It’s been a little over a year since Patrick Mahomes announced his commitment to women’s soccer, being co-founder of the Kansas City Current. The star and quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, with whom he was proclaimed champion of the last Super Bowl, thus became the first active NFL player to have shares in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team. It is not the first project – nor will it be the last – in which Mahomes participates, who has several businesses and has been very committed to social causes and activities that contribute to greater equality in the Kansas community.
Nevertheless, pFew imagined that their support for women’s football would have such an active participation in the day-to-day life of the club., which has built a new stadium with an investment of 117 million dollars for this new season. A large-scale project in which Mahomes laid the first stone together with Brittany, his wife and also the owner and founder of the club.
Both are part of an investment group that aspires to elevate the franchise to the top of world football. And they were both in the team’s first game in this new temple, with a Mahomes who enjoyed and even went crazy with the great game that took place between Kansas City Current and Portland Thorns, with a 5-4 local victory. “This game is wild,” the NFL player wrote on his own social networks, who was seen celebrating his team’s goals with great enthusiasm. He even lifted his wife in one of them showing his joy.
She has been key in this project and in her ‘new’ passion for this sport. And her commitment to women’s soccer is not accidental and she has had a mentor at home. His wife, Brittany Mahomes, played the sport in college and even played professionally in Iceland. The former player, who is a personal trainer and has trained in kinesiology, is one of the founders of Kansas City. In fact, He was one of the most committed people in promoting women’s football in the cityin line with achieving a place in the NWSL in 2020.
It should be remembered that the Kansas City Current until now played at Children’s Mercy Park at home and was founded four years ago. In its last seasons, the team has finished in tenth position in 2021, in fourth place in the 2022 season and finished eleventh last year. A performance that he wants to improve to get into the fight for the title this year, although he is not one of the favorites to achieve it.
Patrick Mahomes, very active in promoting the team
Patrick Mahomes has also been very involved in promoting the new club that will compete in the highest category of American women’s soccer. The quarterback has given details of the project visibility on his social networks and has even disseminated content during these weeks in which Kansas City’s debut at CPKC Stadium was promoted against Portland.
In the run-up to said game, Mahomes focused the spotlight. With the scarf around his neck like another fan, the NFL star He went to the field with Brittany. He was there during the inauguration of the stadium, he went down to the grass to greet fans and players and spoke to the media. While it is true that Mahomes is not the only well-known face who has made an economic landing in the NWSL, his figure provides great visibility for this League to continue growing.
Giráldez, Kundananji… and a League of stars beyond the field
It is one of the most recognized competitions worldwide in women’s football. A reputation that has attracted the best players in the world throughout its history and that wants to continue growing with a renewed air in recent years. With a large million-dollar investment in several franchises, The United States League has been reinforced with signings such as Jonatan Giráldez, who has won everything with the women’s Barça and that will arrive at the Washington Spirit at the end of this season.
Additionally, the NWSL has been the protagonist in recent months of movements of great international significance like the signing of Kundananji in the most expensive transfer in history. The Madrid CFF attacker arrived at Bay FC, a debutant in the NWSL and who has arrived at the NWSL with a checkbook.
After all this, with top-level stadiums and an enviable organization in terms of the sale of television rights and image, there are names like Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City) or the business group behind Angel City and which is made up of famous people like Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera y Jennifer Garneramong other.
2024-03-17 10:15:00
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