USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps signs with Denver

"Heaps is expected to join Denver in June after finishing the season and her current contract with French powerhouse OL Lyonnes. She signed with Denver through the 2029 NWSL season. It's a move that, from the outside, felt inevitable, like a when not if for the Colorado native, but she told ESPN that she wasn't sure the timing would work out when rumors of Denver expansion first surfaced years ago."

"The hardest part, she said, was keeping the news from her parents. Heaps, who turns 32 in May, grew up in Golden, Colo., just outside of Denver. At 18 years old and signed with Paris Saint-Germain in France in 2012, becoming the first U.S. women's player to skip college and turn professional straight out of high school. Four years later, at the request of U.S. Soccer, Heaps returned to the U.S. to join the Portland Thorns FC."

Lindsey Heaps, captain of the United States women's national team, will return to the NWSL in June to join expansion Denver Summit FC, signing through the 2029 season. She will join after finishing the season and her contract with French powerhouse OL Lyonnes. Heaps grew up in Golden, Colorado, and turned professional at 18 when she signed with Paris Saint-Germain in 2012, becoming the first U.S. woman to skip college for pro soccer. She later played for Portland Thorns FC, winning multiple domestic honors, and helped Lyonnes secure European and league titles.

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