Elizabeth Eddy had no reason to suppose that her team-mates were anything but her friends. After contributing to three title triumphs in the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), she felt so embraced by Los Angeles’ Angel City that her captain, Sarah Gorden, had even helped her fiancé plan their engagement. With her career as a defender nearing its conclusion and her personal life blissfully content, she invited both Gorden and Angelina Anderson, the goalkeeper, to her wedding. But the momen