Eight weeks before the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team departed for France to contest the 2019 World Cup, several of Hollywood’s more powerful actresses joined the throng of supporters at April 7 friendly at the Rose Bowl.
While Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and their teammates tackled Belgium on the field, actresses Natalie Portman, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria and others sported jerseys of women’s soccer stars past and present to cheer in solidarity.
On Friday, these two groups of women who perform in starkly different arena will announce they’re now on the same team, merging the equal-pay advocacy of the U.