Sandy • You have to go back to a defunct National Women’s Soccer League team to find the last time Becky Sauerbrunn scored a goal.
It happened in the 60th minute of an FC Kansas City win over the Washington Spirit on May 27, 2017. Sauerbrunn’s goal — a foward-momentum header off a corner kick — was one of three that evening for FCKC.
And in almost the same sequence, Sauerbrunn, now a defender with the Utah Royals FC, found the back of the net in Utah’s 1-0 over the Portland Thorns on Friday at Rio Tinto Stadium in front of 10,897 fans.