Serena Williams, Natalie Portman, and USWNT legends are a part of a female ownership group behind LA’s new women’s professional soccer team
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian led the investment for the group, which also includes his tennis icon wife, Serena Williams, and their daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr, who at two years old becomes the youngest-known professional sports team owner. Williams, one of, and launched Serena Ventures to invest in startups founded by women and minorities.
She may have needed the least amount of convincing. Along with her husband, former Major League Baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, Hamm is part of the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s LAFC, which. Last year she was quoted as saying it was that organization’s priority to bring a NWSL team to the city. LAFC’s supporter group, the 3252, backed her up, even flew banners and flags with the NWSL logo saying “Bring NWSL to LA.
“We’ve long sought the right partner in L.A. considering the NWSL fanbase that already exists in the region and the massive interest in women’s soccer in general,” NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird said in a statement. “Those factors, along with an incredible ownership group make this an ideal situation and we couldn’t be more thrilled to move forward.”
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