- Football Manager has announced a new partnership with Angel City Football Club
- The iconic Los Angeles team is considered the most valuable team in women's football worldwide.
- The new partnership gives the City of Angels access to an extensive FM database to assist with their training.
With shameful Football Manager 2025 canceledthe 2026 sequel goes all out – be it major changes in tactics or really first in a series of women's football performances. Now Sports Interactive has further integrated the latter through a new partnership.
Said partnership is with none other than the most valuable women's football team in the world. Angel City Football Club. With a valuation of a staggering $280 million and co-founders including famed actress Natalie Portman, Angel City is not without reputation. In fact, as this new partnership clearly demonstrates, there is no shortage of data.
Football Manager owes much of its authenticity and popularity to its extensive database, which makes the game as realistic as possible. And this partnership is designed to give the City of Angels access to this massive database, which will lead to unexpected changes to what you might expect.
The other side of the network
Indeed, as you'd expect, we'll see ACFC players and technical staff starring in exclusive content for Football Manager 2026. But it would appear that this is a much more mutual partnership than many might have guessed, with the partnership set to make a significant impact on the ACFC coaching network thanks to said database.
The pressure is certainly on for Football Manager 2026, with players and critics having high hopes for what is arguably the biggest game in the series to date. But if this latest partnership is any indication, they won't hesitate to give it their best shot at Sports Interactive.
Despite this, they will face stiff competition as there are no shortage of top sports releases on mobile devices. Why not take a deeper dive into the competition ahead of the release of Football Manager 2026 by taking a look at our list of the best sports games on iOS?
