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 United Women's Soccer (UWS, also commonly abbreviated UWS) is a second-division pro-am women's soccer league in the United States. The league was founded in 2015 as a response to the dual problems of disorganization in the WPSL and of the fold ...

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 The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is the top amateur league for women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, below only National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). ...

from 2008-2015.

Utah Royals FC Utah Royals FC was an American women's professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah. Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion club, the Royals played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2018 ...

of the National Women's Soccer League, also owned by

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, created a reserve team that would start play in the

in 2019. RSL Women was thus folded on January 9, 2019.

Players

Notable former players

* Michele Vasconcelos, Drafted by the

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(2017) * Mariah Nogueira, Former player for the

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Year-by-year

Honors

* USASA National Women's Open **''Runners-up'': 2011 **''Semifinals'':

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**Runners-up:

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* WPSL Playoffs **''Semifinals'':

**Big Sky Champions: 2012 **WPSL Elite Champions: 2015

Coaches

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

Stadium

* Physical Education Playfield at

Weber State University Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History Weber State University was founded ...

, 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 Sandy is a city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, located in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population of Sandy was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah. The population is currently estimated ...

, 2010-2013 *

Rio Tinto Stadium America First Field (formerly Rio Tinto Stadium and referred to as The RioT) is an American soccer-specific stadium in Sandy, Utah, that serves as home stadium for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. The stadium opened on October 9, 2008, ...

2012-2013 *

America First Field America First Field (formerly Rio Tinto Stadium and referred to as The RioT) is an American soccer-specific stadium in Sandy, Utah, that serves as home stadium for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. The stadium opened on October 9, 2008, ...

2014 * Ute Field,

Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

2015 *Davis and East High Schools,

2016 *Clyde Field, Utah Valley University,

Orem, Utah Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is approximately south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Me ...

2017-2018

References

External links

* Real Salt Lake United Women's Soccer teams Women's soccer clubs in the United States Soccer clubs in Salt Lake City 2008 establishments in Utah 2019 disestablishments in Utah Association football clubs established in 2008 Association football clubs disestablished in 2019 {{Utah-footyclub-stub