Colorado Rush
Full nameColorado Rush
Founded2010
President/CEOTim Schulz
LeagueWomen's Premier Soccer League
20225th, Rockies Division
WebsiteClub website

The senior women's Colorado Rush team was a women's soccer team based in Littleton, Colorado, that most recently competed in the Rockies Division of the Mountain Conference of the Women's Premier Soccer League's (WPSL) Central Region. It suspended play after the 2022 WPSL season and was succeeded as the Rush Soccer WPSL club in Colorado by Flatirons Rush SC, based in Arvada, Colorado.[1] Colorado Rush's youth teams and academy continue to operate under the name.[2]

History

The Colorado Rush parent organization's history dates back to 1997, when Club Columbine and Lakewood United Soccer Club announced that they were merging.[3]

Colorado Rush founded its senior women's team in 2010 to play in the USL W-League, becoming the Denver-area successor to the unaffiliated Real Colorado Cougars, which had folded after the 2009 season.[4] The W-League disbanded in November 2015.[5] Colorado Rush, which continued operating as youth teams and an academy, re-established a senior side in 2020 to compete in the WPSL but were unable to compete until the 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.[6] After finishing 5th in its division in the 2022 WPSL season,[6] the team did not compete in the 2023 season.[1]

Players

Lindsey Horan, who played as a midfielder for the Rush's men's and W-League teams in lieu of playing high school soccer,[7][8] became the first pre-collegiate American women's soccer player to sign a professional contract with an overseas club when she agreed to terms with French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2012.[9]

2022 roster

As of July 1, 2022[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Halle Mackiewicz
2 MF   Avery Jess Ott
3 DF   Carli Dare
4 DF   Sydney Cheesman
5 MF   Kylie Smith
6 MF   Hannah Dawbarn
8 MF   Kacie Laurie
9 FW   Kayla Meyer
9 FW   Kaylie Chambers
10 MF   Peyton Nourse
11 FW   Isa Winton
12 FW   Camryn MacMillan
14 MF   Lia Zavalsky
14 MF   Sara Spaulding
18 GK   Payton Mulberry
— DF   Camille Kollar
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   Devan McSwain
— DF   Emily Goodson
— DF   Sophia Nickel
— DF   Zoe Whiddon
— FW   Morgan Huff
— FW   Paige Foa
— FW   Reese Clem
— FW   Taite DeLange
— GK   Alexis Stevens
— GK   Shweta Raje
— MF   Courtney Moore
— MF   Hannah Arnold
— MF   Jocelin Zimmerer
— MF   Marley Chappel
— MF   Riley MacDonald
— MF   Sophia Whiddon

Year-by-year

Colorado Rush results, by season[4][11]
Year Div. League Reg. Season Playoffs
Pld. W D L GF GA Pts. Pos.
20102USL W-League 10262101212 4rd, WesternDid not qualify
20112USL W-League 14635191821 4th, WesternDid not qualify
20122USL W-League 14554181920 3rd, WesternDid not qualify
20132USL W-League 1203913293 7th, WesternDid not qualify
20142USL W-League 12633381421 4th, WesternDid not qualify
20152USL W-League 12831341525 3rd, WesternDid not qualify
20212WPSL 9531331518 2nd, MountainDid not qualify
20222WPSL 941414187 5th, RockiesDid not qualify

References

  1. 1 2 "The WPSL welcomes newest Colorado-based expansion, Flatirons Rush, for 2023 season" (Press release).
  2. ↑ "Colorado Rush Girls Academy". Colorado Rush. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ "About Colorado Rush Soccer". Colorado Rush SC. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Litterer, David A. (June 16, 2011). "USA - United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League)". RSSSF. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (November 6, 2015). "USL W-League, once top flight, folds after 21 seasons". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Colorado Rush WPSL team" (Press release). Rush Soccer. August 19, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ Vicens, AJ (June 17, 2010). "Athlete to Watch: Lindsey Horan". 5280. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ Bird, Liviu (June 1, 2012). "Sounders Women top Colorado Rush 2-1 in home opener". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (July 15, 2012). "Lindsey Horan signs reported six-figure deal with PSG". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Colorado Rush". Women's Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Standings". Women's Premier Soccer League. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
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