Jordan Angeli’s soccer career has taken her around the world.
The television analyst played collegiately for the Santa Clara Broncos, featured with the U.S. national team at an under-20 championship in Russia and played professionally across three major cities: first with the Boston Breakers in the Women’s Professional Soccer league (WPS), and later with the Washington Spirit and Western New York in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
The one place the game never took her was Colorado, her home state.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to have a team here,” Angeli told The Athletic. “I played in Boston. I played in D.C. I played in Western New York, but never anywhere close enough where my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my whole family, my friends from high school, everyone could come watch me play.”
On Thursday, those dreams became a reality with NWSL naming Denver as the location of its 16th team to start play in 2026.
The idea began in the spring of 2023, when Colorado native and sports business executive, Tom Dunmore, reached out to Angeli on Twitter.
“I’m working on trying to bring a women’s soccer team to Denver,” he wrote. “Are you interested in chatting?”
The pair quickly jumped on a video call, and, a few weeks later, Angeli found herself…
