"More than 15,000 people have paid a deposit for a season ticket at Denver Summit FC despite the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion club having only three players and yet to play a match. So the sense of responsibility that comes with the task of building a team the state of Colorado can be proud is one staff there are acutely aware of."
"It is not hard to see the logic behind the choice; the Englishman was in charge of City when they were new to an expanded Women's Super League in 2014, with new signings such as Steph Houghton, Jill Scott and Toni Duggan. They went on to win a League Cup in their first top-flight season and the league title in 2016."
"The difference this time is Denver have an entirely blank canvas for Cushing to work on and, with his new colleagues, he has been scouring the global market in search of players and staff. It's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle; you start by putting one piece in and then as you start to put more pieces in, the picture starts to become clearer, the 40-year-old says."
More than 15,000 people have paid deposits for season tickets for an NWSL expansion club that currently has only three players. Denver Summit FC hired Nick Cushing as its first head coach in August, six months before the inaugural NWSL campaign when the division expands to 16 teams in February. Cushing led Manchester City through early Women's Super League expansion, overseeing significant signings and subsequent domestic trophies. The club presents a blank canvas and is scouring the global market to assemble players and staff that define mentality, culture and ambition. Cushing prioritizes work ethic, hunger and accountability; the club's first three signings—Ally Watt, Nahikari Garcia and Lourdes Bosch—arrive on loan.
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