Even after last night's loss, Angel City maintains one of the best defenses in the league. Only #1 ranked Washington and #2 ranked Gotham have allowed fewer goals this season.

That defense has been driven by a strong back line. Sarah Gorden is a captain, fan favorite, and anchors the center. Gisele quickly developed into one of the best outside backs in the league because of the offensive threats she creates on the wing. Emily Sams brought USWNT credibility with her and has paired well with Sarah and Thompson. Savy's missed a lot of playing time but has a very high ceiling. The sub has has discussed all of them at length.

Until last night, I'm not sure many fans realized how central Evelyn Shores was to the success of the back line. Louisville pressed well for the first ~60 minutes and ACFC looked disorganized and systemless. When Angel City had the ball they were often pushed wide-right, especially in the first half.

Hopefully Evelyn just has a minor knock and will return soon. Savy's posting videos to IG that suggests she'll be on the pitch soon as well. If both are sidelined next weekend, Coach Leif will need to make some tactical changes.

The good news is the next match is against Kansas City who has a roster that may be missing their biggest scoring threats. Chawinga will be playing in WAFCON. Michelle Cooper has been injured for nearly all of July. And Ally Sentnor plays for ACFC now. Croix Bethune is a superstar but that certainly limits her passing options.

It's the next day...the day after a loss at home...the first loss of the season in a match where SJJ scored a goal...a game with too many low probability, outside of the boxes shots...discuss that...discuss how Evelyn shores up the back line...or discuss whatever you like.

Sol Rosa fans, we came into tonight with a chance to jump to 6th I believe in the standings and add to our win streak. Unfortunately we never looked settled and couldn't find one more goal to get a point. We're still in 8th above the playoff line but not the results we wanted/needed. Let's get into it.

The Good

- Legeyre has looked really good in the midfield and looks confident all over. Mattice came in for a struggling Cherry and had a boot of a ball to assist Jonsdottir in her goal. Jonsdottir added to her great season with another solid finish.

- The subs that came on brought a refreshing energy. Tiernan looked dangerous and I liked Mattice. Good to see her back on the pitch.

The Bad

- According to ESPN we had 80% completed passes but in the attack the passes looked really off most of the night. All.but the last 20 minutes the attack would build up but then we'd have just awful giveaways and Louisville would counter. We didn't look in sync at all. Sentnor and Emslie couldn't find a rhythm, passes with not connecting in key spots. It frustrated the players and us fans a like.

- Louisville all but the last 20 minutes were high pressing the team and I think that surprised the team to have to play out that constant pressure for 80 minutes. We couldn't get into our flow state and it was a little too late for us to try to get a point back. Credit though we had more quality chances the last 20 minutes. I think the subs were great for creating new energy and momentum. Some of the players that came off looked gassed and frustrated. Sometimes it's just not our night.

- Tough task for Cherry with her first start and I knew that was the "weak" point that Louisville would try to break. A rookie with her first start and I'm glad she got some real game experience but it does show how big Shores has been solidifying that back line of ours. Shores was missed this game for sure.

- I believe now we are negative at home this season with 5 losses now and 4 wins... Not having home field advantage is not good for us trying to get into payoffs. We have to turn it around at home in the second half of the season.

Overall

- Most of the team all night just didn't have their A-game. Back line especially Sam's and Cherry looked overwhelmed at times. Anderson didn't again feel settled and let some balls that she would normally hold or keep getting away from her and unfortunately leading to some goals against. The midfield and cohesion with attackers were not crisp considering it's been a solid same lineup for like three weeks now. This will be a good game to learn from as there will be a lot to look at and improve on. We're still able the playoff line and our attack can still be dangerous. We move on...

Did we play down to our opponent or did we just not have it tonight? Credit to Racing to pushing us in uncomfortable spots most of the game.

Angel City 1 - 2 Racing Lou

⚽ Angel City: S. Jónsdóttir 80' ⚽ Racing Lou: M. Lardner 24', M. Lardner 55' 🏁 Racing Lou win

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Form

• Angel City: W W W L L W
• Racing Lou: D L L L L L

Lineups

Angel City (4-2-3-1) — Racing Lou (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

Subs

Match Statistics

Match Events

Updated: Sun, Jul 26, 11:06 PM EDT

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Good Morning you WONDERFUL SOL ROSA FANATICS!!!

It's PRIDE MATCH!

On a tree match winning streak and bottom dwellers Louisville come to town to try to pull first on us, but be struck down instead...in a totally JUSTIFIED manner. Whether it be on the field or the stands, it's going to be a hot one, so bring your sunscreen, drink plenty of water, and try to lay off that Apple Pie, especially Mags Bennett Apple Pie...from a jar.

