Mary Alice Vignola scored the equalizer in the 80th minute, and Angel City salvaged a 2-2 with the Chicago Stars on Saturday night in Los Angeles.
Angel City (4-4-3) took a 1-0 lead into halftime on Kennedy Fuller’s goal from inside the box in the 29th minute.
The Stars (1-8-2) made it 1-1 just before the hour mark when an attempted cross from substitute Nadia Gomes took a wild deflection and looped over the head of goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.
The Stars went up 2-1 up when Ally Schlegel scored from 25-yards out in the 66th minute. Anderson got one hand to the shot but could only tip the ball onto the crossbar and into the back of the net.
Vignola rocketed in a rebound from close range to make it 2-2.
The game was Alexander Straus’ first as Angel City coach. Straus, who had never previously coached in the NWSL, arrived from Bayern Munich last week.