Angel City FC fires coach Alex Straus

Alex Straus was fired as coach of Angel City after the team's 4-6-1 start this season. (Al Seib / For the Times)

Angel City FC fired coach Alex Straus on Wednesday after a little more than a year on the job.

Angel City opened the season 4-6-1 and is in 12th place in the National Women’s Soccer League standings. The NWSL is on a summer break for the men’s World Cup and resumes regular-season play July 3.

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Angel City assistant coach Leif Gunnar Smerud will lead the club in the interim while a search is conducted for a new head coach.

Straus, 50, was hired by Angel City in April 2025 after a stint with Bayern Munich’s women.

Also, Angel City sent midfielder Kennedy Fuller to Bay FC in exchange for a 2026 international roster spot, $500,000 in intraleague transfer funds and $20,000 in allocation funds.

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