Herriman • The Real Monarchs continue to make club history on this postseason run they’re on. It continued in unpredictable fashion when they beat the Phoenix Rising last week to advance to the United Soccer League Western Conference Finals.
But the Monarchs weren’t surprised at all about beating the Rising. In fact, the result was consistent with how they’ve playing for almost two months, a stretch that has seen them go 6-0-1.
“To us, it didn’t feel necessarily like an upset,” midfielder Jack Blake said after training Thursday. “It might have [been] to the league.