Denver Summit Beat Chicago 3-0. Now They Need 9 Points and Some Help.

<p>Denver Summit FC beat Chicago 3-0, and the two biggest names on the roster played exactly like it. Janine Sonis has 12 goals and six assists from left back, Lindsey Heaps just scored twice, and the NWSL playoff line is still four points away. That's the push this episode is built to make sense of.</p><p>Kate Hanson breaks down the most controlled win of the Summit's season, from Janine's 8th-minute strike from distance to Lindsey's brace and Abby Smith's 20th career shutout on her birthday, with postgame audio from Nick Cushing, Emma Regan, and Abby Smith.</p><p>Also covered: the playoff math with three games left, a listener's stat on Denver with and without Lindsey on the field, why Devin Lynch and Lindsey are doing two different jobs, and the records this team has already set in year one. Plus the six Summit players headed out on international duty before Angel City comes to town on October 17th.</p><p>Follow along on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook: @5280pitch<br />🎧 Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6jiBAbW0QXepwdqK0qhaaF" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/show/6jiBAbW0QXepwdqK0qhaaF</a><br />🎧 Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-5280-pitch-denver-summit-fc-podcast/id1859060272" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-5280-pitch-denver-summit-fc-podcast/id1859060272</a><br />📩 Newsletter and playoff tracker: <a href="https://5280pitch.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://5280pitch.com</a></p>