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Broncos host @USWNT ahead of friendly: pic.twitter.com/dZKie8Sw6o
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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.
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— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) June 20, 2022
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 Colorado Kids + 1 🏔
Shoutout to #U17WYNT defender and Coloradoan Nicki Fraser for dropping by training today! pic.twitter.com/syBggXhNN9
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) June 20, 2022
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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