2024 Utah Royals season

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Utah Royals
2024 season
URFC WordmarkLong Cobalt.svg
Owners
Head coach Amy Rodriguez
Stadium America First Field
NWSL TBD
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup Group stage
←  2020
2025 →
All statistics correct as of March 16, 2024.

The 2024 Utah Royals season marks the team's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid. This season marks the team's first since 2020, after which the original club relocated to become the Kansas City Current. [1] The club will play its home games at America First Field in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, and are coached by former Royal and national team player Amy Rodriguez. [2]

Contents

Club

Roster

As of July 7, 2024, [3]
No.Pos.PlayerNation
1 GK Mandy Haught Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 DF Olivia Griffitts Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 FW Paige Monaghan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 FW Lauren Flynn Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 MF Agnes Nyberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
7 FW Michele Vasconcelos Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 DF Kate Del Fava Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 FW Ally Sentnor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 MF Amandine Henry Flag of France.svg  France
11 FW Ifeoma Onumonu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
12 DF Zoe Burns Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
13 DF Addisyn Merrick Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 MF Macey Fraser Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
15 FW Brecken Mozingo Flag of the United States.svg  United States
16 DF Madison Pogarch Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 DF Ana Tejada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
18 DF Kaleigh Riehl Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 MF Frankie Tagliaferri Flag of the United States.svg  United States
20 FW Cameron Tucker Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 MF Mikayla Cluff Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 MF Dana Foederer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
24 MF Emily Gray Flag of the United States.svg  United States
27 GK Carly Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
28 DF Imani Dorsey Flag of the United States.svg  United States
32 GK Cristina Roque Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
33 FW Hannah Betfort Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Competitions

NWSL regular season

Matches

March 161 Utah Royals 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 20,370
Referee: Gaad Flores
March 222 Utah Royals 2–1 North Carolina Courage Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 8,161
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
March 313 Washington Spirit 2–1 Utah Royals Washington, D.C.
11 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 8,182
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
April 124 Utah Royals 0-1 Orlando Pride Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 8,578
Referee: Thomas Snyder
April 205 Racing Louisville FC 5-1 Utah Royals Louisville, Kentucky
3 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 11,365
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
April 276 Utah Royals 0-0 Houston Dash Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 10,349
Referee: Shawn Tehini
May 37 Utah Royals 1-2 Angel City FC Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 10,731
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
May 88 San Diego Wave FC 2-0 Utah Royals San Diego, California
8:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 10,289
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 129 Chicago Red Stars 3-1 Utah Royals Bridgeview, Illinois
3:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
May 1710 North Carolina Courage 1-0 Utah Royals Cary, North Carolina
6:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,528
Referee: Alex Billeter
May 2511 Utah Royals 0-1 Kansas City Current Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 7,491
Referee: Danielle Chesky
June 812 Utah Royals 1-0 Washington Spirit Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 8,486
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
June 1613 Bay FC 0-1 Utah Royals San Jose, California
8:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: PayPal Park
Attendance: 10,367
Referee: Anya Voigt
June 2114 Orlando Pride 6-0 Utah Royals Orlando, Florida
6:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
Attendance: 9,656
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
June 2915 Utah Royals 0-0 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 8,677
Referee: Sergil Demlanchuk

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
10 San Diego Wave FC 163671217−515
11 Angel City FC 164391626−1015
12 Houston Dash 163581123−1214
13 Seattle Reign FC 152491527−1210
14 Utah Royals 152211727−208
Updated to match(es) played on July 6, 2024. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

The Utah Royals will compete in the first edition of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, with group stage play to begin on July 19th.

PosTeam
PldPts POR SEA UTA TIJ
1 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns FC 00— Jul 31 — Jul 21
2 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC 00—— Jul 19 Jul 28
3 Flag of the United States.svg Utah Royals 00 Jul 27 —— Jul 31
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Tijuana 00————
First match(es) will be played: July 19, 2024. Source: Liga MX Femenil [4]

Matches

Statistics

Squad appearances

As of April 28, 2024

NoPosNatPlayerTotalNWSL Regular SeasonSummer CupNWSL Playoffs
AppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts
Goalkeepers
1GK Flag of the United States.svg Mandy Haught 55550000
27GK Flag of the United States.svg Carly Nelson 11110000
32GK Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Cristina Roque 00000000
Defenders
3DF Flag of the United States.svg Olivia Griffitts 44440000
5DF Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Flynn 22220000
8DF Flag of the United States.svg Kate Del Fava 66660000
12DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zoe Burns 32320000
13DF Flag of the United States.svg Addisyn Merrick 10100000
16DF Flag of the United States.svg Madison Pogarch 66660000
18DF Flag of the United States.svg Kaleigh Riehl 44440000
28DF Flag of the United States.svg Imani Dorsey 22220000
DF Flag of Spain.svg Ana Tejada 00000000
Midfielders
6MF Flag of Sweden.svg Agnes Nyberg 44440000
10MF Flag of France.svg Amandine Henry 11110000
19MF Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Tagliaferri 33330000
21MF Flag of the United States.svg Mikayla Cluff 42420000
22MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dana Foederer 44440000
24MF Flag of the United States.svg Emily Gray 00000000
MF Flag of New Zealand.svg Macey Fraser 00000000
Forwards
4FW Flag of the United States.svg Paige Monaghan 66660000
7FW Flag of the United States.svg Michele Vasconcelos 20200000
9FW Flag of the United States.svg Ally Sentnor 66660000
11FW Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifeoma Onumonu 30300000
15FW Flag of the United States.svg Brecken Mozingo 62620000
20FW Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Tucker 40400000
33FW Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Betfort 66660000
Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.)

Goals

As of April 28, 2024 [5]
Goals
RankPlayerTotalNWSL Regular SeasonSummer CupNWSL Playoffs
1 Flag of the United States.svg Ally Sentnor 2200
2 Flag of the United States.svg Kate Del Fava 1100
Flag of the United States.svg Olivia Griffitts 1100

Assists

As of April 28, 2024 [5]
Assists
RankPlayerTotalNWSL Regular SeasonSummer CupNWSL Playoffs
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dana Foederer 1100
Flag of the United States.svg Paige Monaghan 1100
Flag of the United States.svg Kaleigh Riehl 1100
Flag of the United States.svg Ally Sentnor 1100

Clean Sheets

As of April 28, 2024 [5]
Shutouts
RankPlayerTotalNWSL Regular Season
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mandy Haught 11

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References

  1. ↑ "NWSL Awards Expansion Team Rights to Utah". RSL.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team Legend Amy Rodriguez Named Utah Royals FC Head Coach". RSL.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Roster". rsl.com/utahroyals. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "National Women's Soccer League Season Statistics". NWSL. Retrieved February 4, 2024.