[1] In an effort to improve on the team's 5th place finish in 2018, the Royals signed former Spanish international and Spain's all-time leading scorer Vero Boquete for the 2019 season.

[4] To help deal with these absences, Utah claimed Mallory Weber off waivers from the Portland Thorns FC.

[5] Six members of the Royals would miss games due to their participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and Christen Press for the United States, Desiree Scott for Canada, Katie Bowen for New Zealand and Rachel Corsie for Scotland.

[6] The Royals would lose another player at the end of June as defender Samantha Johnson announced her retirement from professional soccer.