On Friday, Michele Kang announced she has acquired London City Lionesses FC, an independent club competing in the FA Women’s Championship. The English club is another “foundational block” in her vision to grow her global multi-club organization, following her agreement earlier this year to take over OL Feminine and ownership of the Washington Spirit.
“As you can imagine, if you’re trying to build a preeminent women’s football organization, you have to be where the center of gravity is,” Kang told The Athletic ahead of Friday’s announcement. “England is definitely one of them. I’ve been looking for an opportunity to land, and London City Lionesses being the only independent team, it was a no-brainer.”
Rather than having to convince a men’s club to allow Kang to split their women’s team apart from the club structure, Kang’s immediately able to jump into the second level of women’s football in England, with an eye on the WSL.
“Clearly, our goal is to get promoted,” Kang said with a smile.
That independent structure only happened because LCL’s founder Diane Culligan stepped in to help Millwall FC a few years ago, as they struggled to finish the season on the women’s side of operations. Culligan had already established herself in the youth game…
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