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| image    = File:Los Angeles LA Sol logo.svg
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| fullname = Los Angeles Sol
| nickname = Sol
| founded  = 2007
| dissolved = 2010
| stadium  = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]]
| capacity = 27,000
| league   = [[Women's Professional Soccer]]
| season   = [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|2009]]
| position = WPS Supporters Shield Champions [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season|2009]]
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The '''Los Angeles Sol''' was an American professional [[association football|soccer]] club that was based in the [[Los Angeles]] suburb of [[Carson, California]], that participated in [[Women's Professional Soccer]].

The team was co-owned and operated by [[Anschutz Entertainment Group]] (AEG) and Blue Star, LLC, a subsidiary of AEG. The team played its home games at [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid6002.aspx |title=Womensprosoccer.com |accessdate=2008-10-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107041715/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid6002.aspx |archivedate=2009-01-07 }}</ref> It was announced on January 28, 2010, that the team would cease operations.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-01-28-sol-fold_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=WPS runner-up Los Angeles folds after first season | date=January 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sol's demise another bump|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=4878508|publisher=ESPN|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer to cease operations|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/01/los-angeles-sol-folds.html|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=12 November 2012|date=January 28, 2010}}</ref>

==History==
The formation of [[Women's Professional Soccer]] was announced on September 4, 2007, and it was also announced on that day that a franchise had been awarded to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Sol was officially unveiled on October 26, 2008. [[United States women's national soccer team|US women's national team]] midfielder [[Shannon Boxx]] was the first player in Sol history when she was allocated to the team on September 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid4902.aspx?team=la |title=Womensprosoccer.com |accessdate=2009-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221235009/http://womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid4902.aspx?team=la |archivedate=2009-02-21 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|title=Los Angeles Sol unveils its true colors|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/10/los-angeles-sol.html|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=12 November 2012|date=October 24, 2008}}</ref>

===2009 season===
The team played its first game on March 29, 2009, against the [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]] resulting in a 2–0 victory. The first goal in club and league history was recorded in the sixth minute of the match, when defender [[Allison Falk]] out-jumped a crowd of Freedom defenders in the penalty area to head in a free kick from [[Japan women's national football team|Japan national team]] star [[Aya Miyama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid10748.aspx?team=la |title=Womensprosoccer.com |accessdate=2009-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415084644/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid10748.aspx?team=la |archivedate=2009-04-15 }}</ref>

The Sol won their next two games as well, totaling a +5 goal differential, setting them apart early as the best team in the league.  Though they did not win either of their next two games, they never dropped from first place in the table, and then went on an eleven-game unbeaten streak, with three draws and eight wins, at times having twice the number of points as the second-place team.  They then lost to the [[Saint Louis Athletica]] in their last home game of the season, which ended their streak and kept alive the hopes that some team other than the Sol could win the regular season title, but a 0–0 draw against [[FC Gold Pride]] (who was the worst team in the league) gave the Sol the regular season title with two games to spare.  The lost 1–3 to the [[Chicago Red Stars]] and won 2–1 against the [[Boston Breakers]] to end their regular season, the win giving the Sol the title of the first team to beat every other team in the league.  They finished the season with 41 pts. (a 12–3–5 record) and a +17 goal differential.

Being regular season champions, the Sol received a bye to the August 22nd championship match. They lost 0–1 to [[Sky Blue FC]] who made the playoffs when potential invitees Boston earned no points in their final regular season match against the Sol.

===Sale and folding===
In November, AEG gave their share of the Sol back to WPS.  WPS ran the Sol for the next three months, completing trades, changing coaches, and participating in the [[2010 WPS Draft]]. However, the potential ownership group that WPS had been working with to take on the Sol backed out "in the 11th hour" according to league commissioner Tonya Antonuci.  Following this failure to sell the team, the league announced its decision to disband the Sol on January 27, 2010, and organized a dispersal draft for the 19 players under contract to be held February 4.

==Players==
{{See also|All-time Los Angeles Sol roster}}

===2009 Roster===
{{Football squad start}}
{{football squad player |no=20 |nat=FRA |pos=MF |name=[[Camille Abily]] }}
{{football squad player |no=5 |nat=USA |pos=DF |name=Greer Barnes }}
{{football squad player |no=11 |nat=USA |pos=FW |name=[[Brittany Bock]]}}
{{football squad player |no=17 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Liz Bogus]] }}
{{football squad player |no=7 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Shannon Boxx]]}}
{{football squad player |no=0 |nat=USA |pos=GK |name=[[Brittany Cameron]] }}
{{football squad player |no=14 |nat=USA |pos=DF |name=[[Stephanie Cox]] }}
{{football squad player |no=9 |nat=CHN |pos=FW |name=[[Han Duan]] }}
{{football squad player |no=3 |nat=USA |pos=DF |name=[[Allison Falk]] }}
{{football squad player |no=19 |nat=CAN |pos=DF |name=[[Martina Franko]] }}
{{football squad mid}}
{{football squad player |no=21 |nat=SWE |pos=DF |name=[[Johanna Frisk]] }}
{{football squad player |no=1 |nat=USA |pos=GK |name=[[Valerie Henderson]] }}
{{football squad player |no=18 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Katie Larkin]] }}
{{football squad player |no=23 |nat=CAN |pos=GK |name=[[Karina LeBlanc]] }}
{{football squad player |no=22 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Manya Makoski]] }}
{{football squad player |no=10 |nat=BRA |pos=FW |name=[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]  }}
{{football squad player |no=8 |nat=JPN |pos=MF |name=[[Aya Miyama]] }}
{{football squad player |no=12 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Lisa Sari]] }}
{{football squad player |no=4 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[Aly Wagner]] }}
{{football squad player |no=6 |nat=USA |pos=MF |name=[[McCall Zerboni]] }}
{{Football squad end}}

==Milestones==

* First game: 2–0 vs. [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]], [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]]; March 29, 2009
* Largest win: 4–0 vs. [[Chicago Red Stars]], Home Depot Center; June 27, 2009
* Worst defeat: 1–3 vs. [[Chicago Red Stars]], [[Toyota Park]]; August 2, 2009

==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football|Association football|Sports}}
* [[Women's Professional Soccer]]
* [[National Women's Soccer League]]
* [[Angel City FC]]
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090805030215/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/la/ Official Los Angeles Sol Website (archive)]

{{Womens Professional Soccer}}

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[[Category:Anschutz Corporation]]