Abby Wambach, Jennifer Garner, Serena Williams and More Are Starting a New Women’s Soccer Team

Maybe there is, but it’s probably just more kickass women supporting one another in front of a sunset or something.

As is, we’ll settle for the incredible powerhouses that are coming together to create a new soccer team in Los Angeles and fighting for things to be done the right way as they do it.

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#WeAreAngelCity

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Who are the powerhouses and what is the right way to create a new team to be included in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)?

For starters, founders of what they’re temporarily calling Angel City include Academy Award-winning actress, director, and activist Natalie Portman, alongside L.A.-loving venture-capitalist Kara Nortman and L.A.-native athlete and one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business Julie Uhrman.

But that’s not all. They’re joined by other modern queen part-owners like Serena Williams—and her two-year-old daughter Alexis (start ‘em young, mama!), Jessica Chastain, Eva Longoria, America Fererra, Jennifer Garner, and Uzo Aduba…PLUS 14 former members of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

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I’m so excited to be on a team with this crew of ladies— and we cannot wait to share @weareangelcity women’s soccer with all of you in 2022! ♥️ #noiveneverplayed #iknownothingabout⚽️ #womensupportingwomen #WeAreAngelCity . @natalieportman, @evalongoria, @jessicachastain, @uzoaduba, @alexisohanian, @serenawilliams, @americaferrera, @lilly, @glennondoyle, @abbywambach

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Because don’t you think that women who have already taken their turn crushing the international soccer world should be in on the success of future teams? Uh, yeah. I do.

Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Buehler, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Lorrie Fair Allen, Ronnie Fair Sullins, Joy Fawcett, Angela Hucles, Shannon MacMillan, Tisha Venturini Hoch, Saskia Webber, Lauren Cheney Holiday, and Abby Wambach all own part of the new NWSL team coming to L.A. in the spring of 2022.

Olé.

But how did they get together?

Well, read what Abby Wambach recalls as the beginning of it all:

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TODAY WE ANNOUNCE ANGEL CITY: THE FIRST MAJORITY-WOMEN FOUNDED AND LED NWSL TEAM. Back Story: A couple of years ago, I spoke to a group of women about the fear and anger I felt when I retired from soccer and realized that my hustling days were just beginning. I had to start over and recreate my entire career just to pay my bills. Natalie Portman was in the audience that day. As Natalie listened, she became infuriated by the inequity between the men’s and women’s experience inside of professional sports. She had a crazy idea: Why don’t we start our own team and do it differently — with the respect and equality and celebration these women deserve? The answer: Money. The way a team is traditionally bought is that one or two ridiculously rich men buy it. So Natalie reimagined this Old Boys Club system. She wondered: What if — instead of ONE rich man buying the team — a PACK OF WOMEN band together to start one? THEN NATALIE GATHERED HER WOLFPACK. I always dreamed, while I was playing, that I’d one day be part of founding a professional soccer team that operates by New Rules. That dream faded after retirement. Today — with the vision and power of this new Angel City Wolfpack — that dream comes back to life for me and many of my former teammates. WE ARE ANGEL CITY!!!! LFG!! Link in bio #WeAreAngelCity @weareangelcity

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So, wolfpack assembled—they set out to do things the female way. Why? As Portman put it, “Sports are such a joyful way to bring people together, and this has the power to make tangible change for female athletes both in our community and in the professional sphere.”

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What @natalieportman said. Hero on and off the field, @mrapinoe

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“We come together with a collective passion for bringing about change,” Founder & President Julie Uhrman said. “Change for our players, change for our fans, and change for our community. Change that begins today. In addition to announcing the rights to an LA NWSL team, we are thrilled to officially announce our partnership with the LA84 Foundation to help us build out our community relations foundation from the very start. To kick off our relationship, WFC LA/Angel City is now a formal supporter of the Play Equity Fund. The Play Equity Fund is committed to leveling the playing field to help ensure that all kids across Los Angeles have access and the opportunity to experience the transformational power of sport.”

So, what happens when women do things their way? Oh, you know…they win World Cups and other such trifling matters.

Double olé.

So bring it on, Angel City. Bring us equality in pay for women. Bring us more professional sports for women. Bring us workouts actually designed for women. Bring us respect. Bring us fun. Bring us more kickass women supporting other kickass women, proving that we’re the gamechangers everyone is looking for.

Because #WeAreAngelCity!