Olympian and professional alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is heading off the slopes for her next adventure. The Colorado native this week became the newest investor in NWSL Denver, Colorado's first professional women's soccer club, the franchise announced Tuesday.

The greatest alpine skier of all time is stepping onto the soccer field, as an owner. Colorado’s own Mikaela Shiffrin is joining the ownership group of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Denver expansion team,

Decorated U.S. alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest celebrity to join a Denver professional sports ownership group. The big picture: Denver's National Women's Soccer League team announced Tuesday that Shiffrin,