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Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian are making moves to promote their NWSL team, Angel City FC. They are among the leading investors in the city, along with Hollywood actress Natalie Portman. The team played its first season this year and performed better than what you would expect from a brand-new team.

They are just getting started, and the club has got support from the investors. They are also making efforts to run marketing events to promote women’s soccer as much as possible. It looks like their efforts are working alongside the triumphant performance of USWNT.

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The Reddit co-founder shared a photo on his Twitter teasing the fans of Angel City FC. Serena Williams had spoken countless times about how her kid is more into soccer than tennis and that is a win for the sport.

Alexis Ohanian got a new showpiece for the office

The husband of tennis legend Serena Williams shared a photo on Twitter where it was appearing to be teasing the fans as he got the game ball from the first season of Angel City FC. This is the ball that they play one of their matches with.

He wrote, “Bought a @weareangelcity game ball from our inaugural season for the office. Our suite location is no joke — caught two of these during matches this year“. While holding the ball in his hand.

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Angel City FC played 22 matches in their first season, out of which they won 8 and were able to draw 5. They finished in the 8th spot with 29 points. They surpassed clubs like NJ/NY Gotham FC and Washington Spirit. It was just two years ago when Alexis decided to go through investing in the club and informed Serena Williams about it.

USWNT inspired Serena Williams

While talking with Natalie Portman about the team, Serena Williams once talked about how the performance of USWNT inspired her to invest in women’s soccer. She told how Alexis inform her about USWNT and she fell in love with the idea of having a team.

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Watch this story: ‘Lucky Man’ Alexis Ohanian Vows To ‘Get Better’ As Wife Serena Williams Takes a Trip Down the Memory Lane – ‘So Romantic..’

The LA-based NWSL team is majorly owned by females. Some big names like Natalie Portman Mia Hamm, Jennifer Garner, and Eva Longoria, along with 14 former USWNT players. It is just beautiful to see the revolution these stars are bringing onto the scene.

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Rishabh Chaudhary

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Rishabh is a soccer writer at EssentiallySports, coming with a year of experience in digital marketing and 19 years of being a sports fan. Like most people in India, he started by watching cricket and then all sports. He writes poetry and songs in his free time and plays FPS games like Valorant and CSGO.
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