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After a whirlwind weekend, Utah Royals FC opens preseason camp

“I’m Icelandic, we don’t really like to show too much emotion,” Royals midfielder Gunnhildur Jonsdottir said. “But that was very hard to not show any emotions. When you walked into that locker room it was hard not to break into tears.”

The Royals’ training session Monday was the cap on a weekend of firsts: first team dinner, first time in the locker room, and then finally the first time the squad stepped on the field together at the Zions Bank Real Academy.

Gunny on the weekend leading up to the Royals’ first preseason session: “I’m Icelandic, we don’t really like to show too much emotion, but.