Get to know OL Reign’s new general manager, Nick Perera

“Am I crazy, what do you think?”

When Nick Perera was approached with the possibility of becoming OL Reign’s general manager, the first person he sought council from was Yael Averbuch.

Yep, the very same Yael Averbuch who was with then-called Reign FC for the 2018 season and who is now General Manager at Gotham FC. Both serve on US Soccer’s Athlete’s Council, and while Perera did not go into the details of his conversation with Averbuch while speaking with Ride of the Valkyries, he knows the weight of responsibility and expectation in being a steward of OL Reign.

Perera said, “Meeting people in the sport of women’s soccer that need to push it forward, that have energy and passion to try and…