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The NWSL kicks off its 12th season this weekend, with two new teams and a new media deal – Cache Valley Daily

Now that the National Women’s Soccer League has effectively distanced itself from the turbulence of two years ago, Commissioner Jessica Berman is extolling the league’s momentum heading into Season 12 and beyond. The NWSL has two new teams in Bay FC and the Utah Royals, a new media rights deal that will provide fans greater access to games and an infusion of international talent. “Really this is the table being set for the future of the league,” Berman said Thursday. “We believe that we reset the league in 2022, 2023 we established the foundation and this is the point we really feel like the league is going to take off.” It kicks off Friday with the Challenge Cup, a match at New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena between defending league champion Gotham FC and the San Diego Wave, who won the NWSL Shield for the best record last year. The regular season opens on Saturday, with the Portland Thorns visiting the Kansas City Current in the first NWSL game to be broadcast on ABC. The NWSL was marred by scandal in late 2021, when then-North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley was accused of sexual coercion and misconduct. He was immediately dismissed

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Bassett’s second-half goal lifts Rapids past Real Salt Lake 2-1 – Cache Valley Daily

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Cole Bassett scored a second-half goal and the Colorado Rapids collected their first win of the MLS season with a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Djordje Mihailovic’s pass was flicked by a defender back to Bassett, who fired his shot from the center of the 18-yard box that beat diving goalkeeper Gavin Beavers. Rafael Navarro scored on a penalty kick for the Rapids (1-1-1) in the 43rd. Chukwuemeka Eneli scored in the 22nd minute for Real Salt Lake (1-2-1). Eneli scored on a left-footed shot from close range to the center of the goal. Andrés Gómez had the assist. RSL was without midfielder Pablo Ruiz, who suffered a knee injury in practice three days after the team beat LAFC 3-0 on a snowy field on March 2. Colorado had 11 shots, including six on goal. RSL had nine shots with four on goal. Colorado goalkeeper Zack Steffen made three saves. Beavers finished with four saves. The victory gives the Rapids the first win in the quest for this season’s Rocky Mountain Cup. The teams meet again on May 18 at Sandy and in Colorado on July 20. Free News Delivery by Email

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Andrés Gómez has 2 goals, assist as Real Salt Lake blanks LAFC 3-0 in blizzard – Cache Valley Daily

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Andrés Gómez had two goals in the first half and added an assist to give Real Salt Lake a 3-0 home-opening win over LAFC in a game played in a near blizzard on Saturday. The start of the game was pushed back two hours because of the weather and just a couple minutes in was delayed almost an hour because of lightning. Gómez took a feed from Cristian Arango, made a nice touch on the slick field to get around the last defense and beat keeper Hugo Lloris one-on-one in the 18th minute. Gómez, who had one goal last season, got his second in the 41st minute when he took a back pass from Diego Luna and sent a ball into the corner. Gómez sent a cross into the box during first-half extra time and a sliding Arango redirected the ball into the net. He then made a snow angel to celebrate the goal against his former team. Zac MacMath made six saves for RSL (1-1-1) for his 61st shutout. LAFC (1-1-0) had a 16-10 edge in shots. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your

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St Louis City, Real Salt Lake play to 1-1 draw – Cache Valley Daily

St. Louis City SC forward Samuel Adeniran, right, shoots past Real Salt Lake defender Justen Glad (15) to score in the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, St. Louis. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Samuel Adeniran scored late in the second half to rally St. Louis City to a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Adeniran’s goal in St. Louis City’s opener came in the 79th minute, five minutes after Cristian Arango’s netter had given Real Salt Lake a 1-0 lead. Roman Bürki had two saves for St. Louis City. Zac MacMath saved two shots for Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake improves to 0-1-1 after losing its opener 2-0 to Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on Wednesday. St. Louis City won the Western Conference regular-season title in last year’s expansion season, leading the West with 62 goals. Real Salt Lake will play MLS Cup runners-up Los Angeles FC in its home opener on March 2. St. Louis City will host New York City FC on March 2. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your

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Lionel Messi gets an assist, Inter Miami opens MLS season with 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake – Cache Valley Daily

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi, front, falls to the field after coming into contact with Real Salt Lake midfielder Pablo Ruiz during the first half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Ruiz was given a yellow card on the play. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi had two Real Salt Lake defenders on either side of him, two more a few yards in front of him. He quickly tapped the ball away from them all with his left foot, to a spot where only teammate Robert Taylor could reach. Moments later, Inter Miami had the first goal of the Major League Soccer season. Taylor’s goal in the 39th minute set the tone, Diego Gómez added an insurance score in the 83rd minute and Inter Miami — to start Messi’s first full season with the club — opened the 29th season of MLS with a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Messi was in midseason form, darting through and around defenders, almost giving the sellout crowd what they wanted to see by nearly scoring on a free kick and then a corner kick midway through the first half. “I think the eyes of

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Dynamo advance to conference semifinals with 4-3 shootout win over Real Salt Lake – Cache Valley Daily

