Getting to know Alex Straus and his evolution of Angel City FC
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Being head coach of Angel City FC might just be one of the biggest jobs in soccer. How do you take one of the most well established and highest-performing brands off the pitch and turn them into a winner on the pitch?
Well, this week on Full Time, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan are joined by ACFC head coach Alex Straus to go inside his vision for the team. Starting with Straus' journey to Los Angeles, from growing up in Norway, the "coincidence" that led to his coaching career, and the three consecutive league titles in the Frauen Bundesliga with Bayern Munich. Straus even touches on the similarities between Bayern and ACFC, what his new life is like in LA, and the difficult task of shaping his NWSL's team's mentality.
Articles referenced on the show:
Curiosity and a new challenge drew former Bayern Munich Women’s coach to Angel City
How Riley Tiernan’s close relationship with her sister helped the NWSL rookie find success early
Angel City FC moves into ‘new era,’ signing Iceland forward Sveindís Jónsdóttir through 2027
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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan
GUEST: Alex Straus
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:33.6 | I've become a, what do you say? |
| 0:40.3 | Angelino. |
| 0:41.3 | Angelino, yeah, that's what I know. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, no, when I was in Norway, big in the north, I still, my favorite food is taco, so it's |
| 0:48.3 | good for me to eat tacos. |
| 0:50.3 | So I love that. |
| 0:51.3 | I don't try to come here and eat European food. |
| 0:53.3 | I try to come here. |
| 0:54.8 | It's so much more to offer, especially here. |
| 0:57.0 | Alex, I got to ask you, what is a taco in Norway like? |
| 0:59.6 | It's a little bit different. |
| 1:01.1 | I can imagine. Go on. |
| 1:15.6 | Hello, and welcome back to full-time presented by Amazon Prime. |
| 1:23.9 | I am Tamara Griffin and this week we have a special feature interview with Angel City FC head coach Alex Strauss, |
| 1:29.7 | who is about two months into his new gig in L.A. coming over from Bayern Munich and the Frowen Bundesliga. He's got five games under his belt. And we felt now is a good |
| 1:35.1 | time to sort of pause and get to know him a little bit more. We talk about where he's been in |
| 1:40.8 | his coaching journey leading up to Angel City, how he's finding Los Angeles, |
| 1:45.2 | the food he's been eating. That's an Easter egg for you because we learned some very interesting |
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