The Senior Colorado women's Rush Team is a women's footballteam based in Littleton, Colorado. In the recent past, the team 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]
| Full name | Colorado Rush |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| President/CEO | Tim Schulz |
| League | Women's Premier Soccer League |
| 2022 | 5th, Rockies Division |
| Website | Club website |
History
editThe 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
editLindsey 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]
Tess Boade played for the team in 2015 and 2016.[citation needed]
2022 roster
editAs of July 1, 2022[update][10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Year-by-year
edit| Year | Div. | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | |||||||
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| Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts. | Pos. | ||||
| 2010 | 2 | USL W-League | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | 2 | USL W-League | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 4th, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | 2 | USL W-League | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 3rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | 2 | USL W-League | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 7th, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | 2 | USL W-League | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 21 | 4th, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | 2 | USL W-League | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 25 | 3rd, Western | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | 2 | WPSL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 2nd, Mountain | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | 2 | WPSL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 5th, Rockies | Did not qualify |
References
edit- ^ a b "The WPSL welcomes newest Colorado-based expansion, Flatirons Rush, for 2023 season" (Press release).
- ^ "Colorado Rush Girls Academy". Colorado Rush. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "About Colorado Rush Soccer". Colorado Rush SC. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Litterer, David A. (June 16, 2011). "USA - United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League)". RSSSF. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (November 6, 2015). "USL W-League, once top flight, folds after 21 seasons". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ a b "Colorado Rush WPSL team" (Press release). Rush Soccer. August 19, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Vicens, AJ (June 17, 2010). "Athlete to Watch: Lindsey Horan". 5280. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Bird, Liviu (June 1, 2012). "Sounders Women top Colorado Rush 2-1 in home opener". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (July 15, 2012). "Lindsey Horan signs reported six-figure deal with PSG". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Rush". Women's Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Standings". Women's Premier Soccer League. Retrieved June 7, 2023.