Let’s start with some news. It appears that the new Real Salt Lake owners David Blitzer and Ryan Smith are looking to change the culture of the organization and bring back its women’s team to life.
The Utah Royals FC folded in 2020, just three years after its inception due to a chaotic year filled with racial allegations directed at former owner Dell Loy Hansen and other members of the organization. Major League Soccer and the NWSL conducted investigations, which concluded in the leagues forcing Hansen to sell the Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals and Real Monarchs – the club’s development team – after Major League Soccer and the NWSL concluded investigations. However, it appears that women’s soccer will make a return to Utah in 2023.
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— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) January 6, 2022
Blitzer appears to be fully invested in bringing back soccer to Salt Lake, something that would elevate the USA’s top-flight women’s soccer league.
FA Women’s Super League Matchday 11
Three of the first six FA WSL games of 2022 were postponed due to players testing positive for Covid-19. Games between Aston Villa and Everton, West Ham United and Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City will be postponed.
- Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Manchester City Sunday, Jan. 9, at 7 a.m. ET (Available on ATA Football)
- Reading vs. Leicester City on Sunday, Jan. 9, at 9 a.m. ET
- Birmingham City vs. Arsenal on Sunday, Jan. 9, at 9 a.m. ET
How to watch Madrid CFF vs. Sevilla
ATA Football will exclusively stream a Liga Iberdrola match between Madrid CFF and Sevilla on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 6 a.m. ET. The game will also stream live on nbcsports.com in the USA.
The two teams find themselves in the middle pack of the league table and look to an end to their respective bad form. Madrid has won one and lost four of their last five games. On the other hand, Sevilla has tied three and lost two of their previous five matches.
The Best FIFA Awards 2021 nominees
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 ceremony will go down on Jan. 17, 2022. Here are the nominees for the women’s awards:
The Best FIFA Women’s Player
- Stina Blackstenius – Sweden / BK Häcken
- Aitana Bonmatí – Spain / FC Barcelona
- Lucy Bronze – England / Manchester City WFC
- Magdalena Eriksson – Sweden / Chelsea FCW
- Caroline Graham Hansen – Norway / FC Barcelona
- Pernille Harder – Denmark / Chelsea FCW
- Jennifer Hermoso – Spain / FC Barcelona
- Ji Soyun – Korea Republic / Chelsea FCW
- Sam Kerr – Australia / Chelsea FCW
- Vivianne Miedema – Netherlands / Arsenal WFC
- Alexia Putellas – Spain / FC Barcelona
- Christine Sinclair – Canada / Portland Thorns FC
- Ellen White – England / Manchester City WFC
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach (Finalists)
- Lluis Cortes – FC Barcelona F
- Emma Hayes – Chelsea FCW
- Sarina Wiegman – Dutch women’s national team
The Best Women’s Goalkeeper (Finalists)
- Stephanie Labbe – Canada / FC Rosengard & Paris Saint-Germain
- Christiane Endler – Chile / Paris Saint-Germain & Olympique Lyonnais
- Ann-Katrin Berger – Germany / Chelsea FCW