‘It’s a movement’: Silver Lake is home to L.A.’s first women’s sports bar
When Janie and Stephanie Ellingwood went to a local brewery one night to watch a U.S. Women’s National Team soccer game with some friends, they didn’t think it would be ...
Tag: Angel City FC
Commentary: Angel City takes stand against immigration raids as others stay silent
Why is it always the women who stand up first? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. But it’s one that has a basis in fact because girl power is real. ...
Angel City FC wears shirts declaring itself ‘Immigrant City Football Club’
Angel City FC players and staff wore T-shirts and read a pregame message declaring their support for immigrants on Saturday, a day of protest against ICE raids throughout Los Angeles. ...
New Angel City coach Alex Straus sees communication as key to building winning culture
Alexander Straus was fewer than two weeks from his first training session as Angel City FC coach. Yet, Angel City CEO and co-founder Julie Uhrman wanted to see her new ...
Not done yet: Christen Press embracing her role as Angel City’s elder stateswoman
It doesn’t seem that long ago that Christen Press was helping the national team to consecutive World Cup titles. She was unstoppable then, a key cog in the greatest women’s ...
Angel City’s Riley Tiernan used desire and opportunity to prove she belongs
Welcome to the Riley Tiernan Revenge Tour. Oh, sure, the Angel City forward is far too nice to call it that, but that’s what her first NWSL season has become. ...
Angel City defender Savy King, who collapsed during game, has heart surgery
Angel City defender Savy King, who was carted off the field at BMO Stadium after collapsing in the 74th minute of the team’s game with Utah last week, underwent successful ...
Japanese soccer players forming connections with L.A.’s Japanese American community
Growing up Japanese American in Southern California, Saki Watanabe had plenty of role models who showed her she could be whatever she wanted to be. There were baseball players, judges, ...
Angel City names Bayern Munich’s Alexander Straus its new head coach
Angel City is naming Bayern Munich’s Alexander Straus its new manager, filling a job that has been vacant since Becki Tweed’s sacking in December. Straus will join the club on ...
