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Denver NWSL team
The Denver NWSL team is a future American professional women's soccer team that will be based in Denver, Colorado. They were awarded an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) on January 30, 2025, and will begin play in the 2026 season. HistoryIn July 2023, an investment group called For Denver FC, led by former soccer player Jordan Angeli, sports executive Tom Dunmore, and insurance executive Ben Hubbard, announced their plans to bid for a franchise in the NWSL or USL Super League.[1] They were joined by IMA Financial Group CEO Robert Cohen and venture capitalist Nicole Glaros.[2] Other members of the ownership group included Mellody Hobson and Jason Wright of Ariel Investments.[3] For Denver FC had been founded in 2022 as a grassroots group and organized outreach events, including watch parties for the United States women's national team during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] In November 2024, the NWSL announced that Denver was one of three finalists, alongside Cincinnati and Cleveland, to become the league's 16th team which would begin play in 2026.[5] Denver was officially awarded the expansion bid by NWSL on January 30, 2025, and will join as the league's 16th team in the 2026 season.[6] The ownership group, led by finance executive Rob Cohen, was reported by media outlets to have paid a league-record expansion fee of $110 million.[7][8] The team plans to build its own soccer-specific stadium and training facility at an undisclosed site in Denver proper. A temporary venue will be used in the interim, with several sites under consideration; Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the home of the Colorado Rapids, was ruled out of serious consideration.[4] They are the first professional women's sports team in Colorado since the Colorado Xplosion of the American Basketball Association folded in 1998.[4] References
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