The 2022 Angel City FC season was the team's inaugural 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.
Team
Management and staff On August 15, 2022, Angel City FC promoted vice president of player development and operations Angela Hucles to general manager, taking on some of the roles previously held by sporting director Eniola Aluko.
ExecutiveCoaching
Roster
NationPlayer (Captain)
On loan No. Player Nation Destination club Notes 24 GK Maia Pérez GPSO 92 Issy On loan for one year. 4 DF Vanessa Gilles Olympique Lyon On loan until June 30, 2023.
Player statistics
Angel City has used a total of 23 players during the 2022 season, and there have been 9 different goal scorers. There have also been five squad members who have not made a first-team appearance in the campaign: three goalkeepers, Sarah Gorden and MA Vignola, who have long term injuries.
The team has scored a total of 25 goals in all competitions. Savannah McCaskill with 7 goals, is the highest scorer, followed by Christen Press and Cari Roccaro with 4 goals each.
Key
No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality Apps = Appearances
GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward
= Yellow cards = Red cards
Numbers under APPS indicate starts, and numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
+Player statisticsNameChallenge CupNWSLTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2FWSydney Leroux002 (1)02 (1)0003DFJasmyne Spencer605 (4)011 (4)0104DFVanessa Gilles6071131105DFAli Riley6013 (1)219 (1)2006DF Megan Reid20160180107DFSimone Charley2 (1)18 (6)010 (7)1208MFCari Roccaro6014 (1)420 (1)4409MFSavannah McCaskill511562074110FWClaire Emslie004 (1)24 (1)20013GK DiDi Haračić 601602201014DFPaige Nielsen208 (6)010 (6)04017MFDani Weatherholt601402001018FWJun Endo601612211019MFKatie Cousins000 (1)00 (1)00020DFTyler Lussi5 (1)115020 (1)15121MFStefany Ferrer Van Ginkel0 (2)00 (2)00 (4)00023FWChristen Press52821341025DFAllyson Swaby1 (1)00 (1)01 (2)00026MFHope Breslin0 (5)00 (7)00 (12)01028MFLily Nabet0 (2)02 (5)02 (7)00029MFClarisse Le Bihan005 (9)05 (9)02035MFMiri Taylor0 (1)05 (4)05 (5)00099DFMadison Hammond4 (2)03 (4)07 (6)000
Competitions
All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.
NWSL regular season
Regular-season standings
Results summary
Results by matchday
NWSL playoffs
Angel City FC finished the regular season in eighth place and did not qualify for the NWSL playoffs.
NWSL Challenge Cup
Group stage
Divisional standings
International club friendlies On May 24, 2022, Angel City FC announced a two-year partnership with Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL of Monterrey, Mexico. The agreement included friendlies to be played between the clubs, with the first occurring on August 10, 2022, at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, and the second in 2023 at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey. TUDN announced it would stream the match via the ViX service, and the match was also scheduled to be televised in the Los Angeles area on Bally Sports SoCal.
On June 27, 2022, Angel City FC and the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol announced the Copa Angelina, an inaugural non-FIFA friendly match between the club and the Mexico women's national football team scheduled for Labor Day (September 5, 2022) in Los Angeles. The match was broadcast live on TUDN and Univision in the United States and Mexico. Mexico won the inaugural friendly 2–0.
References
External links Official website