“Such A Historic Night!”: Twitter Proud of KC Current Owner and Patrick Mahomes’ Wife Brittany Matthews as She Lays Foundation to a Revolutionary Age in Sports

Published 10/07/2022, 10:35 AM EDT
Soccer is a growing phenomenon in the United States, especially women’s soccer. With the US women’s national team racking up titles and breaking records, there is renewed attention toward club football opportunities for women. And Kansas City Current, along with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Patrick Mahomes, might just be the first to take a major step in the right direction.
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Kansas City Current is a women’s soccer club participating in the Women’s National League Soccer (WNLS). It is co-owned by Chris and Angie Long. The newly established club brings women’s soccer back to Kansas City. But this time, it has some notable backers.
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One of the stakeholders in the club is Brittany Mahomes, former professional soccer player and wife of the Chiefs’ star QB Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes has also dipped his toes in the ownership trend. He owns a minority share in the MLB franchise Kansas City Royals, which he purchased in 2020.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – JANUARY 30: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs kisses his finance Brittany Matthews before the start of the AFC Championship Game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Brittany Mahomes’ soccer career mostly spans her college years. She also has one championship-winning professional year at Ungmennafélagið Afturelding (UMFA), Iceland. Her husband and Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes has one Super Bowl victory to his name and is one of the best QBs in the NFL.
Brittany Mahomes and Kansas City Current Owners make history
What Brittany Mahomes and the Longs did next is getting them praise from all over. On October 7, the Kansas City Current owners broke ground to construct the world’s first stadium dedicated solely to a women’s soccer team.
The stadium is being built in the Berkeley Riverfront Park, next to the ‘Heart of America’ bridge. Fans expect that they complete the $70 million construction project in time for the 2024 season. It is projected to seat 11,500 spectators.
Owners of KC Current Brittany Mahomes, left, Chris Long and Angie Long, the commissioner of National Women’s Soccer League Jessica Berman and president of PortKC Jon Stephens shovel dirt at the ground breaking ceremony for the KC Current stadium at Berkley Riverfront on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Kansas City.
“All it took was coming down here and walking around,” Angie Long says. “Don’t you feel it, how special and amazing this location is? It’s hard to imagine another spot when you’ve stood right here.”
On Twitter, the response to this historic moment has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive.
Some fans did not shy away from predicting Sterling Mahomes, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ daughter, will take to this very field.
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The Kansas City Current is currently playing its home games at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium. But undoubtedly, players and administrators alike are waiting, heart in hand, for the day they finally get to play in their very own stadium. And of course, the fans will revel at the opportunity to call this new stadium their home.
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