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Angel City Football Club is a National Women's Soccer League expansion team that began play in 2022. The team is based in Los Angeles, California, and was announced on July 21, 2020. The team has many high-profile owners, including Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria, Mia Hamm, and Serena Williams.[1]

The team is the Los Angeles area's first women's professional soccer team since the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer folded in 2010.[2] Angel City FC plays their home matches at BMO Stadium, which it shares with Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer.

On July 21, 2020, the National Women's Soccer League announced that Los Angeles would be awarded an expansion franchise for the 2022 season.[3] The team was announced with a majority female ownership group led by actress Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara Nortman, entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian.[3] Ohanian also represents the club on the league's board of governors.[4] Other founding members of the team included professional tennis player Serena Williams, actors Uzo Aduba, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, and Eva Longoria, late night talk show host and YouTuber Lilly Singh, YouTuber Casey Neistat, Broadway Producer Jenna Segal, and former members of the United States national team including Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Van Hollebeke, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Lorrie Fair, Ronnie Fair, Joy Fawcett, Angela Hucles, Shannon MacMillan, Tisha Venturini, Saskia Webber, Lauren Holiday, and Abby Wambach.[3][2][5][6]

It was also announced during the team's launch that they would be announcing their official name before the end of the year but were going to use 'Angel City' as a tentative nickname.[3] The team was also in discussions with various groups for a stadium agreement, including the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer.[3]

In the time since the club's name was confirmed as Angel City FC on October 21, 2020, additional members of the ownership group were announced, among them tennis great Billie Jean King, former tennis player and current tennis administrator Ilana Kloss, WNBA star Candace Parker, NHL star P. K. Subban, actress and activist Sophia Bush, Latin pop star Becky G, actor and TV host James Corden, former U.S. men's international soccer star Cobi Jones, NFL offensive lineman Ryan Kalil, and "The Vlog Squad" member Natalina Mariduena.[7]

Angel City FC hosted Mexican club Tigres UANL Femenil in the club’s first-ever International Friendly match in August 2022, which Angel City FC won 1-0.[8] The first edition of the Copa Angelina on September 5, 2022 saw Angel City FC fall 2-0 to the Mexico women's national team off a goal by Scarlett Camberos and an own goal.[9]

The announcement of the Angel City ownership group's franchise agreement caused backlash on social media among women's sports fans and particularly roller derby fans[10] due to the long-standing existence of the popular Angel City Derby. The groundbreaking WFTDA team was established in 2005 by female skaters and consistently ranks among the top derby teams in the world.[11] On October 21, 2020, the club officially confirmed that it would keep the name "Angel City Football Club".[7]

Angel City FC's official colors are "asphalt" and "armor" with "sol rosa" as an accent color, a pink-tinted hue unique to the club.[12]

On June 30, 2021, the club revealed its crest featuring an angel with wings inspired by the Southern California red-tailed hawk and shaped to mimic the area’s palm trees, with the top of the crest sloping at a 22-degree angle to represent their 2022 entry into the league. The crest was designed by Amedea Tassinari.[13]

The club collaborated with supporters in the design of the colors, crest, and kit to ensure the club represented Los Angeles.[14]

On November 17, 2021 the club unveiled its primary kit which is made from recycled materials. The all-black primary look features hints of sol rosa and an art deco pattern. The kit will also feature an ‘empowering phrase’ above player names.

The club's eight-figure deal with DoorDash as the main kit sponsor is the largest in the NWSL.[15]

In November 2020, it was announced the team would play its home matches at BMO Stadium in Exposition Park near Downtown Los Angeles.[17][18] BMO Stadium, formerly named Banc of California Stadium until 2023, is also home to Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer.[18][19]

Only competitive matches are counted. Includes NWSL regular season, playoffs, and Challenge Cup matches.

ACFC will host NJ/NY Gotham FC (6 p.m.) in the first of 14 home games this season.

The National Women’s Soccer League released the 2023 schedule Wednesday. The new-look season will get underway March 25.

What’s new?

For the first time, the NWSL has moved the Challenge Cup, usually a preseason tournament, inside the regular-season calendar. The league’s 12 teams will be grouped in three pools of four teams (Angel City will be grouped with OL Reign, San Diego Wave FC and the Portland Thorns).

Challenge Cup games will be played between April and September. The winners of each pool will advance to the semifinals Sept. 6, with the final Sept. 9.

Pool play will consist of each team playing a home-and-away against its group opponents for a total of six games, giving teams a total of 28 games for the season.

Of those 28 games, each team will play 14 at home and 14 on the road. Angel City averaged nearly 20,000 fans for last season’s home schedule, selling out four games.

Angel City’s first Challenge Cup game is April 19 at home against OL Reign.

Also new: the anticipated debut of Alyssa Thompson, the Harvard-Westlake High senior and youngest to ever play for the US women’s national team, for whom Angel City traded up to select with the top overall pick in January’s NWSL draft.

The regular-season schedule doesn’t have any midweek games, which according to the league is designed to “minimize schedule congestion for player safety and optimal performance.”

Angel City will play five games in April. The busiest month is May when the club will play six games (four regular season and two Challenge Cup).

Angel City will face its Southern California rival Wave FC four times. Twice in the regular season (April 23 at home, June 17 on the road) and twice in the Challenge Cup (June 28 at home, Aug. 5 on the road).

The teams played in front of sellout crowd of 32,000 at Wave FC’s home debut at Snapdragon Stadium in September.

With four sellouts last season, ACFC expects to see more record-setting crowds at BMO Stadium this year. Fans are encouraged to purchase their season, mini plan, group, or single game tickets soon. More information can be found at angelcity.com/tickets. For the full 2023 NWSL regular season schedule, click HERE.