Lindsey Heaps Makes Denver Summit Contenders | Plus $205 Million Columbus Expansion Team for the NWSL 2028

The Late Sub with Claire Watkins

Just Women’s Sports

Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this week's episode of The Late Sub Claire breaks down the difficulties of being an expansion team, how Summit is headed in the right direction and why Lindsey Heaps can get them over the hump. Plus Columbus's $205 Million NWSL expansion team. Just Women’s Sports is the leading digital media platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. In a world where women’s sports have been historically underfunded and under-promoted, Just Women’s Sports exists to shine a light on all the stories, athletes and moments that define and fuel the space. Through original podcasts, premium video programming, social media, editorial content, a newsletter, and exclusive merchandise and live events, Just Women’s Sports is committed to making it both easy and fun to be a women’s sports fan. Add us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justwomenssports/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/justwsports Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justwomenssports?

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0:00.0	The NWSL is very committed to continued expansion, but there is one club playing this season
0:06.2	that leads me to believe that that might not be as scary a thing as it feels like at this
0:11.5	very moment.
0:12.5	Hello, everybody, and welcome to this week's edition of The Late Sub presented to you by
0:16.5	Ally Bank.
0:17.4	I am your host, Claire Watkins.
0:18.8	It is Wednesday, April 29th.
0:21.2	And with all the hubbub of some midweek games this week, I thought we might lift things up,
0:25.3	talk a little bit about one club that is doing their best to kind of buck the trends for expansion,
0:30.3	as the NWSL Board of Governors has been making some very big decisions about the league's
0:34.8	continued direction over the last few weeks. Lots to talk about.
0:39.4	Let's dig in.
0:44.5	So the NWSL returned to action this weekend from the international break with kind of a
0:49.4	scattered slate of blowouts. Some teams pass the test a little bit better of looking good after the
0:56.0	break. Some teams looked a little bit caught unawares. We saw some nice returns. Of course,
0:59.7	Sophia Wilson gets her first goal back from maternity leave. We saw Trinity Rodman get her first
1:04.5	goal of the season. But I kind of with this idea of sort of where these sharper contenders
1:10.4	are, the fact that there are
1:12.2	midweek games again this week.
1:14.8	As we're recording, those are happening tonight.
1:17.1	So I don't want to get too into the weeds of any of these teams that might have some
1:20.5	pretty dynamic performances this evening.
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