Player Interviews Posts

Centennial, Colo. —Nick Cushing has managed Manchester City's women and coached in Major League Soccer, and after three days of training with Lindsey Heaps he told a room full of Colorado reporters that it changes the mentality of the group. Three …

The Georgetown grad turned NWSL starter sat down mid-season break to talk about her first start, standing next to a legend, and why the expansion team narrative is officially dead. Denver, Colorado — On May 16th, Natalie Means was supposed to be wa…

The rookie leading all Denver Summit first-years in minutes isn't chasing highlight reels. She's the reason the back line sleeps easy. DENVER, CO — Eleven games into her first professional season, Devin Lynch still hasn't scored a goal. She's fine …

Ten years. Six clubs. Two championships. One torn knee. And now, at 32 on an expansion team, she's playing the best goalkeeper of her life. DENVER, CO — Abby Smith has been in this league since 2016. She's seen franchises fold under her feet. She w…

The Hermann Trophy winner signed her first pro contract in January. Six weeks later, her rookie season was over before it started. Jasmine Aikey decided she was going to Stanford when she was seven years old. Not because of soccer. Because someone…

The Georgetown rookie who talks her way into programs, out-works everyone around her, and somehow ends up exactly where she was supposed to be. She wasn't heavily recruited. She was small, late to develop, and doing Zoom calls during COVID becaus…

Denver Summit FC's number one leads the NWSL in saves, survived a career-threatening injury that almost ended everything, and last Saturday played in front of the largest crowd in women's sports history in North America. Abby Smith has 20 saves in …

The Duke midfielder who had to earn everything is now suiting up for Denver Summit FC's inaugural NWSL season. Devin Lynch didn't score a single goal her freshman or sophomore year at Duke. Not one. And she had come in as the number t…

From $8,000 salaries to 45,000 fans. The veteran left back on what's changed in the NWSL—and why she's building something from scratch in Denver. Carson Pickett has been in the NWSL since 2016. She's played 185 games across six different clubs. …

Denver Summit FC's veteran defender sat down with The 5280 Pitch to talk about choosing expansion, surviving altitude, and what 45,000 fans will actually do to the way this game is played. Kaleigh Kurtz didn't find out she had a back fracture until…

In the spring of 2023, Jordan Angeli received a direct message on Twitter from someone she'd never met. The message asked if she wanted to help bring an NWSL team to Denver. Two years later, Denver Summit FC has sold over 45,000 tickets for its ina…