Sheryl Sandberg, Brandi Chastain Help Bring Women’s Pro Soccer Team to Bay Area
- Sixth Street leads $125 million investment in new NWSL club
- Brandi Chastain, 3 other star players, are founding partners
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The San Francisco Bay Area is about to get a new women’s professional soccer team with backing from ex-Meta Platforms Inc. executive Sheryl Sandberg and with former US National Team stars including Brandi Chastain as founding partners.
The National Women’s Soccer League has awarded the rights for its newest expansion team to a group that includes the investment firm Sixth Street, Sandberg and her husband, Tom Bernthal, along with Chastain and three other former national team players. The $125 million investment led by Sixth Street is the largest to date in women’s soccer, the group said.