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| clubname = Denver Diamonds<br />
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| fullname = Denver Diamonds<br />
| nickname = Diamonds<br />
| founded = 1996<br />
| dissolved= 2009<br />
| stadium = [[Gates Soccer Complex]]<br />
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| league = [[Women's Premier Soccer League]]<br />
| season = [[2009 WPSL Season|2009]]<br />
| position = 3rd, Big Sky North Division<br />
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'''Denver Diamonds''' was an American women's [[soccer]] team, founded in 1996. In its debut season the team won its [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|USL W-League]] conference, then finished second four years in succession, before folding after the 2000 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David A. |title=USA - United States Women's Interregional Soccer League (W-League) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/uswisl.html |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |access-date=11 March 2019 |date=16 June 2011}}</ref> The team was later a member of the [[Women's Premier Soccer League]], the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. Starting play in the 2002 season, they went on hiatus in 2005, then folded again after the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litterer |first1=David |title=Womens Premier Soccer League |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/wpsl.html |publisher=American Soccer History Archives |access-date=11 March 2019 |date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510011112/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/wpsl.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The team played its home games at the [[Gates Soccer Complex]] in the city of [[Centennial, Colorado]], 15 miles south of downtown [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]. The club's colors were white and black.<br />
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==Players==<br />
{{For|a list of all former and current Denver Diamonds players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Denver Diamonds players}}<br />
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===Notable former players===<br />
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br />
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dayna Smith (soccer)|Dayna Smith]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Bronco Retires from the WUSA |url=https://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2002-03/releases/010903aaa.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Santa Clara University]] |date=9 January 2003}}</ref><br />
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==Year-by-year==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Division<br />
!League<br />
!Reg. Season<br />
!Playoffs<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|2<br />
|W-League<br />
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, West Region<br />
|1st Round<br />
|-<br />
|1997<br />
|2<br />
|W-League<br />
|2nd, West Region<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|1998<br />
|2<br />
|W-League<br />
|2nd, Central Region<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|1999<br />
|2<br />
|W-League<br />
|2nd, Central Region<br />
|1st Round<br />
|-<br />
|2000<br />
|2<br />
|W-League<br />
|2nd, Central Region<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|2002<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|2nd, South Region<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|2003<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|2nd, South Region<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|2004<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, South Region<br />
|Semi-final<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southern Southwest<br />
|Conference Finals<br />
|-<br />
|2007<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southern Southwest<br />
|Conference Finals<br />
|-<br />
|2008<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|4th, Big Sky North<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|2009<br />
|2<br />
|WPSL<br />
|3rd, Big Sky North<br />
|''Did not qualify''<br />
|}<br />
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==Honors==<br />
* W-League West Region Champions 1996<br />
* WPSL Southern Southwest Division Champions 2007<br />
* WPSL Southern Southwest Division Champions 2006<br />
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==Competition history==<br />
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}<br />
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==Coaches==<br />
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Stone (soccer)|Tom Stone]] (1996–2000)<ref>{{cite news |title=WUSA: Atlanta names Tom Stone head coach |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/13935/wusa-atlanta-names-tom-stone-head-coach.html |access-date=11 March 2019 |publisher=[[Soccer America]] |date=14 August 2000}}</ref><br />
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott De Dycker]]<br />
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==Stadia==<br />
* [[Gates Soccer Complex]] in [[Centennial, Colorado]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518205407/http://www.wpsl.info/diamonds/ WPSL Denver Diamonds page]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150909204113/http://www.soccertimes.com/directory/usisl/w-1/diamonds.htm SoccerTimes.com W-League page]<br />
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{{US Women's soccer}}<br />
{{USSoccer}}<br />
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[[Category:Women's Premier Soccer League teams]]<br />
[[Category:Women's soccer clubs in Colorado]]<br />
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Denver]]<br />
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Colorado]]<br />
[[Category:2005 establishments in Colorado]]<br />
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2005]]<br />
[[Category:Women's sports in Denver]]<br />
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