Real Salt Lake Women Explained

Clubname:	RSL Women
Fullname:	Real Salt Lake Women
Founded:	2008
Stadium:	Clyde Field, Utah Valley University Orem, Utah
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	Real Salt Lake
League:	United Women's Soccer
American:	true

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.

Utah Royals FC of the National Women's Soccer League, also owned by Real Salt Lake, created a reserve team that would start play in the Women's Premier Soccer League in 2019. RSL Women was thus folded on January 9, 2019.^[1]

Players

Notable former players

• Michele Vasconcelos, Drafted by the Chicago Red Stars (2017)^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Mariah Nogueira, Former player for the Seattle Reign

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	National Open
2008	2	WPSL	5th, Big Sky - North	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2009	2	WPSL	2nd, Big Sky - North
2010	2	WPSL	4th, Big Sky - North
2011	2	WPSL	3rd, Big Sky - North		Runners-up
2012	2	WPSL	1st, Big Sky - North	National Semifinalists	Semifinalists
2013	2	WPSL	2nd, Big Sky - North	Did not qualify	Runners-up
2014	2	WPSL	3rd, Pacific - North		Tie-fourth
2015	2	WPSL	3rd, Big Sky	WPSL Elite Final	Did not enter
2016	2	UWS	2nd, West	Did not qualify
2017	2	UWS	3nd, West	Did not qualify
2018	2	UWS	4th, West	Did not qualify

Honors

• USASA National Women's Open
  • Runners-up: 2011
  • Semifinals: 2012
• USASA National Women's Amateur
  • Runners-up: 2013
• WPSL Playoffs
  • Semifinals: 2012
  • Big Sky Champions: 2012
  • WPSL Elite Champions: 2015

Coaches

• Dennis Burrows 2008–2014
• Jeff Ginn 2015–2016
• Mark Davis 2016–2019

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Stadium

• Physical Education Playfield at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah 2008
• Woods Cross High School Stadium at Woods Cross High School, Woods Cross, Utah 2009
• Beetdigger Stadium at Jordan High School, Sandy, Utah, 2010-2013
• Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah 2012-2013
• America First Field, Sandy, Utah 2014
• Ute Field, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015
• Davis and East High Schools, Salt Lake City, Utah 2016
• Clyde Field, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah 2017-2018

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See also

• Utah Royals FC
• Utah soccer clubs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Utah Royals FC Introduces Utah Royals FC Reserves as WPSL Affiliate. Real Salt Lake. January 9, 2019. March 18, 2019.
2. Web site: Chicago Gains Three in 2017 NWSL College Draft. 13 January 2017.
3. Web site: Local college standouts build unity, wins with RSL Women. Sean. Walker. KSL. July 6, 2016. May 16, 2018.
4. Web site: BYU's Hatch, Vasconcelos selected in top 11 picks of pro women's soccer draft. Sean. Walker. KSL. January 12, 2017. May 16, 2018.
5. Web site: Home. Real Salt Lake Women.
6. Web site: Game Schedule - 2017 Regular Season - Real Salt Lake Women. www.uwssoccer.com.