2019 Utah Royals FC season
2019 season | |||
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File:URFC WordmarkLong Cobalt.svg | |||
Owner | Dell Loy Hansen | ||
Head Coach | Laura Harvey | ||
Stadium | Rio Tinto Stadium | ||
NWSL | 5th | ||
Top goalscorer | Amy Rodriguez (9) | ||
Highest home attendance | 18,015 vs Washington Spirit, April 20th, 2019 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,777 vs Sky Blue, June 15th, 2019 | ||
Average home league attendance | 10,774 | ||
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The 2019 Utah Royals FC season marks the team's second year of existence and its second season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid.[1] In an effort to improve on the team's 5th place finish in 2018, the Royals signed former Spanish international and Spain's all-time leading scorer Vero Boquete for the 2019 season.[2] Utah encountered numerous injury problems to start the season as both Brittany Ratcliffe and Taylor Lytle suffered season ending injuries before the season began.[3] Canadian international Diana Matheson suffered a toe injury with the Canadian National Team which would require surgery, this injury would also force her to miss the World Cup.[4] To help deal with these absences, Utah claimed Mallory Weber off waivers from the Portland Thorns FC.[5] Six members of the Royals would miss games due to their participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and Christen Press for the United States, Desiree Scott for Canada, Katie Bowen for New Zealand and Rachel Corsie for Scotland.[6] The Royals would lose another player at the end of June as defender Samantha Johnson announced her retirement from professional soccer.[7] Defender Kelley O'Hara suffered an ankle injury during the first USWNT victory tour match on August 3, she would miss the remainer of Utah's season due to this injury.[8] On August 14, Royals forward Christen Press was named NWSL Player of the Week for Week 17, this was the first time a player on the Utah Royals had received this award.[9] Press was also named Player of the Month for August, which was also a first for the club.[10] The Royals were eliminated from playoff contention on September 28 after their fourth consecutive loss.[11] Utah defender Becky Sauerbrunn was named 2019 NWSL Defender of the Year, this was her fourth time winning the award, as she had previously won it three times while playing for FC Kansas City.[12]
Competitions
Pre Season
March 20, 2019 | Long Beach State | 0–4 | Utah Royals FC | Long Beach, California |
19:00 |
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Stadium: George Allen Field |
March 23, 2019 | USC Trojans | v | Utah Royals FC | Long Beach, California |
12:15 | Report | Stadium: George Allen Field |
NWSL Regular Season
Overall Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Carolina Courage (C) | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 49 | NWSL Shield |
2 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 44 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 40 | |
4 | Reign FC | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 38 | |
5 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | |
6 | Utah Royals FC | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 34 | |
7 | Houston Dash | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 26 | |
8 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 20 | |
9 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 16 |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
24 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Last updated: October 12, 2019
Source: NWSL Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Results by round
- ↑ UTA's position at the end of the matchweek not the match itself.
Match results
April
April 20, 2019 1 | Utah Royals FC | 1–0 | Washington Spirit | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 pm MST | Labonta File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' | Report | Matthews Yellow card 26' | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,015 |
April 27, 2019 2 | Orlando Pride | 0–1 | Utah Royals FC | Orlando, Florida |
7:00 pm MST |
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Report | Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,640 Referee: Jon Freemon |
May
May 3, 2019 3 | Utah Royals FC | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 pm MST | Report |
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Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,556 |
May 11, 2019 4 | Utah Royals FC | 1–2 | Houston Dash | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 pm MST | Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' S. Johnson Yellow card 44' Corsie Yellow card 69' |
Report | Daly File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Hanson Yellow card 72' Nairn Yellow card 83' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 10,138 |
May 19, 2019 5 | North Carolina Courage | 1–1 | Utah Royals FC | Cary, North Carolina |
3:00 pm MST | Eddy File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' | Report | Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Rodriguez Yellow card 40' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,821 |
May 25, 2019 6 | Utah Royals FC | 2–0 | Orlando Pride | Sandy, Utah |
6:00 pm MST | Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' (pen) Doniak File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' |
Box | Weatherholt Yellow card 64' Callahan Yellow card 68' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 7,345 Referee: Karen Abt |
June
June 1, 2019 7 | Washington Spirit | 2–0 | Utah Royals FC | Boyds, Maryland |
7:00 pm MST | Box | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Referee: 4,575 |
June 15, 2019 8 | Utah Royals FC | 1–0 | Sky Blue FC | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MST |
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Box |
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Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 5,777 |
June 21, 2019 9 | Portland Thorns FC | 0–0 | Utah Royals FC | Portland, Oregon |
8:00 pm MST |
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Box |
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Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,581 |
June 28, 2019 10 | Utah Royals FC | 0–2 | Reign FC | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MST | Stengel Yellow card 84' | Box Report |
Fishlock File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Onumonu File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Groom Yellow card 49' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 6,910 |
July
July 12, 2019 11 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Utah Royals FC | Piscataway, New Jersey |
7:00 pm MST | James Yellow card 42' Flores Yellow card 77' Pierre-Louis Yellow card 88' Hoy File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,842 |
