Gail Miller is all in on the Utah Royals — and wants Utah to join her

Gail Miller never thought she’d own a professional women’s sports team again. Over two decades after she and her husband’s WNBA team, the Utah Starzz, moved to San Antonio, Miller reentered the world of women’s sports when The Larry H. Miller Company purchased the NWSL’s Utah Royals FC, along with MLS’s Real Salt Lake, in April 2025. A year later, Miller’s Royals play the Washington Spirit in the semifinals of the NWSL playoffs on Saturday — just two wins shy of the team’s first NWSL championship. Miller was there for the No. 7 Royals’ upset of No. 2 San Diego Wave FC in the quarterfinals. “Oh, it was electric,” she told the Deseret News. “It was so fun to be in an opposing stadium with a win, and especially after how well they played. That’s a big field to defend, and then to be aggressive too, it really showed their talent. It was fun to be there.” On the eve of the Royals’ semifinal match, the Deseret News sat down with Miller at The Larry H. Miller Company office in Sandy, Utah.

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