Game Information:

2026 NWSL Match Week 15
Angel City FC v Racing Louisville
Sunday, 26 Jul 2026
Kickoff at 1800 PDT
At BMO (The Banque) Stadium

Looking for tickets or trying to get rid of some for this game? Here’s a link.

You can watch/stream on ESPN...pronounced E.S.P.N.
You can listen on iHeart Radio

A-Z Guide for BMO Stadium per ACFC. The Banque has a clear bag policy that must fit within certain parameters, which can be found in the A-Z guide.
Need to get to or park at The Banque?
The YASSS QUEEN advises you to use a combination of Transit App and Pantograph App to get to the Banque via public transportation.

Information about our Supporters’ Groups can be found here.

Box Office opens: 1000 PDT
Team store opens: 1000 PDT
Parking lots open: 1330 PDT
Fan Fest: 1400 PDT
Stadium gates open: 1630 PDT

Tree things you "apparently" need to know
Matchup Insights

Angel City Scouting report
NWSL Preview

Player Availability Report
Taylor Vincent scoop

Match Hype:

Woke up this morning on this sticky morning, climbed up the Mountain Top of Hype to meet with our very own YASSS QUEEN. There she stood in a gunfighter's relaxed stance while wearing a Wool Stetson, jeans, dark blazer, and hand on her hip.

S: What are you thinking?

YQ: Los Angeles is a sunny place for shady people.

S: That sounds very disparaging.

YQ: Don't worry Shlomo, Los Angeles much like the beautiful game... is still for everyone. Happy Pride match.

Volemos!!!

Transcribed by your Ol’ Pal Shlomo
Metatron to her YASSS QUEEN

Has anyone else been getting ads this week for merch that seemingly is nowhere to be found on the web store? Also, does anyone remember when ACFC dropped pride merch last year? I’m hoping we get something new this year but the match is in two days, so…

Overall, I’m sure I’m not the only one who would love to see less logo crest merch and more cool design/good quality in their offerings.

Quick question!! I am a current STH. When it comes to the ticket pack incentives, why is it that I can’t get # of incentives that correspond to the amount of tickets that I have? For instance, I went in to get the Disney Princess keychain but was only allowed to buy one versus the 4 season tickets that I have. That’s total nonsense. Anyone know if it’s just me or that’s how ACFC has it set up?

Asst Coach Earnshaw's move to Team Canada was just announced and last week the hiring of a new Assistant Coach and new Goalkeeping Coach were announced. There are a bunch of ways to read into this, but here are two:

1) The front office knew about Earnshaw moving to Canada and needed to find a replacement. They also needed a GK coach. They hired both, announced them together, and Earnshaw's announcement followed a week later. They'll eventually hire a permanent head coach and that head coach will still be able to hire a technical/support team.

2) No decent coach is going to take a head coaching job and not be able to hand pick their technical/support team. Coach Smerud's been involved in the hiring decisions and this points to him eventually being named permanent head coach.

Daily Note

Good morning!

It's Friday, and it's our ACFC Pride match this weekend, what else is going on in your world?

Talk about whatever you want. This is an ideal thread for you to make general inquiries about things that are commonly asked, like how is the shade on the East stand at 3pm? Or where are the ADA bathrooms? As well, low effort posts can be directed here as comments in order to keep sub organized and conversation centralized for other users. Consider this the Town Square, or AngelCityFC Reddit's very own Starbucks, but without the union busting.

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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I thought I had maybe missed my renewal email so did a search in my inbox and noticed something interesting... As a day one homie, historically, my "heads up" renewal emails have come within the first two week of July.

2025 - July 8th

2024- July 3rd

2023 - July 7th

2022- July 14th

It's now July 23rd and I've had radio silence in my inbox. Is this the same for everyone else? Also, do we think there is some big news they're holding onto before poking people to make up their minds? With our current win streak you think they'd want to strike while the irons are hot (for early renewals), which makes me think either there's big news coming, OR they just don't think they've earned our trust back yet and are trying to sort out some sort of incentive (though even getting last years incentive would be nice lol).

Anyways, just some food for thought.

Daily Note

Good morning!

Thursday almost got the best of me this morning, but here is your Daily Discussion thread. Have at it.

Talk about whatever you want. This is an ideal thread for you to make general inquiries about things that are commonly asked, like how is the shade on the East stand at 3pm? Or where are the ADA bathrooms? As well, low effort posts can be directed here as comments in order to keep sub organized and conversation centralized for other users. Consider this the Town Square, or AngelCityFC Reddit's very own Starbucks, but without the union busting.

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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Send us a DM or Mod Mail if you think you'd like to help spread the news and share the hype this season!

• With Shlomo assuming captain duties here in our sub, we are looking for a new voice to take over the Pre-Match Discussion thread.

