It has been exactly three months since Real Salt Lake announced a deal with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) to bring women’s professional soccer to Utah, something that RSL ownership hoped to do in the future. The reality came much sooner as one of the league’s original clubs FC Kansas City folded, and the NWSL raced to replace the club. Thankfully for the NWSL, Utah, and women’s professional soccer, RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen was ready to commit.
With the RSL-based club entering the league, RSL received FC Kansas City’s players’ rights, meaning that the roster from KC would be playing in Utah, in theory.