NWSL club Angel City FC announced the expansion of its “Immigrant City Football Club” campaign, unveiling a “limited-edition apparel collection featuring the slogan ‘Los Angeles is for Everyone’ written in 13 languages representing the city’s diverse communities,” according to Eduard Cauich of the L.A. TIMES. The T-shirt and cap, available in the club’s colors, feature languages such as “Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Armenian, Farsi, Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Yoruba, and Zapotec.” The products are available on the Angel City online store and will be available at the club’s store at BMO Stadium beginning May 2, during the AANHPI Heritage Month commemorative match against the Utah Royals. Proceeds from the sale of the merchandise will be “donated to the International Institute of Los Angeles,” a nonprofit organization that provides immigration legal assistance, refugee support and essential services for immigrant integration in the city. The initiative expands on the original campaign launched last year, when the club distributed the first T-shirt in solidarity with L.A.’s immigrant communities “facing uncertainty in the city due to immigration raids.” During the raids, many L.A. teams, including the Dodgers and the Galaxy, were “criticized for their silence, despite having a large Latino fan base” (L.A. TIMES, 4/23).
