Colorado Rush Women

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]

Colorado Rush

Full name	Colorado Rush
Founded	2010
President/CEO	Tim Schulz
League	Women's Premier Soccer League
2022	5th, Rockies Division
Website	Club website

For the formerly affiliated USL League Two side, see Flatirons Rush SC.

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

See also: Category:Colorado Rush Women 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]

Tess Boade played for the team in 2015 and 2016.^{[citation needed]}

2022 roster

As 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.

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.
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

1. "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. 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. "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.