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Wrexham levels up: What to know about the celebrity-owned soccer club

Welsh soccer club Wrexham, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has pulled off a Hollywood-worthy season ending by securing promotion to the English Football League after 15 years competing at a primarily semiprofessional lower level.

McElhenney — best known for co-creating and starring in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”wiped away tears after a 3-1 victory over Boreham Wood on Saturday clinched the title for the National League, the fifth tier of English soccer. The duo finalized their purchase of the Red Dragons — for a reported $2.