LOS ANGELES: A group of celebrities led by Hollywood star Natalie Portman has founded a women’s professional soccer team set to debut in 2022, the women’s pro soccer league said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). “A majority woman-founded group” led by Portman “has secured the exclusive right to bring a professional women’s soccer team to Los Angeles to kick off in Spring 2022,” the National Women’s Soccer League said. Currently, there are nine teams in the league, but one other team — the Louisville FC — is set to rejoin the league in 2021. The founding investor group includes Williams’s young daughter Olympia, and several former US Women’s National Team players including Mia Hamm, Lauren Cheney Holiday and Abby Wambach. The United States is a powerhouse of women’s soccer and the current world champions.

Source: Manila Times July 22, 2020 16:30 UTC