Denver Diamonds

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| fullname = Denver Diamonds

| nickname = Diamonds

| founded = 1996

| dissolved= 2009

| stadium = Gates Soccer Complex

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| league = Women's Premier Soccer League

| season = 2009

| position = 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.{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David A. |title=USA - United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/uswisl.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=11 March 2019 |date=16 June 2011}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David |title=Womens Premier Soccer League |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/wpsl.html |publisher=American Soccer History Archives |access-date=11 March 2019 |date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510011112/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/wpsl.html |url-status=dead }}

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

{{For|a list of all former and current Denver Diamonds players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Denver Diamonds players}}

=Notable former players=

  • {{flagicon|JPN}} Homare Sawa
  • {{flagicon|USA}} Dayna Smith{{cite news |title=Former Bronco Retires from the WUSA |url=https://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2002-03/releases/010903aaa.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=Santa Clara University |date=9 January 2003}}

Year-by-year

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!Year

!Division

!League

!Reg. Season

!Playoffs

1996

|2

|W-League

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Region

|Semi-final

2006

|2

|WPSL

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southern Southwest

|Conference Finals

2007

|2

|WPSL

|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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

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Coaches

  • {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Stone (1996–2000){{cite news |title=WUSA: Atlanta names Tom Stone head coach |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/13935/wusa-atlanta-names-tom-stone-head-coach.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=Soccer America |date=14 August 2000}}
  • {{flagicon|USA}} Scott De Dycker

Stadia

References

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