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Angel Metropolis FC has mutually parted methods with basic supervisor Angela Hucles Mangano, the membership introduced on Thursday.
Hucles Mangano was the group’s first basic supervisor, transitioning to the position in 2022 after becoming a member of the then growth facet as vice chairman of participant growth in 2021.
“As basic supervisor, she elevated our requirements, secured the most important devoted efficiency middle within the NWSL and assembled a world-class management group that helps our gamers and employees in each approach,” Angel Metropolis FC president Julie Uhrman stated in an announcement. “She has all the time led with integrity, placing the wants of our gamers and soccer employees above all else. Her contributions are immeasurable, her affect eternal, and her ardour unmatched. We’re endlessly grateful.”
Assistant GM Matt Wade will function interim GM whereas Angel Metropolis searches for its subsequent basic supervisor.
Thursday’s information comes two months after Hucles Mangano, together with Uhrman, was suspended from conducting any duties associated to participant transactions for the rest of 2024 following the NWSL’s discovery that Angel Metropolis circumvented the wage cap with 5 totally different gamers in 2023. The membership was additionally fined $200,000 and deducted three factors within the standings.
Angel Metropolis completed twelfth of 14 Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League groups in 2024. (The group would have completed tenth with out the factors deduction, lacking the playoffs both approach.)
The sale of Angel Metropolis to Willow Bay and Disney CEO Bob Iger closed in September. It valued Angel Metropolis at $250 million, greater than doubling the earlier league report set earlier this yr.
“Being part of the founding and creation of Angel Metropolis FC has been an expertise in contrast to some other. I’m pleased with all that we’ve achieved collectively,” Hucles Mangano stated in an announcement. “I’m grateful for the chance to have labored with such a devoted group of gamers and employees all through my time with the membership. As a former participant who has spent practically 40 years in sports activities, I’ve witnessed unbelievable progress within the recreation, and my time at Angel Metropolis is a particular a part of that. I’d prefer to thank each individual within the group — the gamers, employees, followers, buyers, and the founders — for the imaginative and prescient and drive to do issues in another way. I want the membership continued success on and off the pitch.”
Angel Metropolis joins Bay FC, the Houston Sprint, the Portland Thorns and Racing Louisville FC as NWSL groups at present with no full-time basic supervisor.
