LOS ANGELES — Alex Straus was put through all of the levels in the wild Angel City Football Club experience in his debut Saturday night.

Straus, who took over June 1, saw Angel City score first, then fall behind on two second-half goals, but the night was eventually saved.

In the 80th minute, M.A. Vignola, who moments earlier avoided having a handball violation called against her, which would have led to a Chicago penalty, scored the equalizer that allowed Angel City (4-4-3, 15 points) to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw in front of 17,538 at BMO Stadium.

“I think going down 2-1, I think there were definitely some high emotions and that’s kind of the point in the game where you can either deal with what’s happening or you can kind of slow down a bit,” Vignola said. “I think we took time to

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