Denver Summit FC, the city's newest professional sports franchise, debuted to over 65,000 home fans on Saturday, March 28, at Empower Field.
, the city’s newest professional sports franchise, , at Empower Field. The Summit set the single-game attendance record for National Women’s Soccer League, with 63,004 fans tickets sold for a match against the Washington Spirit.
Fans showed up hours before the game started to tailgate and celebrated the Summit. The match ended in 0-0 tie, but energy remained high all day. Colorado Springs native and Pine Creek High School graduate, Ally Brazier, had a shot on goal that fell short before regulation expired.The Ball’s in Her Court: Denver’s Ready to Become a Major City for Women’s SportsPakistani female activist Malala Yousafzai was sideline greeting players and fans of Summit FC Saturday at Empower Field. Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age seventeen.Natalie Means moves the ball down the field in the first half of Denver Summit FC’s game against the Washington Spirit.Based in Denver, Evan Semón has worked as an editorial and commercial photographer for over 25 years. He was on the Pulitzer Prize-winning photography staff of theuntil that newspaper ceased publication in 2009; Semón chose to stay in Colorado and work on editorial contracts and expand to commercial and lifestyle photography. He is a regular contributor toIf you value independent journalism, please consider making a contribution to support our continued coverage of essential stories and to investigate issues that matter.
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