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Denver Summit Broke Ground at Santa Fe Yards. A Field of Her Own Is Coming.

Denver Summit FC broke ground on its permanent stadium at Santa Fe Yards, and this NWSL milestone is one I’ll be thinking about for a long time. On Thursday, October 1st,

Denver Summit Beat Chicago 3-0. Now They Need 9 Points and Some Help.

Denver Summit FC beat Chicago 3-0, and the two biggest names on the roster played exactly like it. Janine Sonis has 12 goals and six assists from left back, Lindsey Heaps

"We Probably Have to Win Out" Denver Summit Playoff Hopes After a 4-1 Loss in KC

Denver Summit FC led 1-0 in Kansas City and Abby Smith had just saved a penalty shot. Then the NWSL's only unbeaten home team scored three goals in 22 minutes. That's the

Denver Summit Can Jump Into a Playoff Spot Saturday. KC Stands in the Way.

Denver Summit FC can move into an NWSL playoff spot this weekend. It takes two results, and one of them is winning in a building where nobody has won all year. But first

Six Games to Save the Season: Bay FC 2-2 and Seattle Next

Eighteen points left. Five to make up. That's where we are after drawing 2-2 with Bay FC at Centennial, and it's why Wednesday night hurt the way it did. We led that gam

Denver Summit Gave Away Two Points They Couldn't Afford. Bay FC Is Next

Denver Summit FC went up 3-1 in Los Angeles with half an hour to play. Thirteen minutes later it was 3-3. Two points gone, and an NWSL playoff race that just got a whole

Tash Flint Interview: Denver Summit FC, Nick Cushing and That Shot (BONUS)

Denver Summit FC forward Tash Flint joins me this week, and folks, I've wanted this NWSL interview for a long time. You chant her name at the stadium. Now you get to hear

Denver Summit Just Beat the Best Team in the League. Angel City Is Next.

Denver Summit FC just beat the best defense in the NWSL 3-0, and it's the team we've been waiting for all season. Scoreless at half. Then three goals in the final forty-

Denver Summit FC: Nine Games Left and Four Points From an NWSL Playoff Spot

Denver Summit FC beat the Chicago Stars 6-1 at Centennial Stadium, the most goals any NWSL team has scored in a single match this season, and I've got a lot to say about

Denver Summit FC Host Chicago Stars: The One They're Supposed to Win

Chicago has scored two goals on the road all season. One win, no draws, ten losses away from home. They are last in the NWSL and they come to Centennial Stadium on Saturd

Denver Summit FC Had the Ball All Night in Portland and Lost

Denver Summit FC held 62.5% of the ball at Portland, got into the Thorns' box 29 times, and lost 1-0 in an NWSL road match that looked nothing like the scoreline. Abby S

A Point on the Road — Abby Smith's 300th and Eva Gaetino's Injury

Denver Summit FC take a point on the road in a 1-1 draw at San Diego Wave, and this NWSL recap starts with the news: Eva Gaetino came off in the 16th minute holding her h

Denver Summit FC Lost Every Stat and Beat Utah Anyway

Denver Summit FC beat the Utah Royals 2-1 on Saturday night, and every number from that match says they shouldn't have. Utah out-shot them 18 to 12 and doubled them on ex

Seventeen Shots, Zero Chances: Denver Summit FC's Real Problem

Denver Summit FC have spent this whole season creating chances and not finishing them — and after Wednesday's 0-2 loss to the North Carolina Courage, that story doesn't h

Nick Cushing on Denver Summit's Finishing Crisis

Denver Summit FC's leading goal scorer this season is a center back — and after Sunday's 1-1 draw with Boston Legacy, that's not a fun trivia answer anymore, it's the who

Denver Summit Loses at Washington Despite Doubling xG

Denver Summit FC doubled Washington Spirit's expected goals in this week's NWSL matchup, out-shot the league's number one team 17-13, and still lost 1-0 — on a shot with

Denver Summit FC Open New Stadium With a Win

A rookie defender came off the bench and won the first match ever played at Centennial Stadium by scoring her first ever NWSL goal. That's how Denver Summit beat the Port

Denver Summit Host Portland Thorns: The Table Says Portland. The Numbers Say Otherwise.

Portland is 3rd in the NWSL. Denver is 11th. Eleven points apart. I ran the numbers anyway, and Portland's expected-goal difference is actually worse than Denver's — the

Summit Draw Houston Dash as Cheap Goals Cost Denver Again

Yazmeen Ryan scored her third goal of the season Sunday — a rocket into the top corner against the team that gave her the Golden Boot a year ago. Denver Summit FC acquire

Lindsey Heaps Is Here: Denver Summit FC's # 10

Lindsey Heaps is in the building, and this episode is about what that actually means. One hundred seventy-six caps for the United States. Forty international goals. A Wo