THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- On a typically warm, sunny spring day in Southern California, Angel City FC sporting director Mark Parsons made it clear that he wasn't interested in doing things normally. Why? Because Angel City FC is not just another club.
Parsons requested to move his interview with ESPN from the team's news conference room to his office down the hall, where a slideshow presentation being projected onto the wall answered most conceivable questions about Angel City's future. The interviewee had become the host, a subtle metaphor for how one of the world's most famous women's soccer teams is trying to take control of its own narrative on the field.