Utah Royals FC flew to the east coast to take on the North Carolina Courage in their second away trip of the 2019 campaign. With both teams missing a plethora of international players, the historic battles from last year, and the Courage coming off their first multi-goal defeat since 2017 we knew in a word this game would be unpredictable.
Nicole Barnhart got her fifth start in a row while Rebecca Moros rejoined the backline after returning from injury for the first time this season pairing with Samantha Johnson and soon to be World Cup departures Rachel Corsie and Katie Bowen.