2024 Utah Royals season

Utah Royals
2024 season
Owners	Ryan Smith; David Blitzer;
Head coach	Amy Rodriguez
Stadium	America First Field
NWSL	TBD
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
Home colors	Away colors
	← 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]

Club

Roster

As of July 7, 2024,^[3]

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

Competitions

NWSL regular season

Matches

March 16 1	Utah Royals	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT	Sentnor 44' Nyberg 62'	Report	Schlegel 50' Hocking 60' Cook 77', 90+'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 20,370 Referee: Gaad Flores

March 22 2	Utah Royals	2–1	North Carolina Courage	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Del Fava 15' Foederer 17' Sentnor 30' Betfort 47' Cluff 90+' Haught 90+'	Report	Sanchez 26'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,161 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

March 31 3	Washington Spirit	2–1	Utah Royals	Washington, D.C.
11 pm MT	Sullivan 21' (pen.) Sarr 30'	Report	Foederer 29' Del Fava 49' Sentnor 71'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 8,182 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

April 12 4	Utah Royals	0–1	Orlando Pride	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Pogarch 26'	Report	Marta 68' Abello 71' McCutcheon 90+'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,578 Referee: Thomas Snyder

April 20 5	Racing Louisville FC	5–1	Utah Royals	Louisville, Kentucky
3 pm MT	Milliet 13' Kanu 26' DeMelo 37', 68', 78' (pen.) Turner 87' Sears 90+1'	Report	Griffitts 45+' Flynn 72'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

April 27 6	Utah Royals	0–0	Houston Dash	Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT	Monaghan 42'	Report	Andressa 20' Bachmann 54' Olivieri 85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 10,349 Referee: Shawn Tehini

May 3 7	Utah Royals	1–2	Angel City FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Griffitts 38' Foederer 51' Flynn 90+1'	Report	Leroux 29' Emslie 40' (pen.) Rodríguez 44' Thompson 87' Fuller 87' Nabet 90+3'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

May 8 8	San Diego Wave FC	2–0	Utah Royals	San Diego, California
8:00 pm MT	Shaw 35' Doniak 77' Westphal 79' Colaprico 87'	Report	Monaghan 35' Pogarch 37' Foederer 51' Sentnor 90+5'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Katja Koroleva

May 12 9	Chicago Red Stars	3–1	Utah Royals	Bridgeview, Illinois
3:30 pm MT	Bike 23' Swanson 29' (pen.) Hocking 90+7'	Report	Cluff 33' Henry 47' Tucker 81'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

May 17 10	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Utah Royals	Cary, North Carolina
6:00 pm MT	Kurtz 76'	Report	Nyberg 17' Henry 86'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Alex Billeter

May 25 11	Utah Royals	0–1	Kansas City Current	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Tejada 3'	Report	Ball 58' Spaanstra 90+6' Mace 90+9'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 7,491 Referee: Danielle Chesky

June 8 12	Utah Royals	1–0	Washington Spirit	Sandy, Utah
5:30 pm MT	Flynn 9'	Report	Wiesner 26' Carle 85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,486 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

June 16 13	Bay FC	0–1	Utah Royals	San Jose, California
8:00 pm MT	Anderson 37' Dydasco 45' Sharples 80' Boade 88'	Report	Del Fava 89'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 10,367 Referee: Anya Voigt

June 21 14	Orlando Pride	6–0	Utah Royals	Orlando, Florida
6:00 pm MT	Banda 27' (Abello), 86' Yates 45+3' Marta 47', 88' (Banda) Watt 90+5' (Banda)	Report	Tejada 51'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 9,656 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

June 29 15	Utah Royals	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Del Fava 44'	Report	Hubly 90'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,677 Referee: Sergil Demlanchuk

July 7 16	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Utah Royals	Seattle, Washington
4:00 pm MT	Latsko 75'	Report	Sentnor 67'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 6,276 Referee: Matthew Thompson

August 23 17	Utah Royals	2-1	Bay FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT	Monaghan 48' (Tejada) Menges 55' (o.g.) Tejada 87'	Report	Kundananji 83' (Hill)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 14,539 Referee: Jaclyn Metz

August 31 18	Houston Dash	1–3	Utah Royals	Houston, Texas
7:30 pm MT	Jacobs 17' Alozie 45+3' Olivieri 53' Nielsen 71' Alves 73', 90'	Report	Tejada 44', 90+11' Zornoza 55' Monaghan 60' Tanaka 90+5'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,171 Referee: Gerald Flores

