In a match many around the squad called a “must-win,” Stengel stepped to the forefront in the final 20 minutes to score a winner, keeping the Utah Royals in the NWSL playoff hunt with a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday night. It was her second winning goal in four days, having found the net against the Houston Dash in the 83rd minute on Sunday.
“I’m surrounded by players who have this mentality that we have to win every game,” Stengel said. “We have to give it everything we have, and people are stepping up in the biggest ways.