July 19, 2019 12 | Utah Royals FC | 2–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MST | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Corsie File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Report | Sinclair File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Foord Yellow card 83' Sauerbrunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (o.g) |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,931 |
July 27, 2019 13 | Utah Royals FC | 1–2 | North Carolina Courage | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MST | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' | Report | Hamilton File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' McDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 10,545 |
August
August 3, 2019 14 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–0 | Utah Royals FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
7:00 pm MST | Kerr File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Elby File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
Report | Jónsdóttir Yellow card 74' | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,335 |
August 7, 2019 15 | Utah Royals FC | 3–0 | Sky Blue FC | Sandy, Utah |
8:00 pm MST | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 29' Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' |
Report | Hoy Yellow card 60' Wright Yellow card 60' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 7,715 |
August 11, 2019 16 | Reign FC | 1–3 | Utah Royals FC | Tacoma, Washington |
7:00 pm MST | Long Yellow card 14' Groom File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Celia Yellow card 68' |
Report | Stengel File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' LaBonta File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Weber Yellow card 81' |
Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,939 |
August 17, 2019 17 | Orlando Pride | 0–2 | Utah Royals FC | Orlando, Florida |
7:00 pm MST | Edmonds Yellow card 63' | Report | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,279 |
August 21, 2019 18 | Washington Spirit | 0–0 | Utah Royals FC | Boyds, Maryland |
7:00 pm MST | Kellond-Knight Yellow card 5' | Report | Press Yellow card 50' | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,430 |
September
September 6, 2019 19 | Utah Royals FC | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 pm MST | Sauerbrunn File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Corsie Yellow card 65' Rodriguez Yellow card 78' |
Report | Sonnett Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 77' Horan Yellow card 80' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 10,897 |
September 13, 2019 20 | Houston Dash | 2–1 | Utah Royals FC | Houston, Texas |
7:00 pm MST | Huerta File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 62' Nairn Yellow card 87' |
Report | Jónsdóttir File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,538 |
September 21, 2019 21 | Utah Royals FC | 0–3 | North Carolina Courage | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 pm MST | Report | Mewis File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (p) O'Sullivan Yellow card 35' Hinkle File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Debinha File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 9,946 |
September 25, 2019 22 | Reign FC | 2–1 | Utah Royals FC | Tacoma, Washington |
7:00 pm MST | Balcer File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' McNabb Yellow card 77' Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' |
Box Report |
Stengel File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' | Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 5,015 |
Note: Game was rescheduled from September 18th due to unplayable field conditions |
September 28, 2019 23 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Utah Royals FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
7:00 pm MST | DiBernardo File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Short Yellow card 67' Nagasato File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
Report | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,839 |
October
October 12, 2019 24 | Utah Royals FC | 2-1 | Houston Dash | Sandy, Utah |
7:30 pm MST | Press File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Rodriguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Weber Yellow card 70' |
Report | Schmidt Yellow card 26' Romero Yellow card 29' Daly Yellow card 70' Mewis File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 9,513 |
Stats
- As of October 12, 2019
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Honors and awards
- As of October 24, 2019.
NWSL awards
Best XI
Player | Position | Ref |
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United States Becky Sauerbrunn | Defender | [13] |
United States Christen Press | Forward | [13] |
Second XI
Player | Position | Ref |
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United States Kelley O'Hara | Defender | [13] |
NWSL Monthly Awards
NWSL Player of the Month
Month | Result | Player | Ref. |
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August | Won | United States Christen Press | [10] |
NWSL Team of the Month
Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref |
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April | United States Becky Sauerbrunn | United States Christen Press | [14] | ||
May | Scotland Rachel Corsie | Spain Vero Boquete | United States Amy Rodriguez | [15] | |
June | United States Amy Rodriguez | [16] | |||
August | United States Lo'eau LaBonta | United States Christen Press United States Amy Rodriguez |
[17] |
NWSL Weekly Awards
NWSL Player of the Week
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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17 | Won | United States Christen Press | [18] |
NWSL Goal of the Week
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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2 | Nominated | United States Lo'Eau LaBonta | [19] |
3 | Nominated | United States Christen Press | [20] |
4 | Nominated | United States Amy Rodriguez | [21] |
5 | Nominated | United States Amy Rodriguez | [22] |
6 | Nominated | United States Amy Rodriguez | [23] |
7 | Nominated | United States Makenzy Doniak | [24] |
9 | Won | United States Amy Rodriguez | [25][26] |
14 | Won | United States Christen Press | [27] |
15 | Won | United States Christen Press | [28] |
17 | Won | United States Amy Rodriguez | [29] |
18 | Won | United States Christen Press | [30] |
21 | Won | United States Becky Sauerbrunn | [31] |
25 | Nominated | United States Amy Rodriguez | [30] |
NWSL Save of the Week
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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3 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [32] |
4 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [33] |
7 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [34] |
10 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [35] |
13 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [36] |
16 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [37] |
21 | Won | United States Nicole Barnhart | [38] |
24 | Nominated | United States Nicole Barnhart | [39] |
Club
Roster
- Age calculated as of the start of the 2019 season.
