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American tennis legend Serena Williams is among the most famous athletes on the internet. She and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and daughter Olympia have a huge fan following on social media. While Serena has achieved almost everything in tennis and fans expected Olympia to follow her, she has different interests. The five-year-old is a soccer fan.

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Interestingly, Ohanian and Serena are principal investors in the NWSL team Angel City FC. There’s an interesting story of how Ohanian actually got the motivation to invest in it.

A fan got Alexis Ohanian to consider investing in the NWSL team

Back in 2019, the US Women’s football team won their fourth consecutive World Cup title. Ohanian himself is a huge football fan and was very happy about the achievement. The ‘Reddit’ co-founder took to his Twitter account and wrote an appreciation post for the team. While praising them, he also mentioned his daughter Olympia, who has a keen interest in the game.

“Congratulations @uswnt! Bringing home a #WorldCup title for an unprecedented four straight times & inspiring a generation of women (and men) around the world. One little girl, in particular, is currently outside practicing.,” Ohanian wrote. He also shared a video of Olympia playing football.

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Further, Ohanian also urged people to go and watch NWSL matches.

A fan was quick to ask Serena’s husband to invest in the NWSL team. “BUY AN NWSL TEAM UR A LITERAL F**KING BILLIONAIRE,” he wrote. Eventually, Ohanian did it.

When another fan dug out the comment and asked if the prompting request from the fan was the reason for his investment in Angel City FC, he replied, “This one definitely helped. I’m no a billionaire yet 😉 but this was quite compelling.”

Serena Williams turns assistant coach for Olympia’s football practice

Serena Williams is spending more time with her daughter after retirement. After playing her last match at the US Open earlier this year, the 41-year-old has all her focus set on Olympia. Recently, the former world number one shared a video on Instagram where he explained how she turned into an assistant coach for her daughter, Olympia.

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In the video, Serena reveals she took her five-year-old daughter for her first football practice. However, the little one was very nervous about letting her mother go.

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Interestingly, there was a need for a volunteer assistant coach and Serena took that up instantly. Is there anything Serena can’t do? Definitely not.