This is ‘Watching With…’. Our soccer staff sits down with past players, coaches, fans and other people involved in soccer to watch and discuss a Women’s World Cup match together.
Tucked into S Western Avenue in the Koreatown of Los Angeles, one of the city’s foodie hubs, a soccer enclave is hidden behind a bank, a parking lot and a boba spot.
West of downtown and south of Hollywood, K-Town is a microcosm of what makes Los Angeles, Los Angeles. Over a three-mile radius, it was once the heart of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Modern K-Town is known for its karaoke bars, Korean BBQ and diverse Latino and East Asian communities.
As two of the area’s most heavily represented demographics, Angel City’s decision to host a watch party for Monday evening’s World Cup game between South Korea and Colombia at Love Hour could not have made more sense.
With the smell of locals’ favourite Love Hour burger and a wide selection of craft beers circling, fans in Korea white and Colombia yellow packed into the beer garden to watch these nations’ first group game of the tournament. For Diana Andrade, who moved to the United States from Colombia 11 years ago, having the opportunity to go to an event to watch their women’s national team is something she is not taking for…
