Utah Royals FC Show

We had a great episode last week. Unfortunately, technical problems are going to technical problem. We talked about a lot, and so we try to recap as much as we can as quickly as possible. On the plus side, this may be our most ridiculous episode ever. Utah Royals Reserves wrapped up their first season in a championship game in extra time. - A massive accomplishment for Amy LePeilbet and her team....

Let’s start if off with a championship!!! URFC Reserves won the central region of the Women’s Premier Soccer League after beating Fortuna Tulsa 2-1. In terms of the game against Sky Blue, we don’t want to be critical, we love this club, but it’s time. The last few games have been dismal, traveling to New Jersey was a lack of energy, a lack of creativity, no motor. Even with USWNT players gone and...

Sam Johnson. What a player, we’ve described her as a player in a an unwinnable position. Behind Rachel Corsie and Becky Sauerbrunn, those are big shoes to fill, but she filled them during the World Cup . To want to retire in pre-season but stick around to help out her teammates is incredible. Will have her on the podcast soon. The USWNT won the World Cup. It’s not the biggest surprise, but wow, wo...

The intention was to split this episode into three 20 minute parts. We semi-accidentally talked about the World Cup for maybe a bit too long. From the problematic racial comments of the Nigeria game to Australian upset, we chat the first six games of the Round of 16. On the Utah Royals front there is a hard fought 0-0 draw to talk about as the Royals held Portland scoreless at home for the first t...

Welcome to episode #65 of the Utah Royals FC Show! Wirtjo and RJ talk the World Cup. Specifically, global inequalities, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Scotland. In addition to some of the other great storylines of the tournament such as Chile and Argentina.

It’s episode 64! Lots to talk about but the most exciting thing about this episode is that we’re ecstatic to announce that Brittany Ratcliffe is going to be playing a more routine part of our show coming in to give her thoughts on games. Utah is back up to second in the table after a win against Sky Blue and frankly a screamer of a kick from Amy Rodriguez. While not a massive win, three points are...

A quick episode of our predictions and picks. 

Lots of news to talk about. It’s officially June which means that there a lot of awesome Prideraisers going around. The Court supporters group has an awesome one where you can donate X amount of money for each goal scored this month and that money will go towards a great cause with the Transgender Education Advocates of Utah. Additionally, through Playing for Pride players can choose to donate mon...

Curse is broken! We landed two goals and moved up to the top of the league table. That’s four goals in four games for Amy Rodriguez, and Makenzy Doniak put the nail in the coffin late in the game to score on her first attempt after coming back from an ACL injury. We spend the majority of this one recapping our thoughts on the game as well as listing out your reactions to the Lo LaBonta swing. Our...

Hey everyone, Episode 60! I guess this means we are old now. Utah Royals Reserves kicked off their opening season after transitioning from the former RSL Women. In two games they have two wins and are led by a coaching staff of Amy LePeilbet, Liz Bogus, Colette Smith, and Nicole Barnhart. The roster consists of 20 current college players and 6 former college players, including players part of the...

It’s probably our shortest podcast ever. Episode 59! We got some breaking news right before we hit record. Unfortunately, Taylor Lytle, who we have known has been on a scooter for a while, was officially announced as an addition to the season ending injury list. Given that, Harvey and the gang picked up Mallory Weber off the waiver wire. This is an interesting young singing. Not a super star, but...

If you’re familiar with the ‘Cindy eating a sock’ inside joke, then boy.... is this the episode for you. We have a roster announcement. Jill Ellis has announced the 23 players she will take to France to represent the United States in the 2019 World Cup . We start off our show discussing our thoughts on the roster, well, not exactly, it takes a tangent on “how to properly do a cool roster announcem...

We were originally able to bring Brittany Ratcliffe onto the show for episode #25, it’s a new season with new challenges and here we are at episode #57, grateful to chat with Brittany again. However this time around things are a bit different, after unfortunately picking up an injury in pre-season, the fan favorite has been placed on the season ending injury list. Despite the brutality of tearing...

Amy Rodriguez trash talking is a national treasure. When we get what she says on gif, and it's this good. It's going to be the episode title.  Two games into the season so far. Two goals, two wins, two cleansheets. Some good stuff. Orlando was a respectable performance, we saw some Christen Press magic and Nicole Barnhart was a wall getting her 43rd shutout and becoming the first NWSL keeper to pl...

It's episode #55 of the Utah Royals FC Show. "Big Daddy" Lucas Muller and "Knows-Everything-About-NWSL" RJ Allen are back with Wirtjo.  Soccer happened. NWSL happened. It was great, let’s talk about it. 18,015 people showed up. Friend of the podcast Lo’eau LaBonta banged in her first goal in gold. Christen Press had a beautiful assist. Kelley O’hara was on the bench. Mandy Laddish played her first...

The season is one week away, and in thinking about that Megan and I brought on the best NWSL mind that we know, RJ Allen. - RJ is a member of NWSL Media, is the big burrito at backline soccer, hosts three different soccer podcasts and recently joined our soapbox staff. She is pretty rad. Opening at home against the Washington Spirit who picked up at 2-0 win against Sky Blue last week, we preview e...

Wirtjo and Megan sit around and chat about the latest roster news that came out 10 minutes before we hit the record button, and what it means - so perfect timing. Like always, the discrepancy in equality between the men and women's game trickles its way in, although the majority of the podcast is spent discussing recent international results. Here's a monday night show for you folks. Have a great...

With Megan and Wirtjo out this week, Cindy is joined by RSL Soapbox friends Stockton Mair and Lucas Muller. Lots of tangents, rants, and Brittany Ratcliffe appreciation. There is also plenty of discussion centered around a possible starting XI when players are gone for the world cup. 

Cindy and Wirtjo sit down and and recap the games against Cal State Long Beach and the University of Southern California. There's also a few tangents, and technology continues to not be our friend. 

When we founded this podcast, from the get-go it was always going to be about equality and increasing the visibility and hopefully revenue of non-male athletes. It’s an absolute delight to have been able to do episode  #50  with our dear friends Carla Swensen-Haslam, the former voice of Utah Royals FC and her partner in crime, the analyst master, Daniel Haslam. Empowered womxn, empower womxn, and...

Incredibly grateful for Utah Royals FC, Incredibly grateful for female athletes, incredibly grateful for women. Here's to empowerment, thank you to our wonderful friend Carla Swensen-Haslam for spearheading our conversation on gender equality. Full podcast Tuesday.

First day of Utah Royals FC pre-season is in the books. A bit of a shorter episode this time around, but Wirtjo recaps some of the action, some news and notes, delves into what we need to know about the non-roster invitees to training camp, and rounds out the episode with some audio snippets of the media scrum with Veronica Boquete and Abby Smith.

Hey everyone! Been a bit, but some incredibly exciting things on the road ahead. We have a new logo and we are now on spotify, so be sure to check us out there. The Court had all their stuff stolen, so fundraisers to come. The W League has ended, no Royals players made the final in which Sydney FC beat Perth Glory in a 4-2 thriller. In this episode we shortly recap the season, although we encourag...

Cindy’s back! A draft happened, the Utah Royals selected three players. With the 23rd pick, Michelle Maemone from Pepperdine. The 27th pick, Maddie Nolf out of Penn State, and Alexandra Kimball from North Carolina as the 32nd pick. We talk a bit about these players and what we think they bring to the table. In terms of the draft, we finish with the winners and losers of the draft. More important t...