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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Tom Garry

NWSL’s Angel City sold for record-breaking $250m to Disney CEO Bob Iger

The previous record for an NWSL franchise was the sale of San Diego Wave for around $113m.
The previous record for an NWSL franchise was the sale of San Diego Wave for around $113m. Photograph: Jessica Alcheh/USA Today Sports

The most expensive takeover in the history of women’s professional sports has been completed after the NWSL formally ratified the $250m purchase of a controlling stake in Angel City FC to Bob Iger and Willow Bay.

Iger, the chief executive of Walt Disney, and television journalist Bay are also injecting an additional $50m into the club, which was only founded in 2020 by a group including the Hollywood actor Natalie Portman and venture capitalists Kara Nortman and Alexis Ohanian.

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