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UTAH ROYALS FC 2019 GAME NOTES ROYALS FC HOUSTON MATCH PREVIEW UTAH ROYALS FC CAPS 2019 SEASON SATURDAY AT HOME AGAINST HOUSTON DASH VS. URFC Rounds Out Historic Sophomore Season in NWSL SANDY, Utah (Friday, October 11, 2019) – Utah Royals FC returns home to Rio Tinto Stadium to take on the 9-10-4, 31 POINTS 7-11-5, 26 POINTS Houston Dash in the final match of its second season in the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday, Octo- MATCH INFORMATION ber 12 at 7:00 p.m. MT. The match will be broadcast live DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 on KSL TV app and Yahoo Sports!. KICKOFF: 7:00 P.M. MT LOCATION: RIO TINTO STADIUM; SANDY, UTAH In its last match, Utah Royals FC fell 2-1 to the Chicago FORECAST: SUNNY AND 55 DEGREES Red Stars in a match that saw FW Christen Press record REFEREE: GUIDO GONZALES JR ASSISTANT REFEREES: SETH MARTIN, MELISSA BECK the lone goal for Utah, her seventh of the season as MF FOURTH OFFICIAL: BRAD JENSEN Gunny Jónsdóttir provided the assist, her fourth of the TV: N/A 2019 campaign. STREAMING: KSL, YAHOO SPORTS, NWSLSOCCER.COM ENGLISH RADIO: ESPN 700 Friday’s match will mark the third time URFC and the SPANISH RADIO: N/A Dash have faced one another this year. In the previous 2019 SCHEDULE two outings, the Dash have defeated Royals FC on both DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT occasions by a score of 2-1. Most recently, Utah was SAT. APRIL 20 WASHINGTON W 1-0 topped in Texas, ending what was a club-high five-game SAT. APRIL 27 @ORLANDO W 1-0 unbeaten streak. Jónsdóttir netted the goal for Royals FC, FRI. MAY 3 CHICAGO W 1-0 assisted by MF Erika Tymrak, her first of the season. SAT. MAY 11 HOUSTON L 2-1 SUN. MAY 19 @NORTH CAROLINA D 1-1 URFC enters Friday’s match with a 2-2-1 (7 points) all- SAT. MAY 25 ORLANDO W 2-0 SAT. JUNE 1 @WASHINGTON L 0-2 time record against Houston Dash and in 2019, the Dash SAT. JUNE 15 SKY BLUE W 1-0 remain the only team that Utah has failed to earn a point FRI. JUNE 21 @PORTLAND D 0-0 against. FRI. JUNE 28 REIGN FC L 0-2 FRI. JULY 12 @SKY BLUE L 1-0 FRI. JULY 19 PORTLAND D 2-2 SAT. JULY 27 NORTH CAROLINA L 1-2 ROYALS FC COMMUNICATIONS SAT. AUG 3 @CHICAGO L 0-2 WED. AUG 7 SKY BLUE W 3-0 MATT GASCHK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS SUN. AUG 11 @REIGN FC W 3-1 E: [email protected] C: (253) 250-3239 SAT. AUG 17 @ORLANDO W 2-0 WED. AUG 21 @WASHINGTON D 0-0 TARAN MEYER, SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS FRI. SEPT 6 PORTLAND W 1-0 E: [email protected] C: (801) 657-2161 FRI. SEPT 13 @HOUSTON L 2-1 WED. SEPT 18 @REIGN FC L 2-1 SAT. SEPT 21 NORTH CAROLINA L 3-0 MEG VAN DYK, MEDIA MANAGER - UTAH ROYALS FC SAT. SEPT 28 @CHICAGO L 2-1 E: [email protected] C: (407) 341-1905 SAT. OCT 12 HOUSTON 7:30 P.M. MT UTAH ROYALS FC 2019 GAME NOTES LAST MATCH RECAP ALL-TIME VS OPPONENT Utah Royals FC fell 2-1 on the road to the Chicago Red Stars, offi- SERIES RECORD: cially knocking the team out of playoff contention. FW Christen Press ALL-TIME: 2-2-1 HOME: 1-1-0 AWAY: 1-1-1 scored the lone goal for Utah. LEADERS: GOALS: AMY RODRIGUEZ (1), CHRISTEN PRESS (1), KATIE The firsthalf proved to be a battle of the midfield, as the ball spent a STENGEL (1), ERIKA TYMRAK (1) majority of the time within the middle-third with both teams sharing a ASSISTS: ERIKA TYMRAK (2) relatively equal amount of possession. The Red Stars were able to LAST MEETING: break through on a couple occasions, forcing GK Nicole Barnhart to UTAH ROYALS FC 1, HOUSTON DASH 2 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 come up big twice. Chicago was the first to break the stalemate in the 40th minute when Vanessa DiBernardo forced a hard strike from outside the 18-yard- LAST TIME VS OPPONENT box for the opening goal of the match. Just two minutes later Utah Utah Royals FC got a second-half goal from MF Gunny Jónsdóttir, but answered back when MF Gunny Jónsdóttir sent in a cross to an it wasn’t enough to come back from a two-goal deficit, falling 2-1 to oncoming Press who was able to get a head on the ball to level the the Houston Dash on Friday at BBVA