DEERFIELD, Ailing. (AP) — Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese can now name herself an expert sports activities workforce proprietor.
DC Energy Soccer Membership, a Washington-based ladies’s workforce set to start play this summer time within the United Soccer League Tremendous League, introduced Reese as the primary member of its possession group on Tuesday.
“I’ve all the time needed to impression sports activities, not simply ladies’s basketball,” Reese mentioned Tuesday. “I’ve all the time mentioned I needed to have half possession of one thing. Clearly, basketball is my foremost factor, however rising up within the DMV space, I’ve beloved sports activities, all the time, so having the ability to be part of the Energy FC soccer (workforce) goes to be so cool. I’m invested in soccer. Numerous my buddies play soccer as nicely. I’m tremendous excited for this partnership, and a number of younger black ladies don’t have these alternatives.”
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Reese, who grew up close to Baltimore in Randallstown, Maryland, mentioned talks to hitch the possession group began across the time she determined to depart LSU for the WNBA. A 3-time All-American, Reese led LSU to the 2023 NCAA championship and this yr’s Elite Eight, after two seasons at Maryland.
Energy FC is one in all eight groups set to play within the USL Tremendous League’s inaugural season, which opens in August. Eight extra groups are scheduled to hitch in 2025 or later, pending the completion of stadium initiatives, in keeping with the league’s web site.
“I do know much more ladies are going to start out proudly owning extra issues,” Reese mentioned. “Hopefully, in the future I can personal my very own workforce. That’s what I’m trying ahead to. I wish to personal a WNBA workforce as nicely.”
