Роялс» является Лаура Харви, которая ранее возглавляла женскую команду «Сиэтл Райн».
В команде выступают такие известные футболистки, как:
* Бекки Сондерс
* Кейси Short
* Алекс Морга
* Кристен Пресс
«Юта Роялс» являются одной из самых популярных женских футбольных команд в Соединенных Штатах. Клуб имеет большую поддержку болельщиков и считается одним из претендентов на победу в Национальной женской футбольной лиге.