Denver ownership group plans first-division women’s club, mulls NWSL vs. USL Super League

For all of Twitter’s very public and increasing number of issues, it seems to have yielded at least one more positive development.

Born in Englewood, Colorado, Jordan Angeli has spent a lifetime in soccer. Her playing career took her from Santa Clara University to the WPS’ Boston Breakers, while she also appeared with the United States U-20 national team. When that league folded and the NWSL launched in 2013, she was initially selected by the Washington Spirit before being traded to the club which is now known as Gotham FC. Three ACL tears in five years led her to retire in 2016; she has since worked in broadcasting and regularly travels to cover MLS and NWSL matches.

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Despite her many moves over her career, there was one experience which she never enjoyed: playing a competitive match in her home state. Despite being a staple among major American men’s sports leagues, Colorado does not have a presence in the two largest women’s sports leagues, the NWSL or the WNBA.

“This first came to my mind a long time ago,” Angeli said. “When I was a player, I never got to play in front of my home squad. I was never on the national teams that played at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. I never got to have my extended family, my friends from high school, everyone that knows me and helped me get to where I got to come and watch me play on a professional level. I want others to be able to experience that.”

Still, Angeli didn’t have a rolodex of investors ready to turn this concept into a project. In April 2023, however, Angeli received a Twitter direct message from Tom Dunmore, an executive at Major League Cricket who helped launch second-division men’s club Indy Eleven in 2012. Dunmore relayed that he’d been having