As the song goes, “Hello darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again,” and oh boy was there a lot of darkness in this here game of soccer.
There is no sugar coating it. Utah Royals FC played like hot, stinking, sweaty garbage. The forwards didn’t look threatening; the midfield was clogged and disjoined; the backline resembled Swiss cheese, and Barnhart looked mortal for really the first time this year.
So on that happy note, let’s begin, shall we?
The problem of the disappearing players
I have written about what an important player Amy Rodriguez is for Utah.