Houston Dynamo forward Corey Baird (11) slides into the stands as he celebrates his goal against Real Salt Lake during the first half of an MLS playoff soccer match Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) HOUSTON (AP) — Griffin Dorsey scored the decisive goal in a 4-3 shootout victory and the Houston Dynamo advanced to the Western Conference semifinals after a 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday in the rubber match of the first-round MLS Cup series. Houston (15-11-9), the fourth seed in the West, will play No. 8 seed Sporting Kansas City in the conference semifinals. The second-seeded Seattle Sounders host defending champion and No. 3 seed Los Angeles FC in the other semifinal. Houston took a 1-0 lead into halftime when Corey Baird took a pass from Héctor Herrera and scored in the 28th minute. It was the first career postseason goal for Baird, who spent his first three seasons in the league with Real Salt Lake. Diego Luna used assists from Bryan Oviedo and Braian Ojeda in the 65th minute to score the equalizer for Real Salt Lake. Both of Luna’s two career postseason goals came in this series. Luna and Danny

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Real Salt Lake forces rubber match with Dynamo after 5-4 shootout victory – Cache Valley Daily

Real Salt Lake forward Jefferson Savarino (10) celebrates after scoring against the Houston Dynamo during the second half of an MLS playoff soccer match Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jefferson Savarino scored the equalizer in the second half and Real Salt Lake forced a rubber match in the best-of-3 first-round series with a 5-4 shootout victory over the Houston Dynamo on Monday night. Amine Bassi gave Houston (14-12-9) a 1-0 halftime lead when he scored unassisted in the 28th minute, but he was denied a goal by Zac MacMath in the first round of the shootout. Savarino knotted the match in the 70th minute for Real Salt Lake (15-12-8), scoring unassisted. MacMath finished with four saves for RSL. Steve Clark saved two shots for the Dynamo. Cristian Arango, Damir Kreilach, Savarino, Brayan Vera and 20-year-old Diego Luna delivered goals in that order in the shootout for Real Salt Lake. Adalberto Carrasquilla, Thorleifur Úlfarsson, Griffin Dorsey and Nelson Quiñónes scored for the Dynamo after Bassi’s miss. Real Salt Lake snapped a three-match losing streak against Houston. The Dynamo, who had a 3-0 road victory over RSL in August, fall to 3-11-6 all

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Bassi, Herrera each score a goal as Dynamo beat RSL 2-1 in Game 1 – Cache Valley Daily

Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna, front left, collides with Houston Dynamo midfielder Artur, right, during the second half of an MLS playoff soccer match, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox) HOUSTON (AP) — Amine Bassi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, Héctor Herrera also scored a goal, and the Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 Saturday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round MLS Cup Playoffs series. Houston can clinch a berth in the conference semifinals with a win in Game 2 on Nov. 6 in Sandy, Utah. After an RSL giveaway in its defensive territory, Griffin Dorsey’s back-post shot was swatted away by goalkeeper Zac MacMath but Bassi blasted the put-back from the center of the penalty area into a wide-open net to give the Dynamo a 2-1 lead. Herrera gave Houston a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute, when he chest-trapped a pass from Adalberto Carrasquilla and then slipped a low left-footer into the net to make it 1-0. Diego Luna scored for Real Salt Lake in the 54th minute to make it 1-1, his first MLS Cup Playoffs goal. On the counter-attack, Anderson Julio played an arcing cross

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Real Salt Lake reaches 50-point mark for just the second time since 2015 – Cache Valley Daily

Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna (26) scores during the second half of an MLS soccer match against the New York Red Bulls Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Diego Luna scored in the 74th minute and Real Salt Lake beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (14-12-8) reached the 50-point mark for just the second time since 2015 (53 in 2019). RSL has 19 regular-season wins over Colorado since the start of the 2014 season. Colorado (5-17-12) lost only two of its last 10 regular-season matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids finished with just 17 points in 17 home games this season. Salt Lake goalkeeper Zac MacMath stopped six shots. Colorado goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez made four saves. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

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Galaxy, Real Salt Lake play to 2-2 draw, clinching top-four seed for LAFC – Cache Valley Daily

Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna, left, is congratulated by midfielder Maikel Chang, middle, and defender Jasper Loffelsend, after scoring against the LA Galaxy during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Diego Luna scored in the second half to help Real Salt Lake rally from two goals down to a 2-2 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night. Defending-champion Los Angeles FC clinched a top-four seed in the Western Conference with the tie by Real Salt Lake (13-12-8). The Galaxy (8-13-12), with 21-year-old Novak Mocovic making his first career appearance in goal, grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 7th minute when Dejan Joveljic took passes from Daniel Aguirre and Douglas Costa and scored his sixth goal of the season. Jovelic returned the favor, picking up an assist on Costa’s netter in the 34th minute to put the Galaxy up 2-0. It was Costa’s third goal this season. Real Salt Lake pulled within a goal by halftime when Anderson Julio used a pass from Nelson Palacio in the first minute of stoppage time to notch his fifth netter of the season. Luna netted

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