Just 150 days after Dell Loy Hansen announced he was bringing professional women’s soccer to Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah Royals FC played the club’s inaugural home match in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 19,203 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium and a national television audience.
With U.S. National Team stars like Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, and Amy Rodriguez, and international standouts like Rachel Corsie, Gunny Jonsdottir and more, Head Coach Laura Harvey and her staff gave Utah a team to be proud of throughout the season. However, nothing compares to the excitement of the inaugural home opener.