September 7 19	Kansas City Current	1–0	Utah Royals FC	Kansas City, Missouri
3:30 p.m. MT	Chawinga 47'	Report		Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 14 20	Utah Royals	1–2	San Diego Wave FC	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Zornoza 57' Lacasse 59' Tejada 71' Tucker 80'	Report	Ali 1' Cascarino 6'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

September 22 21	NJ/NY Gotham FC	v	Utah Royals	Harrison, New Jersey
11:00 am MT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 28 22	Utah Royals	v	Racing Louisville FC	Sandy, Utah
5:00 pm MT				Stadium: America First Field

October 5 23	Portland Thorns FC	v	Utah Royals	Portland, Oregon
5:00 pm MT				Stadium: Providence Park

October 13 24	Utah Royals	v	Seattle Reign FC	Sandy, Utah
3:00 pm MT				Stadium: America First Field

October 20 25	Angel City FC	v	Utah Royals	Los Angeles, California
5:30 pm MT				Stadium: BMO Stadium

November 1 26	Utah Royals	v	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 pm MT				Stadium: America First Field

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Angel City FC	20	6	3	11	23	33	−10	21
11	Seattle Reign FC	20	5	5	10	23	34	−11	20
12	San Diego Wave FC	20	4	7	9	17	25	−8	19
13	Utah Royals	20	4	3	13	14	33	−19	15
14	Houston Dash	20	3	5	12	13	32	−19	14

Updated to match(es) played on September 16, 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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	UTA	POR	SEA	TIJ
1	Utah Royals	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6	—	3–1	1–2	5–1
2	Portland Thorns FC	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	1–3	—	1–0	5–0
3	Seattle Reign FC	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3	2–1	0–1	—	2–3
4	Tijuana	3	1	2	4	12	−8	3	1–5	0–5	3–2	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

Matches

July 19 GS	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Utah Royals	Seattle, Washington
7:00 pm MT	Athens 43' (pen.) Huerta 77'	Report	Tucker 49'	Stadium: Lumen Field

July 27 GS	Utah Royals	3–1	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Betfort 3' Sentnor 21' Vasconcelos 76'	Report	Moultrie 86'	Stadium: America First Field

July 31 GS	Utah Royals	5–1	Tijuana	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Monaghan 20' Betfort 44' Sentnor 48' Mozingo 64', 90+5'	Report	Solórzano 3'	Stadium: America First Field

Statistics

Squad appearances

As of April 28, 2024

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL Regular Season		Summer Cup		NWSL Playoffs
No	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mandy Haught	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0
27	GK		Carly Nelson	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Cristina Roque	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Olivia Griffitts	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Lauren Flynn	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
8	DF		Kate Del Fava	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Zoe Burns	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Addisyn Merrick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Madison Pogarch	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Kaleigh Riehl	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Imani Dorsey	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ana Tejada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Agnes Nyberg	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Amandine Henry	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Frankie Tagliaferri	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Mikayla Cluff	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Dana Foederer	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Emily Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Macey Fraser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
4	FW		Paige Monaghan	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Michele Vasconcelos	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Ally Sentnor	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Ifeoma Onumonu	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Brecken Mozingo	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Cameron Tucker	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Hannah Betfort	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0
Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.)

Goals

As of April 28, 2024^[4]

Goals
Rank	Player	Total	NWSL Regular Season
1	Ally Sentnor	2	2
2	Kate Del Fava	1	1
2	Olivia Griffitts	1	1

Assists

As of April 28, 2024^[4]

Assists
Rank	Player	Total	NWSL Regular Season
1	Dana Foederer	1	1
	Paige Monaghan	1	1
	Kaleigh Riehl	1	1
	Ally Sentnor	1	1

Clean sheets

As of April 28, 2024^[4]

Shutouts
Rank	Player	Total	NWSL Regular Season
1	Mandy Haught	1	1

References

^ "NWSL Awards Expansion Team Rights to Utah". RSL.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^ "U.S. Women's National Team Legend Amy Rodriguez Named Utah Royals FC Head Coach". RSL.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^ "Roster". rsl.com/utahroyals. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "National Women's Soccer League Season Statistics". NWSL. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[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.

[players-3] "Roster". rsl.com/utahroyals. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

[Royals-Statistics-4] "National Women's Soccer League Season Statistics". NWSL. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

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