Brittany Lynne Mahomes (née Matthews; born August 31, 1995) is an American sports team co-owner and former soccer player who played as a forward. She is a founding co-owner of the Kansas City Current, a team in the American professional top-division National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
_(cropped2).jpg) Brittany (right) and Patrick Mahomes (left) in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brittany Lynne Mahomes | ||
| Birth name | Brittany Lynne Matthews | ||
| Date of birth | August 31, 1995[citation needed] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Whitehouse High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | UT-Tyler | 74 | (31) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Afturelding/Fram | 5 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
She is married to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Early life
editMahomes attended Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas. An accomplished soccer player, in her senior year, she was named WHS Offensive MVP and was an All-East Texas forward with 22 goals and five assists.[1][2]
Playing career
editCollegiate career
editMahomes did not expect to play collegiate soccer after graduating from high school, but played at the University of Texas at Tyler for the Texas–Tyler Patriots women's soccer team after speaking to players she knew there. At Texas-Tyler, Mahomes was reunited with Whitehouse High School teammate Chestley Strother who recruited her to UT Tyler.[3][2]
The Patriots were invited to the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championships, losing to the Trinity University Tigers in the first round in 2014 and drawing 1–1 against Trinity in the first round of 2015 after extra time. Despite Mahomes scoring from the penalty spot in the ensuing penalty shoot-out, the Patriots lost the shoot-out 3–4.[4]
On October 13, 2016, Mahomes became the first player in program history to score three hat-tricks in both a season and a career;[5] she finished the season with four.[6] As of 2023[update], Mahomes's 78 total points, 31 goals, and 111 shots on goal were each the second-most by a player in Texas-Tyler history, trailing only Strother in points.[7][3] Her 40 points and 18 goals during her 2016 senior season were single-season program records,[8][9] and her seven-point matches on September 17, 2016, and October 15, 2016, were single-match program records.[6] She graduated from Texas-Tyler with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology.[3]
Club career
editIn May 2017, Mahomes signed with Icelandic club Afturelding/Fram when it competed in third tier 2. deild kvenna.[10] Strother, her Whitehouse High and Texas-Tyler teammate, had already signed with another team in the league.[3] Mahomes joined the team in July[11] and scored two goals in five appearances over her only season,[12] and Afturelding/Fram won the league and earned promotion to 1. deild kvenna.[13] The club did not extend a new contract to Mahomes after the season.[14]
Entrepreneurship
editPersonal training
editMahomes retired from soccer in 2017, moved to Kansas City where her then-boyfriend Patrick Mahomes lived, and become a Certified Fitness Trainer.[15] While in college, Brittany interned with Bobby Stroupe, who later became Patrick Mahomes' longtime personal trainer.[16] During the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic, Brittany regularly filled in for Stroupe, developing workouts for her boyfriend.[16] Brittany Mahomes also founded a workout brand, Brittany Lynne Fitness, an online service, that she promotes as a social media influencer.[17]
Club ownership
editOn December 7, 2020, the National Women's Soccer League awarded an expansion team to an ownership group including Mahomes. The club, initially named Kansas City NWSL, took on the player contracts and draft picks of Utah Royals FC, effectively relocating the team.[18] In October 2021, Mahomes announced the team's re-branding as the Kansas City Current and its plans to build a stadium for the team on the Berkley Riverfront Park of Kansas City, Missouri. She participated in its October 2022 groundbreaking ceremony. She was able to do all of this with the financial help of her husband, Patrick Mahomes.[19]
Personal life
editMahomes married NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whom she had dated since high school,[3][20] in 2022.[21] They have two children, a daughter and a son.[8] On July 12, 2024, through her social media account, Instagram the couple announced they are expecting their third child.[22] Patrick later joined her as a minority-stake owner of the Kansas City Current.[23]
In September 2017, Mahomes spoke out about then-President Donald Trump saying that he had "offended waaaay too many people."[24]
In August 2024, Mahomes created some social media controversy over her liking an Instagram post from former US president Trump that laid out the 2024 GOP platform. Mahomes criticized the "haters" following the backlash to her post and followed it up with an Instagram post from a preacher named Shane Pruitt saying "Contrary to the tone of the world today…You can disagree with someone, and still love them. You have differing views, and still be kind."
Honors
editAfturelding/Fram
- 2. deild kvenna: 2017[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Parry, Chris (May 30, 2013). "All-ET Girls Soccer: Henderson is unanimous Player of the Year". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Matthews approaching all-time records". University of Texas at Tyler Athletics. October 20, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Hicks, Phil (May 15, 2017). "UT Tyler's Matthews signs with Iceland team". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Wright, Nathan (November 14, 2015). "Patriots fall to Trinity in shootout". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Matthews hat trick helps UT Tyler soccer sweep Belhaven". Tyler Morning Telegraph. October 13, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Texas-Tyler Women's Soccer Individual Season Records" (PDF). Texas–Tyler Patriots. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Texas-Tyler Women's Soccer Individual Career Records" (PDF). Texas–Tyler Patriots. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "How Brittany Mahomes went from pro soccer standout to NFL wife". Marca. January 3, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Texas-Tyler Women's Soccer Individual Season Records" (PDF). Texas–Tyler Patriots. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Matthews signs pro contract with UMF Afturelding/Fram". University of Texas at Tyler Athletics. May 15, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ "Leikmaður - Brittany Matthews". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ "Brittany Matthews". KSí. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "2. deild kvenna: Fjölnir í dauðafæri að komast upp" [Women's 2nd division: Fjolnir in a dead end to get promoted]. Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). September 2, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (September 24, 2018). "Nýjasta ofurstjarna NFL-deildarinnar gisti í blokk í Mosfellsbæ fyrir ári síðan" [The NFL's newest superstar stayed in a block of flats in Mosfellsbær a year ago]. Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "I Am Home podcast: Making Your House Feel like Home with Brittany Matthews of Brittany Lynne Fitness on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "How Patrick Mahomes' Fiancée Helped Whip Him Into Shape for This Season". Men's Health. February 8, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ Nair, Deepesh (August 23, 2022). "Patrick Mahomes' Wife Brittany Matthews Once Confessed Why She Gave Up Her Professional Soccer Career in Europe to Stay in Kansas City". Essentially Sports. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "NWSL expansion team ownership in Kansas City includes Patrick Mahomes' fiancée". USA Today. Associated Press. December 7, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Current event: Groundbreaking for new stadium in Kansas City". The Kansas City Star. October 7, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Grathoff, Pete (September 1, 2020). "Patrick Mahomes, girlfriend Brittany Matthews are engaged". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Colbert, Claire (March 13, 2022). "Patrick Mahomes marries high school sweetheart Brittany Matthews". CNN. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Patrick & Brittany Mahomes & All the Other Celebrity Pregnancy Announcements of 2024". Sheknows.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "Patrick Mahomes joins the Kansas City Current's ownership group". KMBC News 9. January 10, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Gaydos, Ryan (August 27, 2024). "Brittany Mahomes fires off another cryptic post amid social media controversy". Fox News. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
