Peyton Manning, 2-time Super Bowl champion, joins Denver NWSL ownership group

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 2:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago

Hall of Fame backmost Peyton Manning became the latest sports personage to articulation the ownership radical of Denver's National Women's Soccer League enlargement squad connected Tuesday.

Manning follows two-time Olympic champion skis racer Mikaela Shiffrin, who was announced arsenic an capitalist past period successful a nine that volition marque its debut adjacent season.

Manning and Shiffrin articulation an NWSL radical successful Denver led by controlling proprietor Rob Cohen. Denver was awarded the NWSL's 16th squad earlier this year.

"Peyton's bequest arsenic a champion and a person is 2nd to none," Cohen said successful a quality release. "His interaction connected Colorado sports is unmatched, and we're incredibly arrogant to person him arsenic a partner. He brings passion, insight, and heavy section roots, each of which volition assistance america signifier the aboriginal of Denver NWSL."

All astir the NWSL, big-name athletes are investing successful teams. Manning's brother, Eli, is portion of Gotham FC, portion Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes is progressive with the KC Current and NBA prima James Harden backs the Houston Dash. Decorated alpine skis racer Lindsey Vonn supports the Utah Royals FC.

Manning was a five-time MVP and two-time Super Bowl victor successful a vocation that started with the Indianapolis Colts and ended successful Denver aft helping the Broncos to a rubric pursuing the 2015 season. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 2021 aft throwing for 71,940 yards with 539 touchdowns and 251 interceptions.

Since his retirement, Manning has grown his amusement institution Omaha Productions, which produces ESPN's Manningcast. The amusement is hosted by the Manning brothers and offers an alternate mode to ticker Monday Night Football.

"It's a existent honour to beryllium portion of thing truthful meaningful to the Colorado community," Manning said of joining Denver NWSL. "I'm arrogant to enactment the maturation of women's sports and excited to assistance physique a nine that our metropolis and our authorities tin rally behind."

Denver NWSL is gathering a 12,000-seat impermanent stadium that volition beryllium its location during the 2026 and '27 seasons. The squad besides precocious unveiled plans for a state-of-the-art, 14,500-seat stadium that volition beryllium successful downtown Denver.