The Circuit
Women’s Soccer Is Playing the Long Game
Angel City FC’s Natalie Portman and Christen Press reflect on the game’s rise globally.
Fans during the Angel City Football Club opening match in Los Angeles in March.
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The US women’s team barely made it through the group stage at the World Cup, and for the owners of a major American soccer club, that’s a good thing. It suggests the game is becoming more popular around the world.
Natalie Portman, the Oscar-winning actress, made a bet on women’s soccer as a global business when she helped start Angel City FC. Portman and her co-founders Kara Nortman and Julie Uhrman reflected on the present and future of the sport in a joint interview.