| Club: | Angel City FC |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Chrtitle: | General manager |
| Chairman: | Angela Hucles Mangano |
| Ownertitle: | Owners |
| Owner: | List of Angel City FC owners |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Becki Tweed |
| Stadium: | BMO Stadium (capacity: 22,000) |
| League: | League |
| League Result: | 11th |
| League Topscorer: | Claire Emslie Sydney Leroux (7 each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Claire Emslie Sydney Leroux (8 each) |
| Highest Attendance: | (four times) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 16,542 v NJ/NY Gotham FC (6 July 2024, National Women's Soccer League) |
| Average Attendance: | 19,313 |
| Largest Win: | 2–0 v Bay FC (Away, 26 July 2024, NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–3 v Orlando Pride (Home, 30 June 2024, National Women's Soccer League) 0–3 v Portland Thorns FC (Away, 3 Nov 2024, National Women's Soccer League) |
| Cup1: | Summer Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
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| Body1: | 202121 |
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| Socks1: | 202121 |
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| American: | true |
| Updated: | November 2, 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
The 2024 Angel City FC season was the team's third season as a professional women's soccer team. Angel City FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
See also: 2023 Angel City FC season.
On November 2, 2023, at the conclusion of the 2023 season, Angel City official announced that interim coach Becki Tweed would be staying on permanently as head coach.[1] The club announced the departure of Head of Goalkeeping, Daniel Ball on November 8, 2023, after serving his two-year contract.
On January 9, 2024, Angel City announced the hiring of Lee Nguyen as an assistant coach, as well as the promotion of Eleri Earnshaw to first assistant coach.[2] On January 23, 2024, Oliver Blitz was announced as the new Performance Analyst in the preseason roster announcement.[3] On January 31, 2024, Angel City announced the finalized staff for the 2024 season, with Omar Zeenni announced as the new goalkeeper coach and Sarah Neal as the new director of rehabilitation.[4]
On January 23, 2024, Angel City announced their preseason roster with the first day of training beginning the following day. On February 14, 2024, Angel City announced that forward Jun Endo had suffered an ACL injury to her left-knee during a preseason training camp in Melbourne, Florida and would be placed on the season-ending injury list.[5] Angel City competed in a friendly against NWSL expansion club Bay FC in the inaugural Coachella Valley Invitational in Indio, California on February 20, 2024, which finished 0–0.[6] After the friendly, Angel City announced a revised 31-player preseason roster on February 26, 2024.[7]
Two new kits for the 2024 season were unveiled on February 27, 2024, the black primary jersey named 'Moonlight', and a pink secondary jersey named 'Sol'.[8]
On March 6, 2024, Angel City announced they had signed USYNT U-17 midfielder Kennedy Fuller on a three-year deal through 2026 with an option for 2027 through the NWSL's U-18 Entry Mechanism.[9] Angel City announced the following week on March 12, that they had signed draft pick Madison Curry to a one-year contract. The following day Angel City announced their final 26-player roster for the 2024 season, with Christen Press and Jun Endo listed with SEI's and Canadian international Vanessa Gilles remaining on loan at Lyon to round out the roster.
Ahead of the start of the 2024 season, it was reported that the four primary owners of the club had voted to have investment firm Moelis & Co. seek an investor and new owner that would assume control of Angel City's board for a reported valuation of $180 million.[10]
Angel City officially kicked off their third NWSL season with a third consecutive sold out home opener at BMO Stadium against expansion team Bay FC on March 17, 2024. The game saw five players make their debut for Angel City and two of those five, Kennedy Fuller and Gisele Thompson both making their professional debuts in the NWSL. Despite having more shots and possession than their opponents, Angel City ultimately were defeated 0–1 in their first game, failing to comeback after Asisat Oshoala was able to capitalize on a defensive error.[11]
The 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup was announced on March 20, 2024, with Angel City set to take on the two other California-based teams San Diego Wave FC and Bay FC, as well as Liga MX team Club América in three group stage matches taking place over the Olympic break in the summer with a possibility to advance to the knockout stage.[12]
Angel City earned their first point of the season during their first away game at Orlando Pride on March 22. Former Pride player Meggie Dougherty Howard was able to draw a penalty early in the second half which was converted by Claire Emslie but Angel City ultimately lost their lead when Marta was able to score off a corner kick in the eighty-eighth minute and the game finished as a 1–1 draw. Draft pick Madison Curry also made her professional debut with Angel City, coming on as a substitute.[13] Angel City played their second consecutive away game against Kansas City Current for the first time at the newly opened CPKC Stadium and were ultimately defeated 4–2 after goals from Sydney Leroux and Madison Curry were not able to make up the deficit.[14]
At the conclusion of the international break which saw five ACFC players get call ups to their respective national teams,[15] Angel City played a third final consecutive away game against Chicago Red Stars. After making some changes to the starting lineup, Angel City were able to earn their first win of the season and also hand the Red Stars their first defeat of the season in a 0–1 victory off an own goal. The team also recorded their first clean sheet as defenders Megan Reid and Jasmyne Spencer, and veteran goalkeeper returned to the starting XI.[16] This game was also Jasmyne Spencer's 175th career NWSL appearance.
