NWSL's Angel City wear ‘Immigrant City Football Club' shirts after Los Angeles raids
Angel City, Los Angeles' NWSL team, wore shirts that proclaimed themselves 'Immigrant City Football Club' before Saturday night's game against the North Carolina Courage.
The team also printed 10,000 t-shirts bearing the same message, with 'Los Angeles is for Everyone' on the back in English and Spanish, and gave them to fans at the game. The move was in solidarity with immigrants in the city who have been targeted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Protests over Donald Trump's immigration policies broke out in Los Angeles a week ago. Members of the marines and national guard have been sent into the city and dozens of similar protests have broken out nationwide.
'Football, the game that we all love, we have it here because of immigrants,' said Angel City captain Ali Riley after the game, which her team lost 2-1. 'It's played the way it is because of immigrants. This club that is such a huge part of me wouldn't be here without immigrants.'
Singer Becky G, who is one of the club's founding investors alongside figures such as Natalie Portman and Serena Williams, also read a statement before the game. 'The fabric of this city is made of immigrants,' she said. 'Football does not exist without immigrants. This club does not exist without immigrants.'
Women's soccer players have a long history of speaking out on social and political issues. The US women's national team was at the forefront of campaigning for equal pay in soccer, while stars such as Megan Rapinoe have been critical of Trump's policies during his two terms as president.
Angel City is one of the most commercially successful women's football teams in the world. The club's average attendance this season is just over 17,000, the highest in the NWSL.
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