Real Colorado Cougars is an American women's

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team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the

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W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Western Conference against the

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, Pali Blues,

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, Seattle Sounders Women, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) and

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. The team plays its home games at

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in the city of

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, 25 miles south of downtown

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. The club's colors are gold, black and white. Prior to the 2010 season they were known as Colorado Rush. Until 2005 the team was known as the Denver Lady Cougars. The team is a sister organization of the men's

Real Colorado Foxes Real Colorado Foxes were an American soccer team based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Divi ...

team, which is scheduled to join the

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in 2009.

Players

Current Roster 2009

Year-by-year

External links

Colorado Rush website

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