Real Salt Lake beats St. Louis 3-0

With three matches left in the Big Sky women’s soccer regular season, Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado are unbeaten and tied atop the standings as 10 teams compete for six playoff places; Northern Colorado’s Ava Marshall and Utah Tech goalkeeper Emma McIff earned weekly honors. Madison’s soccer podcast turns from the team’s scoreless draw with Union Omaha to its Friday playoff match against Spokane and the league’s future. A preview of Soccer Laduma’s upcoming issue examines Kaizer Chiefs’ coaching instability, former Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela’s post-playing career, and Relebohile Mofokeng’s European options. In Utah, Real Salt Lake beat St. Louis City 3-0, while Utah Royals coverage looks ahead to a consequential matchup with Kansas City and reports the Royals’ 3-0 defeat to Angel City after two early red cards left them with nine players.