Julie Uhrman
Co-founder
Julie Uhrman is the President and Co-Founder of Angel City Football Club (ACFC), Los Angeles’
professional women’s soccer team that debuted in 2022 in the National Women’s Soccer League.
ACFC is one of the world’s only majority female-founded and run professional sports teams.
Uhrman founded ACFC with Academy Award-winning actress and activist Natalie Portman,
technology venture capitalist Kara Nortman. She was most recently named a member of the 2023
Sports Business Journal (SBJ) Game Changer class. She was listed as one of the Ten Influencers
of 2023 by SportsPro Media, one of the Most Influential People in Sports Business 2022 by the
SBJ, a member of Adweek’s 2021 and 2020 Most Powerful Women In Sports, one of the 100 Most
Creative People in Business by Fast Company, and was named to the Creative 50 list by Ad Age.
In May of 2023, Angel City Football Club was named Sports Team of the Year by the prestigious
Sports Business Journal, the first women’s team ever to win the category.
Julie Uhrman is the President and Co-Founder of Angel City Football Club (ACFC), Los Angeles’
professional women’s soccer team that debuted in 2022 in the National Women’s Soccer League.
ACFC is one of the world’s only majority female-founded and run professional sports teams.
Uhrman founded ACFC with Academy Award-winning actress and activist Natalie Portman,
technology venture capitalist Kara Nortman. She was most recently named a member of the 2023
Sports Business Journal (SBJ) Game Changer class. She was listed as one of the Ten Influencers
of 2023 by SportsPro Media, one of the Most Influential People in Sports Business 2022 by the
SBJ, a member of Adweek’s 2021 and 2020 Most Powerful Women In Sports, one of the 100 Most
Creative People in Business by Fast Company, and was named to the Creative 50 list by Ad Age.
In May of 2023, Angel City Football Club was named Sports Team of the Year by the prestigious
Sports Business Journal, the first women’s team ever to win the category.
“In 10 to 20 years, I want us to not only to be the most valuable women’s sports team in the world, be the first billion-dollar women’s sports franchise, but be able to show meaningful impact in our community.”