Maggy Wolanske is a multimedia journalist with Denver7.
DENVER — Excitement is high for soccer fans across the city as they now have a new professional team to cheer on. The announcement first came on Thursday morning, when the National Women's Soccer League shared that Denver will be home to a women's professional soccer team and plans to build a stadium for the club.
'It's a huge bonus to have this national women's soccer team representing Denver. In any career, athletics included, you need to be able to look up and see that next step for you or that end goal, and now the Denver youth has that.'Denver earned the 16th team spot in the NWSL, beating out Cleveland and Cincinnati. The new club will join other championship professional teams calling the Mile High City home.
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