SANDY, Utah (Saturday, April 20, 2019) – Utah Royals FC (1-0-0, 3 points) got an early goal and held on to the clean sheet to open the 2019 season with a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit in front of a crowd of 18,015 at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday.
MF Lo’eau LaBonta scored her first goal for URFC and GK Nicole Barnhart finished with two saves in the shutout victory.
Utah opened scoring just 10 minutes into the match when FW Christen Press charged up the left side, then cut back to the middle before dropping a pass back to LaBonta at the edge of the 18-yard box.