Monday Morning Wakeup: Royals move into Top 4 on Week 12

Megan Rapinoe, whose 2nd half penalty was saved, heads a ball against the Washington Spirit on Saturday (photo copyright EriMac Photo for The Equalizer)

2018 NWSL
Table

	W	L	D	GF	GA	PTS
North Carolina Courage	9	1	3	24	12	30
Seattle Reign FC	5	2	4	13	8	19
Orlando Pride	5	3	4	19	15	19
Utah Royals FC	4	2	5	10	8	17
Portland Thorns FC	4	4	4	16	17	16
Chicago Red Stars	3	3	7	17	17	16
Houston Dash	3	4	5	13	17	14
Washington Spirit	2	7	4	10	17	10
Sky Blue FC	0	9	2	8	19	2

Equalizer Podcast! Richard and Claire decided to deactivate Dan as part of the looming trade that now hangs overall of NWSL. They discussed said trade at length as well!

Week 12 Results and Attendances

Saturday (recaps)

Washington Spirit 0, Chicago Red Stars 0
Utah Royals FC 1, North Carolina Courage 0
Orlando Pride 3, Sky Blue FC 2
Chicago Red Stars 1, Portland Thorns FC 1 (Short, DiBernardo return)

Attendances for the Week

Washington: 3,509
North Carolina: 5,164
Orlando: 4,445
Chicago: 4,093

What They Said

"The game is never over." #ORLvNJ | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/wciwTOUdEU

— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) June 17, 2018

“I reacted like we had just won the world cup! I was so happy because it is so hard coming here. We won, and we did what we had to do. We worked as a team and we fought hard.”

?: https://t.co/ic5L5s3c01 pic.twitter.com/TZJIPp7vc1

— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) June 18, 2018

Week 13 Schedule

Friday
Portland Thorns FC at Houston Dash, 8:30 p.m. EDT

Saturday
North Carolina Courage at Seattle Reign FC, 4:00 p.m. EDT
Orlando Pride at Washington Spirit, 7:00 p.m. EDT (ESPNews)
Utah Royals FC at Chicago Red Stars, 8:00 p.m. EDT