Rae joins a group of club partners including San Diego Padres’ third baseman Manny Machado and former Manchester United and Spanish national team player Juan Mata.
Actress and producer Issa Rae has joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer expansion club San Diego FC.
Rae joins San Diego FC in partnership with Pave Investments, a private African firm that led a group that invested in NBA Africa.
“Soccer is a universal language that has the power to bring people together, and I look forward to contributing to San Diego FC’s journey as we make history in MLS," she said in a statement.
The club's primary owners are billionaire Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Tribe, the first Native American tribe to have an ownership stake in a professional soccer team.
