Two months after her arrival in Los Angeles, Amandine Henry has still not made her debut with her new team. The midfielder remained on the bench against OL Reign on Monday.
What’s going on for Amandine Henry with her new Los Angeles club? The 33-year-old French midfielder had a great opportunity to make her debut with Angel City FC on Monday evening when OL Reign, the American franchise of Olympique Lyonnais, came to play. For a 2-1 victory for the Californians in front of 22,000 spectators at BMO Stadium. But Henry did not come into play for the second meeting in a row in the National Women’s Soccer League…
The choice of Angel City staff raises questions. Injured in a calf and forfeited for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Henry resumed training at the end of July, more than a month ago. The French international is certainly in the recovery phase, but her coach, the interim Becki Tweed, faced with questions from club fans, had to respond via a press release posted on Twitter, explaining that she wanted to maintain the good dynamic with the players currently used. .
Amandine Henry’s time will come. Maybe in the scheduled game in Kansas City on Saturday. Against OL Reign on Monday, Angel City led 2-0, thanks to a goal and an assist from former Montpellier player Clarisse Le Bihan (elected Player of the Match), but Megan Rapinoe revived the suspense in the 74th minute, and the coach therefore decided to bring in two other players than Henry in order to hold the result. The adaptation of the seven-time winner of the Women’s Champions League will take time.
Tonight’s @Heineken_US Player of the Match goes to @Clarisse_Lb ! Le Bihan scored her first NWSL Regularr season goal after a beautiful assist from Scarlett Camberos.#Volemos | #NWSL | #LAvRGN | #AngelCityFC pic.twitter.com/Xj9zJmE3LM
— Angel City FC (@weareangelcity) August 28, 2023
