The National Women's Soccer League announced that Denver will soon be home to a women's professional soccer team, and there are plans to build a soccer stadium for the club.

The National Women’s Soccer League has awarded its 16th franchise to Denver, Colorado. The franchise, which has yet to be named, will become the first women’s professional team in a major national league to call the Mile High City home.

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has awarded Denver, Colorado the league’s 16th franchise and the team is set to begin play in the 2026 season.

Women's professional soccer is coming to our state. The National Women's Soccer League officially awarded Denver a new team today. NWSL Commissioner

The club’s alternate governor Mellody Hobson declared Thursday’s launch as further evidence that “women’s sports are at a generational shift.”

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

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.

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.

NWSL chose Denver as its next expansion franchise in part due to For Denver FC, a grassroots movement to bring professional women’s soccer to Colorado. For Denver FC is led by Jordan Angeli, Tom Dunmore, Nicole Glaros and Ben Hubbard.

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