Celebrities back bid to boost women’s football in US
Natalie Portman, Serena Williams and Uzo Aduba join venture capitalists to set up professional women’s soccer team in Los Angeles
Bengaluru — American actress Natalie Portman and more than a dozen former US women’s national team players have formed an ownership group to set up a professional women’s soccer team in Los Angeles from 2022.
The new team, which has yet to be named, was announced by the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) on Tuesday.
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 “Angel City”.
Led by venture capitalists Alexis Ohanian and Kara Nortman and entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, the group also includes actors Uzo Aduba, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, late-night talk show host Lilly Singh.
Tennis star Serena Williams, who is married to Ohanian, is also part of the founding investor’s group.
“Today we take an exciting step by announcing the first women majority-owned and led ownership group,” Portman said in a statement.
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