On April 20, 2024, Angel City announced they had made two strategic player trades before the closing of the NWSL transfer window.[17] Defender Paige Nielsen would be traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money and $50,000 in intra-league transfer funds and French international midfielder Amandine Henry would be traded to the Utah Royals in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money.
After three consecutive away games, Angel City returned to BMO Stadium on April 21, 2024 to play the North Carolina Courage in front of a second consecutive sold out crowd of the season. Claire Emslie scored her first brace in the NWSL for Angel City, the first goal scored off a free kick to help secure a 2–1 victory in Angel City's first home win of the season. Sarah Gorden who captained the match, also made her 100th career NWSL appearance.[18] The win saw Angel City enter 7th place in the overall standings, in playoffs contention for the first time the season.
Angel City FC continued to play in BMO Stadium, their home since the team's inaugural season in 2022.
While Angel City's owners have spoken about plans to build a designated training facility for the team, Angel City continues to trains at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. They currently use portable buildings on the college campus for offices and locker rooms and a tent for a weight room.
| Name | Date of birth (age) | Previous team | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 1 |  | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Omiya Ardija Ventus | ||
| 13 |  | April 1, 2024 | 2021 |  NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
| 19 | | April 1, 2024 | 2023 | University of California-Berkeley | ||
| Defenders | ||||||
| 3 | | April 1, 2024 | 2021 | Houston Dash | ||
| 4 |  | April 1, 2024 | 2021 |  Bordeaux | LOAN | |
| 5 |  | (Captain) | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | Orlando Pride | SEI |
| 6 | | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | Lamorinda United | ||
| 11 | | (Vice Captain) | April 1, 2024 | 2021 | Chicago Red Stars | |
| 12 | | April 1, 2024 | 2023 | North Carolina Courage | ||
| 16 | | April 1, 2024 | 2021 |  Valur(via Washington Spirit) | ||
| 20 | | Gisele Thompson | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Total Futbol Academy | |
| 27 | | Madison Curry | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Princeton | |
| 44 | | April 1, 2024 | 2023 | Houston Dash | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 4 | August 19, 2024 | 2024 | Manchester United | |||
| 7 |  | Rocky Rodríguez | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Portland Thorns | |
| 8 | | Meggie Dougherty Howard | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | San Diego Wave FC | |
| 17 | | March 15, 2024 | 2024 | Solar FC | ||
| 28 | | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | Duke University | ||
| 99 | | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | OL Reign | ||
| Forwards | ||||||
| 2 | | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | Orlando Pride | ||
| 9 | Casey Phair | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Players Development Academy | ||
| 10 | April 1, 2024 | 2022 | Orlando Pride | |||
| 18 | | April 1, 2024 | 2021 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | SEI | |
| 21 | | April 1, 2024 | 2023 | Total Futbol Academy | ||
| 23 | | April 1, 2024 | 2021 | Manchester United (via Racing Louisville FC) | ||
| 24 | | April 1, 2024 | 2024 | Orlando Pride | ||
| 33 |  | April 1, 2024 | 2023 | San Diego Wave FC | ||
See main article: 2024 NWSL Draft.
