Preseason After the conclusion of the 2024 season, on November 18, 2024, Angel City announced they would be moving into a newly renovated performance facility at California Lutheran University. The performance center, formerly used by the
Los Angeles Rams of the
NFL, offers a full-size pitch and a half and approximately 50,000 square feet of indoor space, the largest dedicated solely to NWSL club. The performance center will serve as the home of Angel City players and first-team staff for up to four years and would be completed ahead of the 2025 preseason. On November 19, 2024, announced
NYX Professional Makeup as a new multi-year sleeve sponsor for the 2025 season, NYX is the first makeup brand to invest in a soccer team. On November 22, 2024, Angel City announced they had signed Scottish forward
Claire Emslie to a new contract to keep her with Angel City until 2026. On December 4, 2024, rookie defender
Madison Curry announced she would not be re-signing with Angel City and would instead sign with
Seattle Reign FC as a free agent. Later that day, Angel City announced the contract extension of Japanese goalkeeper
Hannah Stambaugh for the 2025 season. On December 5, 2024, Angel City announced that they had mutually agreed to part ways with General Manager
Angela Hucles Mangano who had first joined the club as VP of Player Development in 2021. Assistant General Manager Matt Wade will assume the role of interim General Manager while the club conducts a comprehensive search for a new GM. On December 16, 2024,
M.A. Vignola announced she would be re-signing a new two-year contract with Angel City, keeping her at the club until 2026. On December 17, 2024, Angel City announced they had acquired French forward
Julie Dufour from
Paris FC and signed her on a three-year contract beginning in January 2025. Dufour will occupy one of Angel City's international roster spots when she joins the club. On December 20, 2024, Angel City announced they would be trading Costa Rican midfielder
Rocky Rodríguez to
Kansas City Current in exchange for $100,000 in intra-league transfer funds. Later that day, Mexican forward Katie Johnson, whose contract was not renewed with Angel City, also announced her retirement from professional soccer. Two Angel City players, Alyssa Thompson and Angelina Anderson were named to the USWNT's January training camp on January 7, 2025. This was Anderson's first call up to the United States senior team. Gisele Thompson was later called up to the first ever USWNT futures camp which will run concurrently with the senior teams training camp.
Mark Parsons was announced as the club's new Sporting Director on January 15, 2025. Parsons will oversee all soccer operations, including the technical staff, the scouting and analytics department, sports medical, performance, nutrition, and player care. Parsons teased Christen Press' one-year contract renewal which was announced a few days later on January 17, 2025. Australian defender
Alanna Kennedy announced her departure from
Manchester City on January 21, 2025, and it was subsequently reported that she would be signing with Angel City on a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2026. On January 22, 2025 the official preseason roster was announced along with the announcement that
Sam Laity was appointed as the new interim Head Coach and Ludovic Antunes as the interim Goalkeeping Coach. On January 29, 2025, it was announced that Alyssa and Gisele Thompson had both signed contract extensions keeping them at Angel City until 2028. On January 31, 2025, Angel City announced they had acquired Japanese defender
Miyabi Moriya from
INAC Kobe Leonessa for an undisclosed fee. Moriya will occupy an International Roster spot and signed a one-year contract with a club option for 2026. The following week on February 3, 2025, Angel City announced they had acquired Los Angeles-born defender
Savy King from Bay FC, in exchange for $200,000 in intra-league transfer funds plus $100,000 in 2026. Four days later, the club announced that Angelina Anderson had also signed an extension until 2028. Ahead of the International Break, both Thompson sisters were called up by
Emma Hayes to represent the United States at the
2025 SheBelieves Cup, becoming the third sisters to make the same roster. Savy King also received a call-up as a training player. New signings
Alanna Kennedy and
Miyabi Moriya were also called up for
Japan and
Australia for the SheBelieves Cup,
Maithe López also received a call up as training player for Colombia.
Megan Reid was called up by newly appointed Canadian coach
Casey Stoney to represent Canada at the
2025 Pinatar Cup. Claire Emslie was called-up to represent
Scotland for UEFA Nations League matches against
Austria and
Netherlands. After playing a closed door match against Bay FC, Angel City played their first public preseason match at the Coachella Invitational at the Empire Polo Fields on February 16, 2025 against
Portland Thorns FC. After conceding first in the 57th minute,
Lily Nabet scored her first Angel City goal off a corner kick from new signing
Julie Dufour to tie the match, and U18-trialist Scottie Antonucci scored the match winner in stoppage time to finish the match as a 2–1 victory. After the conclusion of the match the players called-up for International Duty departed.
Gisele Thompson made her senior-team debut on February 20, 2025 in the first match against Colombia. Both Alyssa and Gisele started the following match against Australia and Alanna Kennedy on February 23, 2025, becoming the second sisters to start in a senior-team match for the United States. On February 25, 2025, Megan Reid scored her first international goal for Canada in a 7-0 victory over
Chinese Taipei in the 2025 Pinatar Cup which was eventually won by Canada. On February 26, 2025, the United States were defeated by Japan in the final match of the 2025 SheBelievesCup, Alyssa Thompson played as a substitute against Angel City teammate Miyabi Moriya, who won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup with Japan. With many key players out on International Duty for both teams, Angel City faced
Seattle Reign FC in their second match of the Coachella Invitational on February 22, 2025, which finished as a 1–1 draw after
Casey Phair scored her first goal with Angel City from a header to tie the match and finish the Coachella Invitational undefeated. == Stadium and facilities ==