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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.
The NWSL kicked off with eight teams in 2013, following the collapse of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001-03) and Women's Professional Soccer (2009-11).
The NWSL kicked off with eight teams in 2013, following the collapse of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001-03) and Women's Professional Soccer (2009-11).
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).
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.
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).
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.
Arnim Whisler was a co-founding owner of the Chicago Red Stars in 2007 in the Women's Professional Soccer, the top American league at the time. [8] [9] He was owner of the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL from the inception of the league in 2012 [10] until September 1, 2023, when Whisler and all minority owners of the Red Stars sold their stakes to an investment group led by Laura Ricketts, which ...