Angel City FC
Angel City FC
VerifiedAngel City Football Club is an American professional football team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The club was found in 2020.
Signature Fun Facts
What makes Angel City FC what it is.
Prisca Chilufya
Angel City FC
She scored a double hat-trick (6 goals!) and added 2 assists in a single match for Tomiris Turan.
Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir
Angel City FC
She once scored a goal in youth football by throwing the ball off the goalkeeper and into the net from a long throw-in.
Sydney Leroux
Angel City FC
At age 13, Leroux and her mother got serious about her chances at becoming a professional footballer and set their sights on the USA. They approached her father, an American who split when her mother was two months pregnant, about signing her birth certificate so Leroux could be awarded dual citizenship. Soon after, she moved to Seattle to focus on her dream.
Jun Endō
Angel City FC
She joined Angel City FC in their inaugural NWSL season and made an immediate impact by assisting the first goal and scoring the second in the club’s first-ever regular season match.
Sarah Gorden
Angel City FC
She became a mom at 21 while still a college athlete and returned to playing collegiate soccer just four weeks after giving birth.
Ally Sentnor
Angel City FC
She was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Kids at 15 and named their SportsKid of the Year in 2019.
Nealy Martin
Angel City FC
She went undrafted, but received a random email that led her to play in Wales and get her MBA.
Gisele Thompson
Angel City FC
Together with her sister, they are the first high school athletes in the U.S. to sign an NIL deal with Nike.
Jun Endō
Angel City FC
She started practicing football indoors as a child after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake made it unsafe to play outside, which helped her develop excellent ball control in tight spaces.
Sydney Leroux
Angel City FC
At just 14, she got her first tattoo, a flaming tribal football design on her back, after scoring 14 goals at nationals and winning a bet with her mum. She later had it covered up and is relieved no photos of it exist.
Ally Sentnor
Angel City FC
As a kid, she scored so much that her dad made her play in goal or use only her non-dominant foot.
Nealy Martin
Angel City FC
To celebrate her iconic emergency keeper moment, Gotham FC sold goalkeeper jerseys with her name on them for her birthday the following year.
Claire Emslie
Angel City FC
She scored Scotland's first-ever goal in a World Cup during the 2019 tournament against England.
Nealy Martin
Angel City FC
She has stepped in as goalkeeper twice — including the 2023 NWSL Championship, helping Gotham FC clinch the win after Mandy Haught was sent off!
Angelina Anderson
Angel City FC
She became the first rookie goalkeeper to start in an NWSL playoff match since the league's inaugural season in 2013.
Sydney Leroux
Angel City FC
She returned to NWSL play just 3 months after giving birth to her second child in 2019.
Gisele Thompson
Angel City FC
On 2 May 2025, her sister assisted her first professional goal, creating the first sister-to-sister goal in NWSL history.
Team Roster
The players who wear the Angel City FC shirt.
AngelinaAnderson
Goalkeeper
SarahGorden
Defender
SavyKing
Defender
SophiaMattice
Defender
EmilySams
Defender
GiseleThompson
Defender
AryBorges
Midfielder
NealyMartin
Midfielder
MaiaraNiehues
Midfielder
HinaSugita
Midfielder
PriscaChilufya
Forward
ClaireEmslie
Forward
JunEndō
Forward
Sveindís JaneJónsdóttir
Forward
SydneyLeroux
Forward
AllySentnor
Forward
RileyTiernan
Forward
Head Coach
Alexander Straus
Alexander Straus is a Norwegian football coach. He has been the head coach of Angel City FC since June 2025.
Team Stadium
BMO Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
Videos & Highlights
The best moments from Angel City FC.
News & Articles
Every story we have written about Angel City FC.
How much do NWSL clubs invest? A club-by-club breakdown
Angel City has a riddle for their fans. Can you guess their winter signings?
"Los Angeles is for everyone" How the players spoke out against protests and stood up for migrants
Angel City's captain announces retirement
Angel City's players wear ‘Immigrant City Football Club’ shirts after Los Angeles raids