The Royals (5-6-7) did break their three-game losing streak, and won the season series against the Courage (14-1-4), who are running away with the National Women’s Soccer League regular-season title. Utah drew with N.C. 2-2 in April and beat the Courage 1-0 in June.
Backup goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart posted the shutout while starting in the place of Abby Smith, who missed the game with a concussion suffered during a hard fall in last week’s 2-1 loss to Orlando.