Los Angeles Football Club will be Gareth Bale’s new team in the absence of official confirmation. The former Real Madrid player will sign his new contract until June 2023, as announced by journalist Tom Bogert and later confirmed by Fabrizio Romano. Bale will be joined by Giorgio Chiellini, who has already signed with Los Angeles FC. A short-history club founded in 2014 that did not play its first game in Major League Soccer until 2018.
The project is led by Vietnamese-American businessman Henry Nguyen and Americans Peter Guber and Tom Penn, although its owners include celebrities from the world of sports such as NBA legend, Magic Johnson, the former US national soccer team forward, Mia Hamm, or the six-time MLB All-star, Nomar Garciaparraga.
MLS Leaders
The club is currently one of the best in MLS and its numbers prove it: after 15 games they have played they are Western Conference leaders with 30 points and their goal is to lift the champions trophy.
The Los Angeles derby is on the horizon
On July 9, one of the most anticipated matches will be played: the derby between Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy, which could be the match where Gareth Bale made his debut, which will undoubtedly make the match even more special.
The protagonist, an old acquaintance of LaLiga
Carlos Vela was the club’s first big signing in 2018. The Real Sociedad striker joined the project worth 5 million dollars and is currently one of the team’s franchise players, which also has Catalan Illie in its ranks Sánchez , who played in a preseason with FC Barcelona.
The stadium
The team plays its games at the Banc of California Stadium, a stadium built for the creation of the club and therefore inaugurated in 2018. With a capacity for 22,000 people, starting next season it will be shared with Angel City FC, a newly created women’s club to be included in the National Women’s Soccer League.
Source: La Verdad
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