Denver Diamonds
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Full name | Denver Diamonds | ||
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Nickname(s) | Diamonds | ||
Founded | 1996 | ||
Dissolved | 2009 | ||
Stadium | Gates Soccer Complex | ||
League | Women's Premier Soccer League | ||
2009 | 3rd, Big Sky North Division | ||
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Denver Diamonds was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1996. In its debut season the team won its USL W-League conference, then finished second four years in succession, before folding after the 2000 season.[1] The team was later a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. Starting play in the 2002 season, they went on hiatus in 2005, then folded again after the 2009 season.[2]
The team played its home games at the Gates Soccer Complex in the city of Centennial, Colorado, 15 miles south of downtown Denver. The club's colors were white and black.
Players
Notable former players
Homare Sawa
Dayna Smith[3]
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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1996 | 2 | W-League | 1st, West Region | 1st Round |
1997 | 2 | W-League | 2nd, West Region | Did not qualify |
1998 | 2 | W-League | 2nd, Central Region | Did not qualify |
1999 | 2 | W-League | 2nd, Central Region | 1st Round |
2000 | 2 | W-League | 2nd, Central Region | Did not qualify |
2002 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, South Region | Did not qualify |
2003 | 2 | WPSL | 2nd, South Region | Did not qualify |
2004 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, South Region | Semi-final |
2006 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Southern Southwest | Conference Finals |
2007 | 2 | WPSL | 1st, Southern Southwest | Conference Finals |
2008 | 2 | WPSL | 4th, Big Sky North | Did not qualify |
2009 | 2 | WPSL | 3rd, Big Sky North | Did not qualify |
Honors
- W-League West Region Champions 1996
- WPSL Southern Southwest Division Champions 2007
- WPSL Southern Southwest Division Champions 2006
Competition history
Coaches
Tom Stone (1996–2000)[4]
Scott De Dycker
Stadia
- Gates Soccer Complex in Centennial, Colorado
References
- ^ Litterer, David A. (16 June 2011). "USA - United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Litterer, David (30 October 2011). "Womens Premier Soccer League". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Former Bronco Retires from the WUSA". Santa Clara University. 9 January 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "WUSA: Atlanta names Tom Stone head coach". Soccer America. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
External links
- WPSL Denver Diamonds page
- SoccerTimes.com W-League page
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