Tag: Nwsl
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Denver Summit FC sits on the bubble: What to know about the playoffs | NWSL Insider
The NWSL playoffs are creeping closer, making each point crucial in the final seven match weeks. No team can get too comfortable, especially those on the cutoff line, including Denver Summit FC, which sits in 10th after a huge 3-0 win over No. 1 Gotham FC. The top eight teams get in. Denver (8-6-8, 30 points)…
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Colorado native Jaelin Howell finds home in Gotham FC | NWSL Insider
At the start of her professional soccer career, Jaelin Howell didn’t think she would be playing alongside world-class players, let alone win a championship with them. After being selected second overall in the 2022 NWSL draft out of Florida State, Howell’s next couple of years were rife with injury and adversity. It wasn’t until Gotham…
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Denver Summit FC’s Delanie Sheehan brings ‘critical’ experience with 100 NWSL appearances | NWSL Insider
Delanie Sheehan still finds it hard to call herself a veteran. After being selected by Gotham FC in the 2021 draft, it took the 27-year-old a while to find her groove in the league. She accepted a loan to Division I Feminine club Paris FC to improve her tactical skills before returning to Gotham to…
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Denver Summit FC minority owner, Colorado native Jordan Angeli reflects on club’s debut season | NWSL Insider
As a young girl in Englewood, Jordan Angeli dreamed of a professional women’s soccer team in Colorado. Angeli went on to play pro soccer until retiring in 2016, but later made her childhood dream a reality as a founder of the grassroots movement For Denver FC, which led to Denver Summit FC becoming the NWSL’s…
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Denver Summit FC looks to flip script in rematch against Spirit | NWSL Insider
Everything about Denver Summit FC’s home opener in March was perfect, except the outcome. While a draw with the 2025 NWSL championship runner-up is nothing to scoff at, coach Nick Cushing really wanted a win that day for the fans. He still does. That game at Empower Field at Mile High is long in the…
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Denver Summit FC opens Centennial Stadium with 2-1 statement win over Sophia Wilson and Portland Thorns
CENTENNIAL — In the grand opening of the first venue built for women’s professional sports in Colorado, Denver Summit FC delivered a memorable triumph. With temperatures in the 90s in the first match at 12,372-seat Centennial Stadium, Summit FC beat Portland Thorns FC 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd that couldn’t get enough. Windsor’s…
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Colorado superstars to reunite in first match at Denver Summit FC’s Centennial Stadium | NWSL Insider
The excitement around soccer this summer is palpable. The 2026 FIFA World Cup brought thrilling matches, loud watch parties and a new fanbase to the U.S. Men’s National Team. The final between Argentina and Spain is set for Sunday, but the fun is far from over. On the women’s side, fans have witnessed a new…
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NWSL free agency opens with notable names and five from Denver Summit FC | NWSL Insider
The National Women’s Soccer League 2027 free agency period opened July 1, and some notable names are pursuing their next steps. The league’s free agency period began July 1 under its collective bargaining agreement with the NWSL Players Association, allowing eligible free agents to begin negotiations for their 2027 Standard Player Agreements. At the start…
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Denver Summit FC drops 3-0 shutout to Kansas City Current in front of sold-out crowd
COMMERCE CITY • There may have been postgame fireworks, but they weren’t to celebrate the outcome. In Denver Summit FC’s first game in a month, the home team walked away with a disappointing 3-0 loss to the Kansas City Current on Friday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Kansas City’s Michelle Cooper scored first in the…
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Valor Christian’s Cori Dyke returns home to face Denver Summit FC with Orlando Pride | NWSL Insider
NWSL Insider: Denver Summit FC beat writer Marissa Kraus takes you around the NWSL — on and off the pitch: The last time Orlando Pride’s Cori Dyke played soccer in Colorado was in high school. A Littleton native, Dyke grew up traveling to tournaments around the state with various club teams and then as a standout…