Angel City: Part One: "Brick by Brick" (HBO Tuesday May 16, 2023)

Angel City: Part One: "Brick by Brick" airs Tuesday May 16, 2023 on HBO

Three strong women from various fields—the arts, business, and the video game industry—unexpectedly band together to find out “what would it look like if we did things differently and started a team?” Angel City Football Club’s founders Natalie Portman, Kara Nortman, and Julie Uhrman are well aware of the challenges that lie ahead as they prepare for the club’s inaugural season in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

Season 1 Episode 1

Angel City is a captivating docuseries that goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women’s soccer team, Angel City Football Club (ACFC). Founded in September 2020 by actor Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara Nortman and gaming entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, ACFC breaks the mold by being the largest majority female ownership group in professional sports and includes 14 former US Women’s National Team players as investors. The series pulls back the curtain on the origin story through the 2022 inaugural season, and candidly reveals the passion and grit needed to build a franchise from scratch. While the athletes and coaching staff contend with training facility challenges and unexpected injuries, the club is tasked with filling the stadium and proving to the world that you can lead with passion and purpose and still turn a profit. As philosophies are debated and performance expectations aren’t met, the club must cope with the growing pains of a startup, begging the question: can this new ACFC model succeed both on and off the pitch?

What time is Angel City: Part One: "Brick by Brick" on tonight

Angel City: Part One: "Brick by Brick" airs Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 21:00 on HBO

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