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Angel City FC exec Jess Smith to head Warriors’ WNBA team

by admin | Feb 1, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The Golden State Warriors have plucked Jess Smith, the head of revenue for the Angel City Football Club, to be the president of their new WNBA franchise. It’s the first move by the team since the league announced it was expanding to the Bay Area back in July. Smith,...

NWSL’s Angel City fires coach Freya Coombe midway through second season

by admin | Jun 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Angel City has fired coach Freya Coombe halfway through the National Women’s Soccer League expansion franchise’s second season. Assistant coach Becki Tweed will serve as Angel City’s interim head coach, the team announced Thursday. Read...

San Diego Wave-Angel City FC sellout match set to break NWSL attendance mark

by admin | Sep 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The San Diego Wave’s Sept. 17 match vs. Angel City FC at Snapdragon Stadium will be a sellout at the newly opened venue, setting the NWSL expansion club to break the league’s single-game attendance record in their debut season. On Thursday, the Wave...

San Diego Wave to break NWSL single-game attendance record, Alex Morgan reveals

by admin | Aug 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The San Diego Wave are poised to break the National Women’s Soccer League’s all-time attendance record next month. The Wave sold more than 27,000 tickets for their Sept. 17 match against Angel City FC in San Diego, forward Alex Morgan announced on Twitter on Tuesday...

Megan Rapinoe shown first red card of career for OL Reign: USWNT star sent off for first time

by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The OL Reign beat Angel City FC 1-0 on Saturday evening in NWSL action to move into a playoff position, but that was only one of the storylines to emerge from the match. In the 72nd minute, Reign winger Megan Rapinoe was sent off for a second yellow card, earned for...

Female-led soccer club aims to deliver better pay

by admin | May 3, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

The National Women’s Soccer League is embarking on its 10th season this year by welcoming two new teams to the field. One of them is Los Angeles’ Angel City Football Club, which was founded by actress Natalie Portman and is backed by a star-studded group...

How Natalie Portman and her Angel City FC cofounders are changing the game for women’s soccer

by admin | Apr 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Just blocks from Amazon Studios in Santa Monica, next to a startup that’s developing high-protein, low-carb bagels, is the headquarters of one of L.A.’s buzziest new brands. Inside, it’s light and airy, with standard-issue startup touches like exposed pipes and...

Serena Williams and star names aim to make their mark in US women’s soccer

by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Williams, Natalie Portman, Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, Eva Longoria, Billie Jean King, and Uzo Aduba all own equity in Angel City, along with dozens of other high-profile women after backing the Angel City project, with former England footballer Eni Aluko hired as the...

Julie Ertz on her ‘exciting’ trade to NWSL expansion team Angel City FC

by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Julie Ertz has been the face of the Chicago Red Stars nearly as long as the club has existed. Now for the first time in her professional career, she will represent a different club. Ertz was traded from Chicago to the NWSL expansion side Angel City FC earlier this...

Megan Rapinoe Not Picked in 2021 NWSL Expansion Draft, Will Remain with OL Reign

by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW

OL Reign and United States women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe was not selected in the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League expansion draft. She will remain in Seattle. Here are the picks Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC made Thursday night: Read...
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