Utah Royals concede report 5 objectives in defeat in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An equalizer simply earlier than halftime gave the Utah Royals false hope as a 1-1 tie gave solution to a 5-1 loss in Louisville to drop the staff to 1-4 on the season.

Uchenna Kanu opened the scoring for Louisville within the twenty sixth minute, and the tying aim for Utah got here from BYU alumna Olivia Griffitts on a robust strike throughout aim within the third minute of first-half stoppage time.

The house staff went on to attain 4 objectives within the second half, nonetheless, capped off by two within the closing minutes to ship a depleted Royals staff dwelling defeated.

The 5 objectives from Louisville are probably the most the Royals have conceded courting again to the staff’s earlier iteration and the four-goal deficit ties the most important shedding margin set in a 4-0 loss to Portland in July 2018.

Utah managed simply two pictures on aim to 10 for Louisville in what grew to become a beating of a Royals staff lacking six gamers on the highway. Madison Pogarch conceded a penalty to Louisville within the 78th minute, a stat the Royals now begrudgingly lead the NWSL in.

The barrage of objectives put a damper on an in any other case thrilling day for Utah as Griffitts scored her first skilled aim and Kaysville native Mikayla Cluff made her first begin for the Royals this season.

The beginning midfield of Agnes Nyberg (hip) and Dana Foederer (concussion) was unavailable Saturday attributable to accidents, giving solution to Cluff and rookie Zoe Burns, with first-overall choose Ally Sentnor additionally sliding again right into a midfield position.

The Royals will hope to get wholesome and again on monitor after they return to Utah to tackle the Houston Sprint subsequent Saturday at 7:30 p.m. MDT at America First Discipline.

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