Kansas City Current owners Angie and Chris Long are expanding their global soccer footprint, acquiring HB Køge Women, a top-flight Danish women’s soccer club competing in the country’s highest division. The Longs made the purchase through their investment firm, Ballard Capital.
The Longs worked with the seller, George Altirs, and his team at Capelli Sport to separate the women’s team from the men’s side, allowing them to buy only the women’s club. Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang did the same with French women’s club OL Lyonnes in 2023, as did Chelsea when it sold its women’s team to sister company BlueCo earlier this year.
The Longs did not set out to build a multi-club organization when they invested in Kansas City Current, but those plans have changed.
“We were looking for a place where we can integrate with the community and build this together,” Angie Long told The Athletic. “It is something that we’ve loved about what we’ve done in Kansas City, and finding a location where we felt we could attract and develop talent was really important. Denmark, and Køge especially, we think really offer that opportunity.”
Founded in 2009 through the merger of KøgeBøldklub and Herfølge Bøldklub to become HB Køge Pigefodbold, the club won the…
