Natalie Portman part of L.A. ownership group for NWSL expansion team in 2022
4 years, 5 months ago

Natalie Portman part of L.A. ownership group for NWSL expansion team in 2022

LA Times  

After a 12-year break women’s professional soccer is coming back to Southern California, with a star-studded ownership group led by actress Natalie Portman announcing Tuesday it has secured the rights to bring an NWSL team to the market for the 2022 season. And obviously, we’ve shown that we have the ability to support multiple teams and multiple different leagues,” said media and gaming entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, another of the principal partners in one of the few majority-women ownership groups in professional sports. Each of us has our special ability to bring to the team,” said Portman, who began work on the Angel City project after the U.S. victory in last summer’s World Cup. Angel City will have nearly two years to prepare for its launch, scheduled to take place the year between the two biggest events in women’s soccer — the Olympic Games and the World Cup.

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Soccer legend Mia Hamm’s greatest win might be the debut of Angel City FC
2 years, 8 months ago

Soccer legend Mia Hamm’s greatest win might be the debut of Angel City FC

LA Times  

Soccer legend Mia Hamm has been an active owner of Angel City FC, the NWSL team that opens its inaugural regular season against North Carolina on Friday at Banc of California Stadium. In fact, what may prove to be among her most important contribution to the growth of the game in the U.S. will unfold Friday when Angel City, the …

Portman group will bring NWSL to Los Angeles in 2022
4 years, 5 months ago

Portman group will bring NWSL to Los Angeles in 2022

Associated Press  

Actress Natalie Portman and venture capitalist Kara Nortman lead a group that will bring an expansion National Women’s Soccer League team to the Los Angeles area in 2022. “You see one woman’s success and all the others are cheering her on because one woman’s success is the whole team’s success.” Among the founding group are more than a dozen former …

Portman, Williams, USWNT legends among investors in new NWSL team
4 years, 5 months ago

Portman, Williams, USWNT legends among investors in new NWSL team

The Hindu  

Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman and more than a dozen former U.S. women's national team players have formed an ownership group to set up a professional women's football team in Los Angeles from 2022. Olympic gold medallists and World champions Lauren Cheney Holiday and Abby Wambach are among 14 former national team players in the ownership group, which has named itself …

L.A. NWSL team founders eager to support women's soccer
4 years, 5 months ago

L.A. NWSL team founders eager to support women's soccer

LA Times  

Julie Foudy, a former U.S. Women’s National Team soccer player and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is one of several founding investors in Los Angeles’ NWSL expansion franchise. Twenty-three-time tennis Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, her husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and their 2-year-old daughter Olympia, who makes a cameo appearance toddling through the team’s promotional video. “That …

NWSL in talks with ownership group to add Los Angeles expansion team
4 years, 6 months ago

NWSL in talks with ownership group to add Los Angeles expansion team

New York Times  

An ownership group in Los Angeles is in the midst of expansion talks with the NWSL to bring professional women’s soccer to California for the first time in over a decade. While the deal isn’t across the finish line yet, a limited liability company named WFC LA, Inc. has been established in Delaware — and it has submitted a Statement …

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