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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.
In July 2023, an investment group named For Denver For Colorado (For Denver FC) and including former player Jordan Angeli, Major League Cricket marketing executive Tom Dunmore, and Ben Hubbard, CEO of supply-chain insurance firm Parsyl, launched a public campaign to bid for either an NWSL or USL Super League team in the Denver, Colorado market ...
The league also plays the NWSL Challenge Cup, which since 2024 is a single-game super cup between the current NWSL Shield holder and current NWSL Champion. The Challenge Cup originated in 2020 as a way for all teams to return to play after the halt from the COVID-19 pandemic (though one team had to drop out because of COVID).
Denver to join NWSL as 16th franchise in 2026. Field Level Media. January 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM. Sep 30, 2023; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; A general view of the game ball before the game ...
He became chairman of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2006. [1] [2] Cohen has long been involved in sports in Denver. He was part of the group that secured funding for the Invesco Field at Mile High football stadium, which opened in 2001, housing the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Seattle Reign FC hold the record for most NWSL Shields, at three, and have finished as runners-up in three NWSL Championship games. [19] [20] The "double"—an NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield in the same season—has been won three times: by the North Carolina Courage in 2018 and 2019, and by the Orlando Pride in 2024.
The Denver ownership group is set to pay an NWSL-record $110 million franchise fee, multiple media outlets reported on Jan. 2. Denver emerged from a finalists group that also included bids from ...
The league formally announced on Thursday that Denver was awarded the 16th NWSL team, set to start play in 2026. It will become the city's first top-tier women's professional team.