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, and Victoria Highlanders Women. From 2001–2005, the team was known as the Denver Lady Cougars, and in 2000 the team was known as the Colorado Gold. The Cougars were a sibling side of the men's Real Colorado Foxes team, which joined the

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in 2009. Both teams were part of the Real Colorado organization, whose youth clubs survived the folding of both men's and women's adult clubs. Colorado Rush, a new W-League club founded in 2010, succeeded the Cougars as the Denver area's presence in the W-League.

Stadium

The team played its home games at

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, 25 miles south of downtown

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Colors

The club's colors were gold, black, and white.

Players

2009 roster

Year-by-year

References

External links

Real Colorado website

Real Colorado Cougars website
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