After dropping two straight in Cascadia, Utah Royals FC returned home with hopes of getting things headed in the right direction, but it wasn’t meant to be on a hot night in Utah with a national TV audience watching. Here’s what we learned from the 2-1 loss to Orlando.
Hard times
Though the match started off bright with solid play and an early goal for the hosts, things went the other direction for the Royals over the course of the match. After giving up a somewhat soft penalty for the equalizer, URFC conceded the game after Abby Smith was over-aggressive on trying to clear a ball in the defensive third, letting the ball be easily chipped over her for the goal.