Goals From Kelley O’Hara, Diana Matheson Improve Record to 1-1-4, Registering Full Three Points and Second-Ever Clean Sheet
SANDY, Utah (Saturday, May 5, 2018) – Utah Royals FC (1-1-4, 7 points, NWSL 6th) won its first match in club history against the Washington Spirit, ending with a scoreline of 2-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
World-class goals by forwards Kelley O’Hara and Diana Matheson on either side of halftime gave the team its first-ever multi-goal lead, with GK Abby Smith and the team’s collective defending blanking the previously potent Spirit attack.
USWNT star Kelley O’Hara opened the match with an early seventh-minute goal, hitting a first-time shot within the box inside the near post.