Serena Williams' daughter listed as part owner of NWSL team

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 7/22/20

A two-year-old owning an NWSL team? Sounds pretty crazy, but tennis star Serena Williams has made it happen.

Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian brought their daughter Olympia Ohanian Jr. in as part-owner of the yet-to-be-named Los Angeles NWSL expansion franchise that was awarded on Tuesday, according to Yahoo's Jason Owens.

Ohanian led the investment group for the franchise with a loaded ownership group that includes Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain and 14 former U.S. Women's National Team players, including Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach.

Olympia's Twitter page, presumably run by her parents, announced her stake in the organization on Tuesday.

Williams and Ohanian noted they wanted their daughter to be apart of the women's soccer revolution in Los Angeles, and they constantly kick around soccer balls with Olympia.

The Los Angeles franchise will become the 12th organization in the NWSL. The league recently added Racing Louisville FC, which will begin play in 2021 at Lynn Family Stadium.

The L.A. franchise is set to begin play in the spring of 2022.

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