Player Transactions
- As of August 3, 2019''[2]
Transfers In
Player | Position | Previous Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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Spain Verónica Boquete | MF | China Beijing BG Phoenix | Signed [2] | 01/04/19 |
United States Gaby Vincent | DF | University of Louisville | Signed [43] | 04/17/19 |
United States Mallory Weber | FW | Portland Thorns FC | Acquired off the NWSL Waiver Wire [5] | 05/13/19 |
United States Raisa Strom-Okimoto | DF | University of Hawaii | Signed [44] | 07/26/19 |
United States Melissa Lowder | GK | Santa Clara University | Signed [44] | 07/26/19 |
Transfers Out
Player | Position | Next Club | Fees/Notes | Date |
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United States Alex Arlitt | DF | unattached | option declined | 10/01/18 |
Australia Katrina Gorry | MF | Australia Brisbane Roar[45] | option declined | 10/01/18 |
Norway Elise Thorsnes | FW | Norway LSK Kvinner[46] | option declined | 10/01/18 |
United States Samantha Johnson | DF | retired[7] | 06/28/19 |
2019 NWSL College Draft
- Source: National Women's Soccer League[47]
Round | Pick | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Previous Team |
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Round 3 | 23 | United States | Michelle Maemone | D | Pepperdine |
Round 3 | 26 | United States | Madeline Nolf | D | Penn State |
Round 4 | 32 | Peru | Alexandra Kimball | M | North Carolina |
References
- ↑ "Here's everything you need to know about the Utah Royals' women's soccer league, the NWSL". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Utah Royals FC Signs MF Vero Boquete". rsl.com. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Brittany Ratcliffe tears acl". April 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Canada's Matheson, McLeod ruled out of Women's World Cup with injury". May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Utah Royals FC Acquire Mallory Weber off NWSL Waiver Wire". rsl.com. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Utah Royals in France: A World Cup 2019 Preview". June 6, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Utah Royals lose 2-0 to the visiting Seattle Reign as Samantha Johnson retires from professional soccer". June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Kelley O'Hara #5". Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Utah Royals FC Forward Christen Press Selected as NWSL Player of the Week". August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "August Player of the Month: Christen Press". September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ↑ Vejar, Alex (September 28, 2019). "Utah Royals FC eliminated from playoffs with 2-1 loss to Chicago". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Utah Royals FC defender Becky Sauerbrunn named 2019 NWSL Defender of the Year". Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "2019 NWSL Best XI and Second XI announced". October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ Balf, Celia (May 3, 2019). "March Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ↑ "May Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ↑ "June Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ↑ "August Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 17 Player of the Week: Christen Press". August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 2 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 3 Goal of the Week nominees". April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 4 Goal of the Week nominees". May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 7 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League youtube. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 9 Goal of the Week nominees". June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 9 Goal of the Week". June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Fans selected forward Christen Press for Goal of the Week Friday against Portland Thorns FC". July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Christen Press, Utah Royals FC Week 15 Goal of the Week". July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Utah Royals FC forward Amy Rodriquez's tally against Sky Blue FC has been voted the Week 17 NWSL Goal of the Week". August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Christen Press, Utah Royals FC Week 18 #NWSL Goal of the Week". August 20, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Becky Sauerbrunn, Utah Royals FC Week 21 #NWSL Goal of the Week". September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 3 Save of the Week nominees". April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 4 Save of the Week nominees". May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 7 Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League youtube. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 10 Save of the Week nominees". NWSL twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 13 Save of the Week nominees". NWSL twitter. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 16 Save of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Nichole Barnhart, Utah Royals FC Week 21 #NWSL Save of the Week". September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Week 24 Save of the Week Nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Three Utah Royals FC Players Change Numbers for 2019 Season". March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ↑ "URFC Signs Michelle Maemone, Madeline Nolf and Gaby Vincent to Supplemental Roster". April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Utah Royals FC Promotes Three Players". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ↑ "URFC Signs Michelle Maemone, Madeline Nolf and Gaby Vincent to Supplemental Roster". rsl.com. April 17, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 "Such a pro already': Utah Royals FC rookie Gaby Vincent signs full contract with team". July 26, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Westfield Matildas star commits to Brisbane Roar". October 2, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Elise Thorsnes avslører hvorfor hun valgte LSK Kvinner". Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ "List: Every pick of the 2019 NWSL College Draft". National Women's Soccer League. January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.