The National Women's Soccer League on Thursday formally announced Denver was awarded the 16th team, set to start play in 2026. It will become the city's first top-tier women's professional team.

The latest: He and Gov. Jared Polis joined National Women's Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman on Thursday to celebrate Denver becoming home to the 16th NWSL club. The yet-to-be-named team expects to start competing in 2026.

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.

The National Women's Soccer League officially announced the creation of a new team in Denver on Thursday. The franchise will begin play in the 2026 season. "I have the great honor of awarding the 16th NWSL franchise to the city of Denver," said NWSL Commissioner Jess Berman in a news conference with top leaders from Denver and Colorado present.

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,

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?

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.

T he winter transfer window has been unexpectedly busy in the women's game, especially as a flurry of U.S. women's national team players swap the NWSL for teams in Europe. Naomi G

Chelsea announced the signing of Girma. Reports say the English champions have spent $1.1 million on the transfer.

The Women's Super League returned this weekend as Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the table with a nail-biting victory over Arsenal.