A revealing new HBO docuseries follows the fortunes of Angel City FC, the Natalie Portman-backed team trying to make it big
Sports doc that goes inside the same-named LA franchise pushing for change on and off the pitch. The series embeds with the team over the course of the 2022 season, as the National Women’s Soccer League was reeling from an internal investigation that implicated five coaches and a general manager in a toxic workplace scandal marked by verbal abuse, racist remarks and sexual misconduct.
All the while Angel City is bidding to finish with a winning record in its launch season – a near impossible feat for an expansion team. And they add to the degree of difficulty by not making any trades or roster cuts unless by player request. The idea is to provide a sense of security within a league that was capricious about on-field shake ups before assenting to a collective bargaining agreement.
Many times a story would continue unfolding after production had exhausted its allotted filming time, forcing Nelson to grab a go-bag and get the footage herself. “I had my camera in the garage at the ready, batteries always charged,” she says. “When Sydney Leroux was traded from Orlando, I scrambled from Culver City to catch her arriving at LAX with her kids.”
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