the women's league four years earlier and bought the rights to defunct franchise FC Kansas City. Controversy and end of ownership Following a player strike that caused the postponement of MLS matches on August 27, 2020, Hansen expressed his disappointment in an interview with radio station KXRK, also threatening to cease funding the club due to players not playing to show support for Black Lives Matter and to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake. The comments were criticized by prominent MLS and NBA players, which caused him to later retract his comments in an interview with ESPN700 and issue an apology. An article published later that day in The Athletic reported a history of alleged racist comments made by Hansen about or in the presence of Black employees at the Wasatch Group and in the RSL organization. Further allegations were also published in The Salt Lake Tribune, including Hansen's mimicking of Black employee's accents, triggering investigations from MLS and NWSL. On August 30, 2020, MLS and NWSL announced that Hansen would explore selling Real Salt Lake, Real Monarchs, and the Utah Royals. In December 2020, Utah Soccer LLC announced that the Royals would move to Kansas City while a new franchise in Utah would be re-established in 2023. Personal life Hansen and his first wife Karla Axtell had eight children. His daughter Robin played college soccer for the Utah State Aggies in 2012. He was later married in 1997 to Lynnette Hansen, a business executive and philanthropist. Hansen is currently married to Julie Aiken Hansen. Hansen is also an avid coin collector and acquired a rare 1894-S Barber dime for $1.3 million in 2019. References Living people People from Sevier County, Utah Real Salt Lake Real Monarchs Utah Royals FC Businesspeople from Utah American soccer chairmen and investors Major League Soccer owners Utah State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)