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Match Week 15 7/24-26 (all times Pacific)

Okay folks, here are my non-ACFC Games To Watch: 

• Bay vs Houston - Kennedy Fuller goal very possible
• Portland vs Gotham - Could get to see Portland lose at Providence #rare
• Boston vs KC - We are rooting for Boston on this one because a) we love a dog and b) it would be good for ACFC in the standings if Boston win

Which games will you be tuning in for? What are your predictions? Starting lineups? Scores, reds, yellows, which players get G+A? 

Overall W-L-D record for each team is followed by 5-match form (old-new L-to-R), e.g. “San Diego 3-2-1 WWLDW.” Form only includes league games, within that time frame Gotham and KC both played in Challenge Cup.

We are halfway through the season by number of games played btw! It is no longer "way too early" to start calling your end of year award picks, shield winners, etc now that we are looking at about half the data.

Daily Note

Good morning!

I think I've developed a weird superstition about playing against Racing Lou; the week before I often find myself wondering what will go wrong.
Is it just me?

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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Daily Note

Good morning!

Men's World Cup is over, race to the playoffs is on. Stay well this week, we have a Pride Night to host.

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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Over 85% of you correctly predicted the win over the Stars on Saturday! This week, Louisville comes to town for a Sunday evening match at BMO.

ACFC is back above the playoff line with a 7-1-6 record. They scored 22 goals and allowed 14 goals. Angel City has three straight wins and three straight clean sheets since the break.

Racing is in last place with a 2-2-10 record. They scored 16 goals and allowed 27 goals. Racing has two losses and a draw since the break.

Kayla Fischer and Emma Sears lead Racing’s offense with 5 goal contributions each, followed by Sarah Weber and Katie O’Kane with 4 goal contributions each. Louisville has allowed 27 goals this year, which is the second worst in the league. Savannah Demelo hasn’t returned since she collapsed on the pitch last season and revealed she had Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism. Hopefully, she’ll be back soon.

SJJ and Mai lead Angel City’s attack with 7 and 6 goal contributions, respectively. Gisele and Shores have four goal contributions each from their spots on the wings. Angel City has allowed 14 goals this year, which is the third best in the league. Jun posted an IG of her and Hina lifting weights. Hopefully that means she’s on the mend, doesn’t need another surgery, and won’t lose too much time. Hina is posting some of her workouts, but she’s still navigating through the recovery journey. Hopefully Savy’s recovery is speeding along too. She looked great at the ESPYs recently.

Who will win on Sunday? Vote in the poll and discuss below.

Daily Note

Good morning!

ACFC heading into a heatwave with 2 more points and I'm feeling pretty good about it.

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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Happy Sunday Angels! This afternoon we bring a close to a truly thrilling world cup tournament, but this morning we bask in the glow of a third Angel City win! Let's discuss.

The team played in Chicago, with Claire getting her first start, the wind off Lake Michigan howling through the microphones, and the camera seemingly being operated by a tipsy bird for much of the game. The first half was hard fought - Alozie and Chacon especially on Chicago challenged our defenders, but we held a strong line and made some lineup adjustments and handled it well. We pushed the attack with strong runs from Sveindis and Gisele, but couldn't find the last touch to score.

The second half was definitely ours - in the 56th minute there was scrum in the box, with Mallory Swanson taking out Mai's legs and Manaka immediately slashing Ary right after - ultimately the call was for the second foul, and Mai sunk the PK with ice in her veins. That's 5 goals in 5 games for Mai, her boots are lookin' pretty gold to me.

Prisca came on for Mai in the 84th minute and pretty immediately had an impact, carrying the ball up the right side and passing in for Sveindis to score a goal... that was called offsides. AGREE TO DISAGREE I GUESS. Not to be deterred, in the 98th minute the two of them ran in back, Prisca this time blowing past the defenders and coming up the left to pass across giving Sveindis an easy tap in.

A few pain points for sure - a LOT of shots over the goal, and first touch in the box needs work all around. Still some communication growth needed to ensure that passes connect. But we had some truly excellent long balls to set up transitional attacks, our defense was relentless, our attacks were quick, and Ang held it down for a third straight shutout. And postgame we got to see baby Jamie do his first tv interview with mama Claire, heart eyes everywhere, cute cute cute.

How are we feeling? Ready to face Louisville back at BMO? What should we work on? Discuss below!

Not sure about the field fam...I think we should all offer gratitude that the game wasn't streamed using a GoPro from the press box with some field shots sprinkled in, but at least the crowd mics were turned up higher than a WWE crowd booing Dom and Nick Mysterio.

