Declarations from the Royals Court: Functionally but not mathematically

Lucas Muller | RSL Soapbox Seventh is not a good feeling. The five point gap, six points if you take the Reign FC owning the tie break in to account, between the Royals and any hope of the post season feels as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon.

Every team has gut check moments in a season, those moments when finding a way to gather any points, any small victory, can snowball and propel them forward. Those moments when the team steps off the cliff and either flies forward and fails and crashes back down to the ground.

Chicago was a gut check moment. Utah didn’t pass.

It happens. Teams face a dozen or more gut checks a year. Sometimes, they face more than one in a single game. You win some, and…