"Three of the goals - from Evelyn Shores, Ary Borges and Maiara Niehues - came from players who weren't on the roster at the start of last season. Borges also picked up her first Angel City assist. The performance was the most dominant in club history and the margin of victory matched Angel City's largest ever."
"Neither Alexander Straus nor Mark Parsons were around when Angel City played its first NWSL game in 2022. But they didn't miss much; in four years the team had one winning season and made just one playoff appearance. So Straus, in his first full season as coach, and Parsons, 15 months into his job as sporting director, decided to raze the club and its sad history and start over."
""There is a little bit of a new beginning," Straus said. "We're a completely different organization than we were at the end of last year," Parsons added."
Angel City FC routed the Chicago Stars 4-0 in its season opener, achieving the most lopsided win in franchise history. New coach Alexander Straus and sporting director Mark Parsons orchestrated a complete roster overhaul, with three of the four goal-scorers being new additions since last season. The victory represents a dramatic turnaround for a franchise that had only one winning season and one playoff appearance in its first four years. Kennedy Fuller opened scoring in the 33rd minute, followed by goals from Evelyn Shores, Ary Borges, and Maiara Niehues. The performance demonstrated the effectiveness of the organizational restructuring and marked Angel City's first season-opening win since 2022.
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