The Angel City Football Club is moving into a new performance center on the campus of California Lutheran
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The Angel City Football Club is moving into a new performance center on the campus of California Lutheran

The Angel City Football Club is moving into a new performance center on the campus of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

The club announced Thursday that it had signed an agreement with the university to move into a nine-acre, 50,000-square-foot performance center on campus.

Formerly home to the Rams, the Performance Center will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation to the interior and outdoor spaces. It will also include a full size pitch and a half.

The work is scheduled to be completed for the 2025 NWSL season and will serve as ACFC’s home for up to four years.

“This is an important milestone in our club’s history,” said ACFC Founder and President Julie Uhrman. “We are committed to building a championship-level experience for our staff and players.

“This new dedicated performance center, the largest in the NWSL, lives up to our ambitions and sets a new bar for what professional athletes need to master on the field and support their needs off the field.”

Angel City has settled into Cal Lutheran as its practice home since the inaugural season, but has been working out of temporary quarters.

Other features include:

• A 5,400-square-foot gym equipped with new performance and sports science technology in addition to direct access to the pitch with roll-up doors;

• Customized lockers for players, coaches, staff and a dedicated changing room for players under 18;

• New hydrotherapy area, including cold and hot plunge pools and saunas;

• A private outdoor relaxation lounge;

• A 3,400-square-foot medical treatment and rehabilitation area, a private recovery room, private doctor’s office and medical staff offices;

• Elevated nutrition area for athletes to stock up on meals prepared on site;

*• Playroom for children to support the families of the players and staff;

• Adapted diet and nutritional supplements before and after training;

• A 930 square meter team meeting and film room;

• Coaching and performance office for football staff;

• A suitable on-site studio for content recording and interviews;

• A custom boot wall.

In September, Willow Bay and Bob Iger became the new controlling owners of Angel City FC, which has been valued at $250 million. NWSL bylaws require a controlling owner to hold at least 35% of the equity in a franchise, meaning Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School, and Iger, the Disney CEO, are worth at least $88 million in the club.