4 Takeaways as the Boston Legacy fall to Utah at home (Gallery)

FOXBOROUGH - The franchise’s first win continues to evade Boston Legacy FC. On Saturday, the club had a chance for a victory, hosting the previously winless Utah Royals, but the visitors walked away with a 2-1 win. Boston had five more shots than Utah and two more on target, but an early two-goal deficit proved too much.

Still, Filipa Patão is not going to let her team be dissuaded just three games into the year. “I think it’s about confidence inside the actions that you do,” Patão said. “When you start to have the confidence that this process works, it’s easier after that because you really know, okay, we are capable of doing that.

“What we felt as a team today was exactly this. We didn’t score more goals than the opponents, but we were better, we create, we play a good football... ” For how the Legacy fell to the Royals and where they go from here, here are four takeaways.

Legacy not earning any favors with the officials Entering Saturday’s contest, the Legacy were one of the most penalized teams in the league. Boston collected six yellow cards, the most in the NWSL in its first two matches, and continued that trend against Utah. In the first half alone, Aïssata Traoré, Annie Karich, and Ella Stevens each received yellow cards.