{"id":2342727,"date":"2026-03-23T21:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2342727"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:13:45","slug":"player-spotlight-welcome-to-the-wasatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/player-spotlight-welcome-to-the-wasatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Spotlight: Welcome to the Wasatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p><strong>Sunday, March 22, 2026 &#8211; America First Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Utah Royals FC returned to action in the Wasatch Front for the first time this season debuting its new \u201cSwarm\u201d alternate kit in front of 9,778 fans at America First Field. In search of its first win over San Diego Wave, URFC came up short in a narrow 2-1 defeat, a match highlighted by firsts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Arriving in the Beehive State midway through the 2025 NWSL campaign, attacker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsl.com\/utahroyals\/players\/lara-prasnikar\/\">Lara Pra\u0161nikar<\/a> has been hunting for her first goal with the Utah Royals. In the right place at the right time, Pra\u0161nikar volleyed a <strong>Clo\u00e9 Lacasse<\/strong> cross into the bottom right corner to then equalize the match at one goal apiece in the 67th minute, opening her URFC account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Pra\u0161nikar\u2019s goal marks the first scored by a Slovenian in the NWSL, only fitting for it to come by the reigning four time Slovenian Women\u2019s Footballer of the Year. Pra\u0161nikar has collected consecutive titles dating back to 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Welcoming new editions to the Beehive State, Royals fans caught their first glimpses of five URFC players making their first appearances in Sandy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Last week\u2019s history maker becoming the first Royal to score against Kansas City, <strong>Tatumn Milazzo<\/strong> was the lone debutante appearing in the Royals XI who logged 81 minutes in the defeat. Coming on as a halftime sub, <strong>Dayana Pierre-Louis<\/strong> became the second active Haitian born player to compete in the NWSL joining N\u00e9rilia Mond\u00e9sir<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p><strong>Kameron Simmonds<\/strong> and Utah native <strong>Courtney Brown<\/strong> subbed on 14 minutes into the second half for their first minutes in front of the Royals crowd, whilst newly announced loanee <strong>Alex Spaanstra<\/strong> subbed into the match for historic goalscorer Pra\u0161nikar in the 71\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"oc-c-body-part oc-c-body-part--text  \">\n<p>Utah Royals hit the road for a two-match road trip highlighted by the Club\u2019s first ever midweek game facing Washington Spirit on Wednesday Mar. 25 kicking off at 5:00 p.m . MT followed by its first ever matchup against NWSL Boston Legacy on Saturday Mar. 28 scheduled for 10:00am MT.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rsl.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, March 22, 2026 &#8211; America First Field Utah Royals FC returned to action in the Wasatch Front for the first time this season debuting its new \u201cSwarm\u201d alternate kit in front of 9,778 fans at America First Field. 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