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The investment of Angel City FC by Alexis Ohanian is eye-opening to the soccer fraternity. The husband of legendary tennis player Serena Williams is a prominent advocate for women’s sports. Soccer and other sports clearly have a great pool of talent. Therefore, Ohanian invested in the National Women’s Soccer League club with the help of USWNT star Alex Morgan. In fact, he shared the tweet thread between the two back in 2019, recently.

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Ohanian shared screenshots of his tweets that led to the investment. As it resurfaced online, Alexis took the time to showcase the conversation with Morgan that finally turned into a crucial move for women’s soccer. 

Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, shares the journey to Angel City FC

In 2019, Morgan tweeted, “I can help you with that,” which resulted in the famous investment. Hence, Ohanian shared the same conversations in a recent tweet. He captioned, “The tweetstorm that led to @weareangelcity — credit @alexmorgan13 for the encouragement & advice.” Following the caption, he shared the informative conversation thread that happened. 

Most of it focused on the equal pay campaign by Megan Rapinoe and other USWNT members. Despite being more successful than the USMNT, there were various pay discrepancies between the men’s and women’s teams. Thereafter, Alexis stated the pointers in those tweets boosting women’s sports and the eye-opening talent pool. 

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He covered many pointers in the thread, including how women’s sports cannot bring money or audiences. He also explained how women’s sports were not marketed well like men’s sports.

Considering the brand value that men’s teams hold could bring a conclusion why women’s sports lack marketing campaigns. Thus, Alexis aims to change the whole sentiment related to women’s sports. He also pointed out how soccer and tennis had the best athletes in the world. 

Trying to bridge the gap between men’s and women’s sports

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After a complete analysis, a conversation with USWNT superstar Alex Morgan helped him to invest in women’s soccer. The team currently has several high-profile owners, including actress Natalie Portman, former USWNT player Mia Hamm, and singer Becky G, to name a few. The one metric to see exponential growth in NWSL is audiences, and the league’s commissioner, Jessica Berman, was quick to spot it. 

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According to ESPN, she mentioned, “I think we know, all of us who have worked in the sports industry for decades: The rocket fuel behind the growth of any sport league is attendance.” With the support of people, the NWSL can improve its standing amongst the global audience. It can eventually help young girls to achieve their dreams of becoming professional athletes. 

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