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 NWSL Draft was held on January 15, 2024, in Anaheim, California.[19]
| Player | College/school | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 37 | | Alabama | Not signed. | [20] | ||
| 4 | 44 | | St. John's | Not signed. | |||
| 4 | 51 | | Princeton | Signed to a one-year contract. | [21] | ||
| Date | Player | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2023 | | Contract expired. | [22] | |||
| ||||||
| December 20, 2023 | | Contract expired and signed with San Diego Wave FC. | [23] | |||
| January 3, 2024 | | Contract expired and later announced retirement. | [24] | |||
| January 16, 2024 | | Contract expired and signed with North Carolina Courage. | [25] | |||
| January 22, 2024 | | Contract expired and signed with Orlando Pride. | [26] |
| Date | Player | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2023 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2025. | [27] | ||
| December 19, 2023 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2026 with an option for 2027. | [28] | ||
| January 4, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2025. | |||
| January 5, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2025. | [29] | ||
| January 8, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2025. | [30] | ||
| January 11, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2025. | [31] | ||
| January 17, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract through 2024 with a mutual option for 2025. | [32] | ||
| September 5, 2024 | | Re-signed on a new contract beginning in 2025 through 2027. | [33] | ||
| data-sort-type="date" scope="col" style="background:#202121; color:#F7D5CF; border:2px solid #898C8F;" | Date | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2024 | | Georgetown University | Not signed. | ||||
| Alabama | Not signed. | |||||
| Rutgers | Not signed. | |||||
|  F.C. Kiryat Gat | Not signed. | |||||
| UCLA | Not signed. | |||||
| February 26, 2024 | | Solar FC | U18 trialist; signed to a thee-year contract. | ||||
| Club Tudela FC | U18 trialist. | |||||
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 6, 2023 | | Total Futbol Academy | Signed contract through 2025 season with mutual option for 2026 via NWSL U-18 Entry Mechanism. | [35] | ||
| January 12, 2024 | | San Diego Wave FC | Acquired from San Diego Wave FC in exchange for $40,000 in allocation money. | [36] | ||
| January 18, 2024 | Player's Development Academy | Signed three-year contract via NWSL U-18 Entry Mechanism. | [37] | |||
| January 23, 2024 | | Portland Thorns FC | Acquired from Portland Thorns FC in exchange for $275,000 in allocation money, with additional conditional funds to be paid against the transfer fee threshold. | [38] | ||
| January 24, 2024 | | Omiya Ardija Ventus | Acquired from Omiya Ardija Ventus for a $10,000 transfer fee. | [39] | ||
| January 26, 2024 | | Orlando Pride | Acquired from Orlando Pride in exchange for $130,000 intra-league transfer funds. | [40] | ||
| March 6, 2024 | | Solar FC | Signed contract via NWSL U-18 Entry Mechanism through 2026 season with option for 2027. | |||
| August 12, 2024 | Manchester United | Signed contract via free agency through 2026 season. | [41] | |||
| Date | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2023 | | Bay FC | Traded in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money and protection in 2024 expansion draft. | [42] | ||
| April 20, 2024 | | Utah Royals | Traded in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money. | [43] | ||
| Houston Dash | Traded in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money and $50,000 in intra-league transfer funds. | ||||
| July 15, 2024 | |  SS Lazio | Mutually agreed to part ways. | [44] | ||
| Date | Player | List | Injury/Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season-ending injury | Continuing recovery from a right knee anterior cruciate ligament tear from 2022 season. Removed from SEI list on August 4, 2024, after 781 days. | [46] | |||
| February 14, 2024 | | Season-ending injury | Left knee anterior cruciate ligament tear. | |||
| August 22, 2024 | | Season-ending injury | Due to a chronic and persistent leg injury. | [47] | ||
See main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.
See main article: 2024 National Women's Soccer League season. All matches are in Pacific time
On July 12, 2024, Angel City announced they would be hosting Liga MX Femenil team FC Juárez in a friendly on August 18, 2024 at BMO Stadium.[48]
| No | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NWSL Regular Season | Summer Cup | NWSL Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | GK | | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | GK | | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | 28 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | | 27 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | DF | | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | | 14 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | | 20 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | | Gisele Thompson | 16 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Madison Curry | 26 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Katie Zelem | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | | Rocky Rodríguez | 23 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Meggie Dougherty Howard | 22 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | 23 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | | 16 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | MF | | 27 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 26 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Casey Phair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | 29 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | FW | | 30 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | FW | | 25 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other players (Departed during season, short-term loan, etc.) | |||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | MF | | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Name | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | 10 | Claire Emslie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| FW | 2 | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| FW | 21 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| MF | 17 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | 24 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 27 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 8 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 29 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 23 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 7 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 16 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 4 | 0 | 33 | |||
| Name | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | 21 | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| MF | 8 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DF | 16 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | 24 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 27 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 99 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 2 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 12 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 5 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 20 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 3 | — | 21 | |||
| Name | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| GK | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | |||
| Player | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ||||||||||||
| DF | 27 | | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| MF | 99 | | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| FW | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| MF | 28 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF | 3 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| MF | 7 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| FW | 21 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DF | 6 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| FW | 24 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MF | 8 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MF | 17 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| GK | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| MF | 29 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| MF | 26 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | 33 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | 2 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | 12 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | 14 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | 20 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 51 | — | ||||