Denver Summit FC hopes its first home match is historic.

The NWSL expansion club announced Monday that its inaugural home opener will be played at Empower Field on March 28, 2026. The Saturday match, against a to-be-announced opponent, will be at noon with broadcast details to be revealed at a later date. The 2025 NWSL season starts a couple of weeks earlier, and Denver FC will play its first few games in franchise history on the road.

Summit FC is shooting for a sellout at the 76,125-seat stadium, but the club doesn’t have to reach that number to break the single-game attendance record in NWSL history — 40,091 for a match at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

“That’s our ambition,” Summit FC president Jen Millet said. “As we plan for this match, I think we’re cautiously optimistic. … That

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