NWSL’s Denver close to finalizing Cushing as first coach

Denver’s 2026 NWSL expansion is close to finalizing Nick Kushing’s fare as the first head coach of the Team Club, several sources confirmed ESPN.

Kushing Manchester City Women and MLS Side are former head coaches of New York City FC.

He has spent the last two decades with the City Football Group, initially joined the organization as an academy coach in 2006.

Recently, in March, Kushing returned to Kushing among the women of Manchester City as an interim manager in March after Gareth Taylor was evacuated. Kushing had earlier coached women from Manchester City for seven years from 2013-2020, directed the team for the 2016 league title and the FA Women’s Cup title next year.

Kushing remained within the football group in the city when he became an assistant coach of New York City FC in 2020. He was in the team’s staff for the MLS Cup Triumph in 2021.

Kushing took over as an interim head coach of NYCFC Midway through the 2022 MLS season before being promoted to a full -time head coach after that year.

He was the full -time head coach of NYCFC for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2023 and finished sixth at the Eastern Conference in 2024.

Denver General Manager Kurt Johnson First told ESPN He was giving priority to “getting the right person”, but that the right coach also needed to be available.

Denver, who is yet to unveil his branding, began to play at NWSL in the next season, as well as bring the league to 16 teams with Boston Legacy FC. Boston first announced Portuguese coach Philipa Pato As the first head coach of the team,