Utah Royals forward Brittany Ratcliffe won the ball on a slide tackle and sent a line drive into the back of the net, breaking a scoreless draw in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
Royals handed the Courage their first loss of the season. Utah shut out North Carolina, the most offensively productive team in the NWSL, 1-0 at Sahlen’s Stadium Saturday. North Carolina leads the league with 24 goals.
North Carolina put its first chance of the night over the crossbar in the form of a Jessica McDonald header in the 11th minute and logged its first shot on goal in the 32nd minute.