‘I know that the Lord has a plan’: Utah Royals FC midfielder leaned on her faith following another devastating injury

It’s safe to say Alex Loera’s first season as a Utah Royal didn’t go according to plan.

That’s the biggest lesson she’s learned this season, the midfielder told reporters during exit interviews Friday.

“I think it’s exactly that — that even when we have ideas and visions for ourselves, it doesn’t always go that way, and so just being adaptable, understanding that it may not be exactly the way I wanted,” Loera said.

Eight days after returning to the pitch from a devastating ACL injury, Loera tore her ACL a second time — in the same knee — during training. Through it all, Loera has leaned on her Christian faith.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever get answers for why this happens on this side of the Earth, but I don’t need them because I know that he knows all and I just lean into that,” she said