NWSL officials on Thursday announced that Denver will onboard as the league's 16th franchise, with the city set to begin on-field play in 2026. The announcement followed more than a month of reporting and anticipation that pointed to Denver winning the bid over Cincinnati and Cleveland, the other finalist cities.

Denver will be named the winner of a new women’s pro soccer franchise—beating Clark’s Cincinnati bid in part because it plans to build a stadium.

Denver will have a new NWSL team by 2026, expanding the league's reach and marking the city's first major women's professional sports team.

Cincinnati did not land an NWSL team in the league's latest round of expansion. What does the future hold for the hopes of professional women's soccer in the Queen City?

U.S. women’s national team legend Carli Lloyd is lacing her boots up again. But don’t look for her in the National Women’s Soccer League. Lloyd will be playing with a collection of former USWNT teammates in The Soccer Tournament,

For Denver FC’s grassroots movement to rally the city around a bid for an NWSL paid off this month, when the league awarded Denver its 16th team, set to begin play in 2026.

Quinn has spent more than a decade on the CanWNT, winning two Olympic medals in the process. Now, they’re knocking off one more bucket list item: playing professionally in Canada, for the inaugural Northern Super League season.

Denver, Colorado, has secured a spot in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion and will host a new franchise starting in the 2026 season. The city's first professional women's sports team benefits from robust local support and is backed by the IMA Financial Group CEO,

Former National Women's Soccer League Rookie of the Year Jenna Nighswonger has joined Arsenal, the club announced Thursday. Nighswonger has played for Gotham FC since the 2023 season. Arsenal will pay an undisclosed fee for the 24-year-old defender.

Sportico previously reported the team was acquired for a record $110 million expansion fee, more than twice what Boston's ownership paid for its franchise

Five MLS franchises top $1 billion, with the average team worth $721 million, in Sportico's valuations announced on Thursday.