Gone are the days when the Utah Royals FC picked up 13 points in its first six games. Gone are the days when the narrative was how stingy the Royals were on defense, racking up clean sheet after clean sheet after clean sheet. The team with championship aspirations now sits seventh in the nine-team National Women’s Soccer League with only 11 games remaining in the 2019 season.
Lately, the Royals have been creating many more opportunities to score compared to earlier in the season, but not finishing them. In the process, Utah has given up seven goals in the last four games.