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USWNT training at Broncos’ facility ahead of weekend friendly

The Broncos are hosting the USWNT at their practice facility this week.

After the Denver Broncos wrapped up mandatory minicamp last week, players went their separate ways for a summer break, leaving the fields at the team’s UCHealth Training Center empty.

The fields are now in use once again, this time for a different football.

The United State’s women’s national soccer team is training at the Broncos’ facility this week ahead of a friendly match against Colombia on Saturday.

The USWNT’s posts on social media show some remaining lines and numbers on the team’s practice field, but the football field has been converted into a soccer pitch.

The current USWNT roster includes four players from Colorado: Lindsay Horan (Golden), Mal Pugh (Highlands Ranch), Sophia Smith (Windsor) and Jaelin Howell (Windsor).

The national team is training for a pair of friendlies against Colombia, the first of which will be held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids of MLS. That game will begin at 5:30 p.m. MT on Saturday and will air on FS1.

The USWNT are using the two friendlies as tuneup matches for the Concacaf W Championship that begins on July 4. That tournament will determine which teams from the region will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Broncos start opening facility for some employees

The Broncos are slowly allowing employees to return to their training facility and stadium.

As NFL facilities begin to open up after a COVID-19 shutdown, the Denver Broncos are slowly permitting employees to return to the UCHealth Training Center and Empower Field at Mile High.

The Broncos are allowed to have a maximum of 75 employees working at the training center and stadium, according to The Athletic‘s Nicki Jhabvala. A majority of the team’s staff are still working from their homes.

The only players who are allowed at the facility are players who are rehabbing injuries, including offensive lineman Elijah Wilkinson and outside linebacker Bradley Chubb. Wilkinson is recovering from foot surgery and Chubb is rehabbing from an ACL injury.

The Broncos shared photos of some employees returning to work on their Twitter page on Tuesday:

Last week, the NFL provided some guidelines for re-opening facilities.

“The club facility reopening protocol calls for a series of criteria to be met before reopening,” the league on its player health and safety website. “For each club, these include implementing operational guidelines, acquiring adequate amounts of protective supplies, creating an Infection Response Team, designating an Infection Control Officer, and ensuring each returning club employee completes COVID-19 safety and hygiene training.”

Denver is hoping to be able to start training camp on time in late July.

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