The Nationwide Girls’s Football League passed down a $200,000 nice to Angel Town FC and docked the membership 3 issues within the 2024 regular-season standings Thursday following an investigation into violations of wage cap laws.
The league additionally suspended Angel Town president and CEO Julie Uhrman and basic supervisor Angel Hucles Mangano from “carrying out tasks in relation to any participant transactions” for the remainder of the calendar yr.
The Los Angeles-based membership used to be already at the outdoor of the playoff image getting into the overall month of the season, however the penalty dropped Angel Town (6-12-4) from 22 issues to 19 issues, leaving them in twelfth position within the 14-team league and 9 issues out of the 8th and ultimate playoff spot.
In a information unencumber, the NWSL stated its investigation unveiled that Angel Town had entered into 5 facet agreements with avid gamers that compensated them outdoor in their contracts and weren’t disclosed to the league.
“Because of those undisclosed advantages, ACFC exceeded the wage cap by way of roughly $50,000 for 4 weeks all over the 2024 season,” the league’s observation stated.
The avid gamers who gained further repayment weren’t printed. Angel Town have not begun to remark.
–Box Degree Media
