Royal Riot

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.

Today's episode features all things Utah Royals! Catch up with Maggie, Sean, Stockton, and Brooke as they recap the 2024 NWSL Draft selections, compare their mock starting elevens, and wonder if they're seeing ghosts. 

The Royals had the #1 overall pick, going with a dynamic attacking player, Ally Sentnor (M/F) from the University of North Carolina. Sentnor also plays for the U-20 National Team and is a budding star. Alongside Sentnor in the first round, the #4 overall pick keeps Sandy's homegrown talent Brecken Mozingo (M/F) in Utah after her historic career at BYU. 

Additional picks:
Round 2 - #16 Lauren Flynn - Defender - FSU
Round 2 - #20 Olivia Smith-Griffitts - Defender - BYU
Round 2 - #26 Emma Jaskaniec - M/F - Wisconsin
Round 3 - #29 Zoe Burns - D/M - USC
Round 3 - #33 Cristina Roque - Goalkeeper - FSU

Thanks for listening - see you next time! #LoyaltotheRoyal

Join the crew at Royal Riot as Brooke, Hayden, Maggie and new host Mattey talk all about Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals. We talk about the MLS rule changes, the US Open Cup dibacle and of course the schedule announcement. About minute 55 we switch to talking about all things Utah Royals! Maggie and Brooke give us the rundown on all the new players, the expansion draft(yuck) and so much more. We have DAWGS. 

Welcome back to Royal Riot! Sean, Brooke, Stockton, and Maggie talk about this week's expansion draft and the chaotic nature of the NWSL. They are joined by the first player signed in Royals 2.0 history, midfielder and local legend, Mikayla Cluff! They chat about her background and what she's most excited about in the 2024 season. Buckle up Royal's fans... it's going to be an exciting week!

Welcome back to Royal Riot! On today's episode, Maggie, Brooke, Sean and Stockton go through the Royal's first player signings, from traded players to free agents and everything in between. They go over key dates for the Expansion Draft, the 2024 NWSL Draft, and what fans should expect as the roster continues to take shape. 

Small technical difficulties mean we lost Stockton midway through and a great conversation about the latest free agency signing, Imani Dorsey. 

Names to know - 
Mikayla Cluff
Kaleigh Riehl
Emily Gray
Frankie Tagliaferri
Michele Vasconcelos
Imani Dorsey

Important dates - 
December 15, 2023 - NWSL Expansion Draft 
January 12, 2024 - 2024 NWSL Draft (Utah Royals have first overall pick)

Welcome back to another episode of Royal Riot. To begin this episode, beloved host LD gives a beautiful thank you to RSL nation. We then welcome on Houston Dynamo podcaster and Comedian "Finnister" we go over all of the RSL Houston drama from game 2 where RSL emerged with the W on penalties. Then of course we preview what needs to happen for both clubs to get out of saturday and move on.

Join us on another episode of Royal Riot as we discuss all things Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals! One of our hosts, Eldy(LD) and his wife, Amy found out that Amy has stage two breast cancer. Amy will be starting chemotherapy soon, and we as the RSL and Royals family need to rally around to help their family. We have merchandise that can be purchased at royalriotpodstore.com with 100% going to their family, and we also have a gofundme with 100% going to their family as well. LD is a beloved host and we are praying for Amy to have a quick and full recovery. We love their family!

In this episode we talk about NWSL, the Royals news and then at the 55:00 we bring on Cisco Terreros who is a FIFA agent! He talks to us about his bright young superstars all over the world, including Linda Caicedo who is the #9 player in the world! He talks to us about NWSL as a whole, and more specifically the Royals and his keys to success. He then jumps into RSL talk and talks what we as RSL fans should expect from the orginization. 

Join us as we discuss the Colorado game (last game of the regular season!), the upcoming playoff format and series prediction for each playoff matchup, our own version of general manager choosing who to keep and who will go, and the upcoming games against Houston!  We are so grateful for all the love and support from our listeners, we are excited to about the playoffs and we hope we will make a deep run in the western conference. Don't forget to leave a review and let us know how you like the podcast!

With a draw against LA Galaxy, we have cemented our spot in this year's playoffs, something rarely seen as an RSL fan! This episode will break down the draw again LA Galaxy, we will discuss the recently released salary list, the debut of the two youngsters for RSL, and the upcoming final regular season game of 2023 against the Crapids! Tune in next week for the final regular season and the pre-playoffs episode!!

Join the boys as we discuss the disappointing 3-2 loss to rivals Sporting Kansas City! We go deep dive into this game as we cover the early red card, the Luna substitute and of course the Vera BANGER. Thank you for your support!

Join the boys as we discuss the crazy 1-0 win in LAFC! We discuss what lead to that win, and of course we talk about the upcoming playoffs as RSL had officially clinched a spot in the 2023 post season