Natalie Portman announces new LA-based football team 'Angel City FC', to join NWSL in 2022

On Tuesday, Hollywood star Natalie Portman revealed that new football team she plans to bring to National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) will be named 'Angel City FC'. Back in July, NWSL revealed that a new team will be coming to Los Angeles in spring of 2022 thanks to  majority women-founded ownership group led by Portman. Along with Portman, ownership group consists of actors Uzo uba, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner and Eva Longoria.

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Natalie Portman anunces name of new LA-based football team

On  Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman revealed that  women's football team she is helping bring to Los Angeles in 2022 will be named 'Angel City FC'. 39-year-old said: "I'm so excited for future of women's football in USA. A group of us h become extremely passionate about sport because we have best women's football team in world. We won two last two FIFA World Cups as well." Portman n went on to confirm that team her group is helping bring to LA will be called 'Angel City FC'. 

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Portman previously revealed that she spent time with USWNT players and several or owners of NWSL clubs. "A football team in LA could t only elevate NWSL and players’ exposure but also bring incredibly talented women to city of LA — my city,” she said in an interview with Sportico. 

eight-year-old NWSL, which played with nine teams this year, is set to d Racing Louisville FC next season and one more team from Sacramento sometime in next two years. Angel City will become league’s 11th team in 2022.

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Who are Angel City owners? 

According to reports from LA Times, Julie Uhrman is Angel City FC's founder and president. club's majority-women ownership group was founded by Uhrman, Natalie Portman and venture capitalist Kara rtman. team's original investor group includes tennis icon Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian, 14 former USWNT players (among m Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach) and actresses Eva Longoria, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera and Jennifer Garner.

However,  group of owner-investors grew to more than 50 people with dition of tennis great Billie Jean King and her partner Ilana Kloss. WNBA star Candace Parker,  NHL star PK Subban, actor James Cordon and five-time Pro Bowl lineman Ryan Kalil also recently became investors at Angel City FC. 

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