Denver based entrepreneur Ben Hubbard and Major League Cricket executive Tom Dunmore teamed up, to announce ‘For Denver F’C, an initiative that intends to submit a bid to join a Division 1 pro league for women’s soccer by the end of 2023 with the ultimate goal of having a Denver/Colorado team playing by 2026.
Colorado has not had a presence in the two largest women’s sports leagues, the NWSL and the WNBA. With the recent championship wins by the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver and Colorado markets have rightfully become more appealing for potential expansion teams.
While there’s still a lot of work ahead of this endeavor, it brings a sense of excitement that Denver could be home to another professional sports team soon.
In other sports, the town of Eaton is elated over the recent MLB draft after their very own Walker Martin was drafted 52nd overall, to the San Francisco Giants on Monday. What makes Martin’s draft all the more impressive is he became the 10th highest pick ever out of a Colorado high school.
Martin was offered a $3 million signing bonus on top of his contract a practice uncommon for a pick at 52. The shortstop was impressive enough for the Giants to take a chance on the young shortstop from a small farming town in Northern Colorado.
The Colorado Rapids added Brazilian forward Rafael Navarro as a designated player on Monday. The addition will be considered under the MLS DP rule with allows teams to extend beyond their salary cap to sign players. Navarro will cost the Rapids $5 million should they choose the option to purchase after a year. Navarro comes from the championship team the Brazilian Palmeiras where he scored 11 goals since 2022.
Good news for Broncos fans as running back Javonte Williams told reporters on Monday that he has been cleared for training camp after rehabbing from a knee injury he suffered in week 4 last season.
The Broncos have been rumored to be in talks with running back Dalvin Cook likely due to the Williams injury. Under new coaching, Sean Payton is a coach who strongly believes in depth, which is why Denver has been on top of the list of suitors to land Cook. Cook has been with the Minnesota Vikings his entire career and had his second best season last year racking up 1,173 yards on 264 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 39 receptions.
The NL West basement dwelling Rockies have won 1 of their last five games after losing their last two in San Francisco to the Giants. The Rockies are now 15.5 games behind the Giants, 9.5 games behind the second-to-last place San Diego Padres, and 18 games behind the division leading L.A. Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
