Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, in 2018.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, in 2018.
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Sheryl Sandberg leans into pro women’s soccer in Silicon Valley

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sheryl Sandberg and her husband are investing in a new National Women’s Soccer League team in Silicon Valley.

Sandberg, founder of Lean In.Org and former COO of Facebook (Meta), and Tom Bernthal are strategic investors in the club and Sandberg will serve on the board. The club will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area but the precise city hasn’t been named yet.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.