New Angel City Midfielder Ally Sentnor Says Team Is Capable Of Winning

New Angel City FC midfielder Ally Sentnor said she believes nan squad tin break retired of its slump and triumph during her preamble to nan fans.

“Angel City has truthful galore devices and opportunities astatine their disposal and it’s correct there,” Sentnor said during a season-ticket holder statement Saturday. “And it’s conscionable pushing complete nan separator of conscionable small things that are gonna make this squad a changeless top-of-the-table contender.”

Angel City traded for Sentnor, bringing her to her 3rd National Women’s Soccer League team. Sentnor was selected by nan Utah Royals pinch nan first prime successful nan 2024 draft. She was acquired by nan Kansas City Current successful August 2025 and helped them decorativeness atop nan table.

This season, she has started 12 convention matches, earning 2 goals and 2 assists.

U.S. midfielder Ally Sentnor and Japan defender Moeka Minami spell up for nan shot during a friends connected April 14 successful Seattle.

(Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press)

“This is an important infinitesimal for our squad and we are very excited to invited Ally to Los Angeles,” Angel City sporting head Mark Parsons said. “Ally is 1 of nan world’s apical young talents, has elder U.S. women’s nationalist squad acquisition and has built up important minutes successful nan NWSL.”

She arrived nan aforesaid week Angel City sent midfielder Kennedy Fuller to Bay FC and fired coach Alexander Straus. The squad went connected a 1-6-1 descent earlier nan World Cup break and sits successful 12th spot successful nan 16-team league.

Parsons said it was important to make nan coaching alteration pinch 19 games remaining and a chance to move up nan standings. Assistant Leif Gunnar Smerud was named interim coach while nan squad searches for Straus’ replacement.

“We’d been really clear complete nan past 12 months erstwhile we made nan prosecute that this is simply a squad heading successful a guidance to beryllium capable to make nan playoffs,” Parsons said, noting nan coach has to beryllium capable to proceed to create players and put them successful position to succeed.

Sentnor hopes to adhd a caller furniture to nan team, making a quality connected and disconnected nan field.

“Most of nan squad style speaks for itself connected nan field, and each these girls are perfectly unthinkable and I’m excited to spell successful those relationships,” Sentnor said. “The energetic, passionate style of play is thing really exciting.”

Sentnor, 22, brings acquisition to nan Angel City roster astatine a comparatively young age. She grew up successful nan nationalist squad strategy since property 12. She recalled walking from Massachusetts to Colorado to be camps and return nan adjacent steps successful her career.

She has 22 appearances pinch nan nationalist team, signaling 7 goals and 3 assists.

The Massachusetts autochthonal hasn’t lived connected nan East Coast successful years and has enjoyed walking nan country. She’s looking guardant to nan upwind successful California.

“It’s truthful nosy for maine to beryllium capable to effort retired different cities crossed nan United States and immerse myself successful different cultures,” Sentnor said.

She said her family attends galore of her games, helping her consciousness comfortable anyplace she plays.

“Home is wherever nan group are, truthful erstwhile my family travels and comes retired here, it feels for illustration home. So wherever my group are is wherever location is,” Sentnor said.