What it means for Denver Summit FC to smash the NWSL attendance record
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
It was another record-breaking weekend in the NWSL. While we’ve got used to professional women’s sports attendance records getting smashed every year, this one felt quite different.
When Denver Summit FC took on the Washington Spirit Saturday afternoon, 63,004 people showed up to Empower Field at Mile High, eclipsing the record set by Bay FC season at Oracle Park by more than 22,000 fans. So, what does it mean for the NWSL and women’s sports in the U.S. to have Denver to enter the league with such a spectacle?
On this episode of the Full Time Review, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by three different voices who all coalesced at the Summit’s inaugural home opener to witness history. Hear from Summit cofounder, broadcaster, and former NWSL player Jordan Angeli, The Athletic’s Tamerra Griffin in the press box, and co-host of the Summit Up podcast, Hallie Guardo, fresh from the stands.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUESTS: Kelley O’Hara, Asli Pelit
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
Denver Summit FC shatters NWSL attendance record in home opener
Denver Summit set the NWSL attendance record at 63,004, raising the bar for future expansion
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| 0:00.0 | There will be girls at that game who got an autograph from Carson Pickett or Trinity Rodman |
| 0:08.0 | or any player on either one of those teams. And that will be plastered on their wall. And then one day, |
| 0:15.2 | I'm going to be interviewing them. And they're going to say, I went to the first ever Denver |
| 0:19.3 | Summit game. And now I am signing my |
| 0:21.7 | first contract with the Denver Summit. That's what it's about and that's why I think that this is |
| 0:26.1 | the biggest thing that I have ever experienced in my career. I've been at a World Cup final. |
| 0:31.8 | I've been at NWSL Championship, MLS Cup, all these big things. And this to me just is way bigger than all of it. It's way |
| 0:40.8 | bigger. And the things in the waves it will create through this community are everlasting. And I |
| 0:48.4 | think that's the thing that is the coolest thing about it. |
| 0:57.8 | What? list a thing about it. What's up, everybody? |
| 0:59.1 | A very warm welcome to full-time review. |
| 1:01.2 | I'm your host, Jillian Sackavits. |
| 1:03.2 | It was another record-breaking weekend in the NWSL. |
| 1:06.3 | And while we've gotten used to professional women's sports attendance records getting smashed every year, |
| 1:13.5 | Saturday felt quite different. The Denver Summit took on the Washington Spirit, which played out |
| 1:19.3 | to a nil-nill-nill draw. 63,000 and four people showed up at Empower Field at Mile High, |
| 1:25.5 | eclipsing the record set just last season at Oracle Park, |
| 1:28.8 | the home of the San Francisco Giants, by more than 22,000 fans. So on this podcast, we are going to |
| 1:35.9 | give you every point of view. You're going to hear from three people today, the athletics to |
| 1:40.6 | Mary Griffin, live from the press box. She'll break down everything. |
| 1:44.8 | She saw from this game as a journalist. |
| 1:46.9 | And then we'll be joined by Denver Summit co-founder, |
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