Wasatch Soccer Sentinel
Another road game for Utah Royals FC (4-11-3, 15 points, 13th place) as they travel to Kansas City (10-3-5, 35 points, 3rd place) to face the Current at CPKC Stadium.
Match Details
Utah Royals FC @ Kansas City Current
CPKC Stadium | 5:30 pm MT
WATCH on ION TV
LISTEN via KSL Sports Radio (102.7 FM / 1160 AM)
What we're watching
Utah Royals FC are on a winning streak! Counting all competitions, including the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, and the past two weeks of NWSL games, Utah is on a four-game winning streak. Wild, huh? Who would have thought after a not-so-great start to the NWSL season before the Olympic break when the Royals were 2-11-3. And after last week's 3-1 win at the Houston Dash, Utah climbed to the 13th spot in the NWSL standings. According to OptaJack, Utah has more points (6) and goals (5) in their last two regular season games than their previous 10 matches (5 points and 4 goals).
There's obviously a long way to go for Utah to enter the post-season conversation. Utah Royals would have win the rest of their games to finish 11-11-3 to possibly have a chance to be a playoff team. But Interim Head Coach Jimmy Coenraets has the team looking more organized and prepared each game, and it's been noticed. On Friday, Kansas City's Head Coach Vlatko Andonoviski said, "We didn’t even look at the previous match because they are a lot more organized now. They’ve established structure. There is a certain way they want to play; they’re composed on the ball and want to breakdown teams methodically" (Quote via Jillian Carroll Letrinko on X, @JillianC_arroll).