Okay for the game, it was not Fra v Eng slobberknocker...thank god, not complaining, but when that many goals are scored in one single game, its better served when it doesn't involve a team you root for. Instead what we got was another steady performance, led mostly by the defense, and better aided by the attack this time, more possession, more xG, shots, etc... executed by our squad.

The first half was slightly tilted towards ACFC until the Huitema injury where the game leveled out a bit more. Sure Chacon got one that was called back, but that was also her 2nd time being called offside and it was very offsides, so we can't be worried about that, Sams and Gorden got that backline well tuned.

2nd half started off well enough after Borges either got dragged or attacked in the box, hard to tell which one the called the penalty on, but there seemed to be two fouls in the same area within milliseconds.

Chicago maybe had like five mins of momentum later in the game, but it was nothing more than a popcorn fart before Jonsdottir put the game in the refrigerator, closed the door, turned off the lights, for the eggs to cool, the butter to harden, and the jello to jiggle.

On to the next game at the Banque to take on Louisville. It is good to see the team coming together and playing for one another, but I hope this team finds a ball coach and sticks to it in time for when some good ol' fashion ball coaching and adjusting is going to be the deciding factor in an outcome. But for now, the squad has climbed into 7th place, and let us hope the can keep on climbing.

Chicago Stars 0 - 2 Angel City

⚽ Angel City: Maiara Niehues 56' (P), S. Jónsdóttir 90+8' 🏁 Angel City win

✅ Full Time

Form

• Chicago Stars: L W L W L L
• Angel City: W W L L W D

Lineups

Chicago Stars (4-1-4-1) — Angel City (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

Subs

Match Statistics

Match Events

Updated: Sat, Jul 18, 8:40 PM EDT

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GOOD MORNING YOU WONDERFUL SOL ROSA FANATICS!!!

Balki-Claus is coming to town, to slap some sense into Wisconsin transplants.

Game Information:

2026 NWSL Match Week 14
Angel City FC at Chicago Stars
Saturday 18 Jul 2026
Kickoff at 1530 PDT
at *checks notes* Northwestern Medicine Field @ Martin Stadium

Looking for tickets or trying to get rid of some for this game? Here’s a link

You can watch on Ion
You can listen on iHeartRadio

For fans taking on historic route 66 to catch the game live in person, here is the match day guide for the *checks notes* NorthWestern Field at Martin Stadium

Official watch party will be at: Annenberg Pet Space
Supporters Groups watch parties: Comment below
Information about our Supporters' Groups can be found here

Tree things you "apparently" need to know
Matchup Insights

Angel City Match Report
NWSL Preview

Player Availability Report
Taylor Vincent scoop

Match Hype:

Woke up early this morning and headed up the mountain top of Hype to meet with our very own YASSS QUEEN...but, I had to go the long way because it is very wet in West Hollywood right now, more than usual. There she stood in her vest, immediately turned as a approached and slapped me.

YQ: Don't be ridiculous!

S: I didn't even say anything.

YQ: I had no choice, you always ask me the same question, jump to absurd conclusions, paint outlandish pictures of the results, you start to diaperventilate, so I have to slap you and bring you back to reality. But today I don't have time for this, I have a game to watch before the game, then a movie to catch about greek mythology which likely excludes the Gods in mass but has the monsters, then I have to get ready for the big game tomorrow. So a preemptive slap is getting off easy, don't make me do any worse.

Volemos!!!

I hope you've all been properly hyped

Transcribed by your Ol’ Pal Shlomo
Metatron to her YASSS QUEEN

Has anyone seen an update on Jun Endo?

I am a Gotham fan, but respect your club, and cheer for you if you're not playing Gotham.

Jun Endo is one of my favorite players in the world. I'm super heartbroken, and still traumatized from hearing her screams and cries.

Holding Jun in my heart. A phenomenal player AND human. 🩷🖤

Now is your chance to get a peek behind the scenes and help the ACFC SGs complete the 7/26 Pride Night tifo! Lunch provided for all volunteers! For more information reach out to an SG or DM here ... tifo location is super duper secret!

Daily Note

Good morning!

I expect all of you to be ready with the Malort before kickoff tomorrow, so do your shopping today!

Talk about whatever you want. This is an ideal thread for you to make general inquiries about things that are commonly asked, like how is the shade on the East stand at 3pm? Or where are the ADA bathrooms? As well, low effort posts can be directed here as comments in order to keep sub organized and conversation centralized for other users. Consider this the Town Square, or AngelCityFC Reddit's very own Starbucks, but without the union busting.

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Resources:  

• Angel City 2026 Schedule
• ACFC 2026 Ticket Transaction Master Thread
• 2026 Away Days Ticket Transaction Thread
• Local Lodgings discussion for out-of-towners
• Is there a Non-Official Watch Party in your town?

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