Real Colorado Cougars

Real Colorado Cougars

Full name	Real Colorado Cougars
Nickname(s)	The Cougars
Founded	2003
Stadium	Shea Stadium
Ground Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Mark Mais
Manager	Brian Haynes
League	USL W-League
2008	4th, Western Conference
Home colors Away colors

Real Colorado Cougars is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Western Conference against the Colorado Force, LA Strikers, Pali Blues, Santa Clarita Blue Heat, Seattle Sounders Women, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) and Victoria Highlanders Women.

The team plays its home games at Shea Stadium in the city of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, 25 miles south of downtown Denver. 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 team, which is scheduled to join the USL Premier Development League in 2009.

Players

Current Roster 2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK Christina Palomino 1 GK Brianna Schulze 2 MF Kathryn Schubert 3 MF Afton Sauer 4 DF Nicole Lukens 5 MF Lindsay Stein 6 MF Kerstyn Farrell 7 MF Beth West 8 DF Raydan Phillips 9 MF Kendra Chandhoke 10 MF Lindsay Ratterman 11 MF Brianna Young 12 FW Karter Haug 13 MF Kellyn Farrell

No. Position Player 15 MF McKenzie Mutz 16 MF Kathleen Paulsen 17 FW Brittney McDonald 18 MF Vanessa Mais 19 DF Keelin Winters 20 DF Marissa McBride 21 MF Elle Sweeney 22 MF Megan Flanaghan 23 FW Traci Dreesen GK Katie Bell DF Taryn Hemmings MF Mariah Johnston MF Kristin Medeiros MF Jenna Oney

Year-by-year

External links

• Colorado Rush website
• Colorado Rush on USL Soccer