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Angel City FC izoqala isizini yayo yesibili ngombukiso wamazwe ngamazwe lapho izobhekana khona neMexico Club Melika ngoMashi 8 eBMO Stadium.
“Kungase kubhekwe njengowobungani, kodwa bayiqembu elikhethekile elinethalente elikhulu,” kusho Julie Uhrman, umongameli kanye nomsunguli we-Angel City. “Ikilabhu edlalwe izikhathi eziningi e-US Bafuna indawo yomhlaba wonke futhi ngokuqinisekile baqale ukuzakhela ukufinyelela kwabo lapha e-US, ngakho-ke, kuyajabulisa ukudlala ngokumelene nabo.”
U-Uhrman uthe umbono walo mdlalo uqhamuke kwiClub América, okuzoba yimidlalo eyisishiyagalombili kwisizini yayo uma kukhulunywa ngombukiso eLos Angeles.
“I-Angel City inikeza okuthile okuhluke kakhulu,” kusho u-Uhrman. “Sinesipiliyoni esingefaniswe nalutho kwezemidlalo yabesifazane, sinabalandeli ababonakala ngobuningi bemidlalo yethu kanye nenqwaba yabalaleli. Uma befuna ukuphakamisa uhlobo lwabo e-US ngisho nasesiteji somhlaba, niyazi, ngicabanga ukuthi singabaphikisi abangcono kakhulu ukwenza lokho. “
I-América, endaweni yesithupha etafuleni le-Liga MX Femenil enamaqembu angu-18, inohlu olusindayo emikhiqizweni yaseSouthern California okuhlanganisa nekaTorrance. U-Karina Rodríguezowayengumdlali we-UCLA, uJocelyn Orejel weFountain Valley, u-Itzel González (UC San Diego), u-LA’s Scarlett Camberos (UC Irvine), kanye no-Kiana Palacios we-Orange (UC Irvine).
I-Angel City idlale imidlalo yobungani emibili yasehlobo ibhekene namaqembu aseMexico ngesizini edlule, ishaya u-Tigres ongumpetha weLiga MX ka-1-0 ngo-Agasti, yase ihlulwa yiqembu lesizwe laseMexico ngo 2-0 ngoSepthemba, kwathi uCamberos washaya igoli lesibili. Ukuvakashela i-Angel City eMonterrey lapho bezotholana khona impinda neTigres kule sizini kumisiwe.
Umbukiso wenyanga ezayo, ozodlalwa ngoSuku Lwabesifazane Lomhlaba Wonke, uhlelelwe amasonto amabili nesigamu ngaphambili Umdlalo wokuqala we-Angel City we-NWSL. Umdlalo ungase umaka umdlalo wokuqala wochwepheshe we-Studio City Harvard-Westlake senior Alyssa Thompsonokhethwe kuqala ohlwini lwe-NWSL lwenyanga edlule.
“Yonke imidlalo yethu iyithuba lokufunda nokukhula kanye nokwazi okwengeziwe ngeqembu lethu,” kusho u-Uhrman. “Sinabadlali abasha ohlwini lwethu. Sifuna ukubaphonsela inselelo engcono kakhulu ukuze sazi ukuthi banjani uma sebengene emdlalweni ogcwele ingcindezi yesizini ejwayelekile. Ngakho ukuwina nokuhlulwa kungase kungabi into ebaluleke kakhulu kithi. Kodwa ukubona indlela abadlali bethu abasabela ngayo enkundleni yethu nalabo balandeli bedlala neqembu elikhethekile kuzosizuzisa kakhulu.”
Umdlalo uzokwandulelwa umbukiso wasemgwaqweni onamaloli okudla kanye nengadi kabhiya eduze kwenkundla. Ukwemukelwa kulo mdlalo kufakwe ephaketheni lethikithi lesizini lemidlalo engu-12 leqembu; amathikithi omdlalo ngamunye azothengiswa ngesonto elizayo.
