Playoffs are underway!! Game one in H-town

Royalty is actually returning! Let's fill the stadium this and every weekend!

Get your Utah Royals season opener preview in this episode. Sean, Stockton, Brooke, and Maggie go through highlights (internet sleuthing) from preseason and take a look at the Chicago Red Stars rebuild ahead of Saturday's kickoff. They make their final episode of assumption-based tactics, lineups, and more - and look forward to seeing the many working pieces come together on the field this weekend. 

Join the boys at Royal Riot as we talk all things RSL once again. We recap the thrilling snow match against LAFC, and at the 45 minute mark we bring on RSL staff members Delmy Barillias and Kiki Solanos! We talk about their careers, and have a fun lengthy discussion.

Join the boys as we are here for another episode covering all thing Real Salt Lake. RSL suffered a 2-0 loss in the season opener against title favorites Miami and Messi. Then on a short week they traveled to St Louis and fought for a 1-1 draw. We recap these matches, and preview the upcoming against LAFC.

It's NWSL Kit Drop Day! VP of Marketing & Game Production, Tyler Gibbons, joins the Royal Riot crew to talk through Utah Royals branding, the lengthy process of kit making, and what it means to be One Utah. 

Kate Del Fava joins us on this episode for a trip down memory lane... she recaps her Wisconsin childhood, her phenomenal college career at Illinois State, and talks candidly about coming back to the Utah Royals after being drafted here initially in 2020. Sean, Stockton, and Brooke test her Utah knowledge with a trivia game and embarass Kate with the resurfacing of her old home video 'Kate's Animal Hospital'. 

Kate's interview starts at 16:50, but true fans will listen the whole way through and let us know if they've ever asked a dumber question than our very own, Sir Sean Moran. 

Join the boys as we are here once again to talk all things RSL. We start off with some US Open Cup discourse, then talk about the St Louis City match on saturday, and then talk about the match against Messi and Miami. We bring on Daniel Solana from 'This Is Futbol' podcast to give us the rundown!

Join the boys at Royal Riot as we discuss everything RSL. We discuss the latest transfer rumors, ideas and all the offseason juicy details. Then we go into an exlusive interview with the creator of the Kit Tyler Gibbons! He tells us all about why the kit looks the way it does. 

Welcome back to Royal Riot! We're covering all things Utah Royals today with special guest and friend of the pod, Carla Swensen-Haslam. Carla graced the crew with on-field insight into key Royals players, perspectives from the broadcast booth, and recapped her summer with Refugee Soccer.
We honor National Girls and Women in Sports Day, give away too much personal information, and continue the countdown to the Royals home opener!

• Learn more about Refugee Soccer at refugeesoccer.org, and shebelongs.org.
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day and Recreation Clinic at Westminster University 
  https://westminsteru.edu/about/community-engagement/camps/national-girls-and-women-in-sports-day-and-recreation-clinic/index.html

The Royal Riot crew is joined by the #1 draft pick Ally Sentnor on today's episode! She breaks down the chaos and fun of draft night, fangirling over the Utah mountains and crafting her perfect drive-thru soda order. 

Meanwhile, Sean geeks out over his media day experience, Maggie severely overestimates the stadium capacity, Stockton is sticker-shocked by the NWSL soccer ball price and Brooke remains happily employed.

Thanks for listening and be sure to stay tuned in as the countdown to the 2024 NWSL season begins! 

#LoyaltotheRoyal 

Join Mattey and Hayden at Royal Riot as we interview our first Real Salt Lake coach! GK coach Mirza Harambasic joins the episode to discuss what it takes to be a professional goalkeeper, and what RSL fans shoud look out for coming into the 2024 MLS season.