[Photo: Courtesy]A group of celebrities led by Hollywood star Natalie Portman and Serena Williams has founded a women's professional soccer team set to debut in 2022, the women's pro soccer league said on Tuesday evening. "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 NWSL, which had its inaugural season in 2013, was the first US professional sports league to restart activities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. "This decision in no way impacts the US Open or the Western & Southern Open," the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said in a statement.

Source: Standard Digital July 23, 2020 07:52 UTC