Football: Serena Williams, Natalie Portman, Hollywood celebrities behind new women's pro team

LOS ANGELES - A group of celebrities led by Hollywood star Natalie Portman has founded a women's professional soccer team set to debut in 2022, the women's pro soccer league said Tuesday .

"A majority woman-founded group" led by Portman"has secured the exclusive right to bring a professional women's soccer team to Los Angeles to kick off in Spring 2022," the National Women's Soccer League said. It would become the 11th team in the NWSL. Currently, there are nine teams in the league, but one other team - the Louisville FC - is set to rejoin the league in 2021.

"Sports are such a joyful way to bring people together, and this has the power to make tangible change for female athletes both in our community and in the professional sphere," she said.

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