It will be a meaningful day Sunday when the Angel City Football Club host the Portland Thorns in the final home game of the season.

Angel City (7-11-6, 27 points) will start the day alive in the NWSL playoff chase, but could be out by kickoff at 2 p.m. A win or draw by Racing Louisville in its noon game against Gotham FC will be enough to eliminate Angel City.

The game will also have an emotional tone with it being the last time that hometown heroes Ali Riley and Christen Press will take the field for the team in front of the local fans. Riley, 37, announced Sept. 30 that she would be retiring at the end of this season. On Wednesday, Press, 36, announced she was also retiring at the end of the season.

Angel City will honor both in postgame celebrations, starting with Press, five min

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