SANDY, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – The Utah Royals keep rolling, and keep moving up the NWSL standings.
Kiana Palacios and Mina Tanaka scored goals as the Royals extended its unbeaten streak to nine with a 2-1 victory at home against Denver Summit Saturday.
Utah is now tied with Portland for first place with a record of 7-2-2. The Royals have already eclipsed last year’s win total with seven with 19 games left on the schedule.
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In the 20th minute, Cloe Lacasse stole the ball in the box, and Palacios rocketed home her first career goal to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.
Denver tied the match up just before halftime in the 44th minute when Delanie Sheehan found a cutting Yazmeen Ryan in the box, as the Royals gave up just its second goal in the last seven games.
But just as she did against Racing Louisville last week, Tanaka scored the go-ahead goal in the second half. After Lacasse was fouled at the edge of the box by Ayo Oke, Tanaka buried the penalty kick for her team-leading fourth goal of the season.
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The Royals next play a showdown for first place at Portland next Saturday.
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