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On November 16, 2017, Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer announced that it had acquired a franchise in the National Women's Soccer League. [4] On November 20, 2017, the league announced that FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League would fold their club, and the team's player contracts, draft picks, and other rights would be transferred to the new Salt Lake City club. [5]
A women's soccer team, called Real Salt Lake Women, was founded in 2008. The team is currently a member of the Western Division of United Women's Soccer, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, and plays its home games at Ute Field, on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Real Salt Lake Women (previously known as Salt Lake United and Sparta Salt Lake) was an American women's soccer team that was founded in 2008. The team was a founding member of United Women's Soccer league, in the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2008-2015.
The Salt Lake Buzz, Stingers, and Bees are various names for the same Pacific Coast League team. After the 2020 NWSL season, Utah Royals FC folded amid a controversy surrounding the principal owner of its parent club, Real Salt Lake, that led to that team's sale. The Royals' player-related assets were assumed by a new ownership group in Kansas ...
The 2024 Utah Royals season marks the team's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid. This season marks the team's first since 2020, after which the original club relocated to become the Kansas City Current. [1] The club plays its home games at America First Field ...
It is the home of Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The stadium opened on October 9, 2008, and seats 20,213 for soccer, but can be expanded to over 25,000 for concerts. [3]
The NWSL kicked off with eight teams in 2013, following the collapse of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001-03) and Women's Professional Soccer (2009-11).
In 2016, the Real Salt Lake Women joined United Women’s Soccer as the move to NWSL appeared less imminent and the Monarchs began USL play in 2017 at Zion Bank Stadium. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Meanwhile, FC Kansas City , two-time NWSL champions, faced operational challenges during the 2016–2017 offseason, including a scandal, search for new management ...