Stadium. score. The goal was the first of the year for Jónsdóttir and first since the Once again the match went back-and-forth well into the second half. inaugural NWSL match for Royals FC in Orlando last season. Utah was millimeters away from taking the lead in the 68th minute After going back and forth for 15 minutes, the Dash broke through the when a free kick led to FW Katie Stengel getting a shot on goal, but a stalemate when poor clearance from the defense resulted in a goal goal-line save from Chicago defender Julie Ertz kept it out of the back from Sofia Huerta. of the net. Huerta added her second of the night in the 62nd minute. Jónsdóttir Ultimately it was Chicago who was able to take the lead when Yuki pulled one goal back in the 75th minute, connecting on a ball from FW Nagasato rebounded on a save from Barnhart to secure the win for Erika Tymrak to make it 2-1. However, Royals FC couldn’t find the the Red Stars. equalizer and ended its unbeaten streak after five straight matches without a loss. MATCH STORYLINES ‘Cause This is Thriller Night Who You Gonna Call? With 23 of the 24 matches of the 2019 season completed With the last game of the season GK Nicole Barnhart for Utah Royals FC, the Houston Dash remain the only still leads the league in shutouts with 10. North Carolina team that Utah has been unable to earn a point against. Courage goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe sits in second In the past two matches Houston has taken the upper with eight clean sheets. The team’s clean sheets meet hand, defeating Royals FC by a score of 2-1 in both a record for the second-most in league history set by instances. The first, on May 11 at Rio Tinto Stadium, saw Barnhart herself back in 2014 on the way to the NWSL Rachel Daly score a brace for the Dash, while FW Amy Championship with FC Kansas City. Currently Portland Rodriguez netted the lone goal for Utah. Then, at BBVA Thorns FC goalkeeper Adrianna Franch holds the title for Stadium on September 13, Sofia Huerta added her own the most single-season shutouts with 11, should the team brace to find the 2-1 victory, MF Gunny Jónsdóttir scored shutout Houston Dash on Saturday, Barnhart will tie the for Royals FC, assisted by MF Erika Tymrak. record. They Put a Spell on You It Caught on in a Flash With just one game remaining the race for the URFC In the last match for Utah Royals FC FW Christen Press Golden Boot has drawn incredibly close with just one goal scored her seventh goal of the season, giving her the separating FW’s Christen Pressand Amy Rodriguez. Cur- second-most on the team, behind FW Amy Rodriguez rently Rodriguez has netted eight goals in 23 games, the who has scored eight. Press scored the goal using her second-most in a single season during her NWSL career. head, an unusual occurrence for the forward as it was Meanwhile, Press has scored seven goals in 13 games only her second headed goal since 2016. The goal was and has also added two assists. Press previously record- assisted by MF Gunny Jónsdóttir, bringing her season ed the most goals for her former club, the Chicago Red total to four, the second-most on the squad, behind MF Stars, in 2014 and 2017, while Rodriguez did so with FC Vero Boquete who has assisted on five goals. Kansas City in 2014. Last season the award went to FW Katie Stengel who scored six goals in the club’s inaugural season and Rodriguez finished in second with five goals. UTAH ROYALS FC 2019 GAME NOTES 2019 NWSL STANDINGS ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON NO. TEAM PTS GP W-L-T GF GA -- OVERALL -- 1 NC COURAGE 46 23 14-5-4 51 21 2 CHICAGO 44 24 14-8-2 41 28 TEAM GP W-L-T GF GA +/- 3 PORTLAND 39 23 11-6-6 40 31 ORLANDO 6 3-1-2 7 3 +4 4 REIGN FC 37 23 10-6-7 25 25 HOUSTON 5 2-2-1 5 5 = 5 WASHINGTON 33 23 9-8-6 30 25 CHICAGO 6 2-4-0 4 8 -4 6 UTAH ROYALS FC 31 23 9-10-4 23 24 NORTH CAROLINA 6 1-2-3 5 8 -3 7 HOUSTON 26 23 7-11-5 20 34 PORTLAND 6 1-2-3 4 7 -3 8 SKY BLUE 20 23 5-13-5 18 31 WASHINGTON 6 4-1-1 5 2 +3 9 ORLANDO 15 23 4-16-3 22 51 SKY BLUE 6 4-1-1 11 4 +7 *As of Oct. 11, 2019 REIGN FC 6 1-4-1 4 7 -3 TOTAL: 47 18-17-12 45 44 +1 2019 NWSL LEADERS - GOALS -- HOME -- NO.