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Sam Kerr & Kristie Mewis Are Expecting Their First Child

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Matildas capitan Sam Kerr and her soon-to-be-wife, Kristie Mewis are having a baby!

The couple revealed via instagram that theyโ€™re expecting their first child together in a series of adorable black and white photobooth-esque pics including a shot of Kristie showing off her growing bump.

โ€œMewis-Kerr baby coming 2025!โ€ Sam captioned the announcement post.

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The star soccer player is officially set to marry her longtime partner Kristie Mewis, with the latter confirming the engagement to People in mid-November 2023. 

Mewis explained that Kerr is โ€œeverythingโ€ to her. โ€œMy biggest supporter, always listening to me nag and complain all, all of my crazy antics,โ€ Mewis said.

Soon after the comments went public, Kerr took to her Instagram to share snaps of the proposal, which appeared to take place in a kind of historic palazzo. She shared the date of their engagement too: September 1, 2023.

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The photos are just further confirmation of what fans already suspected, after Mewis was spotted wearing the oval diamond ring.

The โ€˜rockโ€™ was first spotted a video shared by New York-based football club Gotham, where Kristie plays. 

She was spotted sporting the engagement ring on her left hand. Naturally, fans were quick to spot the sizable jewellery, leaving comments like, โ€œEveryone just watching Kristieโ€™s left hand this whole video,โ€ and, โ€œGirl casually wore an engagement ring and thought we wouldnโ€™t notice.โ€

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The engagement news comes just a few weeks after the couple last posted to social media, while celebrating Samโ€™s 30th birthday.

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Kristie and Sam during the 2023 Fifa WWC. (Credit: Image: Getty) (Credit: Image: Getty)

In an adorable series of snaps shared to Instagram, they could be seen getting cosy on a boat, enjoying birthday cupcakes, and sipping a beverage by the water. 

Their football schedules and positions on different teams mean Sam and Kristie maintain a long distance relationship for much of the season, with Sam residing in London as a member of Chelsea FC.

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However despite their different home bases, eager-eyed fans noticed that Sam has appeared in New York recently, Krsitieโ€™s home base, after posting an image of a rainy skyline to her Instagram story. 

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Kristie and Sam. (Credit: Image: @samanthakerr20) (Credit: Image: @samanthakerr20)

In 2022, the now-engaged couple told GAFFER about making their romance work long-distance.

โ€œIt is difficult, of course, just being away from each other but we have FaceTime,โ€ Mewis said, adding, โ€œbeing in New York is really good because I can kind of just pop over if I get two days off.โ€

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Kerr explained, โ€œI think the thing that keeps us going is that we can see an end point. We both just want each other to do so well in our careers. I donโ€™t think you could be in a long-distance relationship with someone who didnโ€™t get the sport. She fully gets it and I get it. So we just support each other.โ€

She added that the couple have set โ€œlittle milestonesโ€ to make the romance work. Could putting a ring on it be one of those? 

The pair have been linked since the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, when Kristie was seen comforting Sam after the Matildas suffered a loss.

They went public with their relationship soon after, and have since developed a legion of devoted followers, supporting the players both on and off the football field. 

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