Australian soccer superstar Sam Kerr and Gotham FC midfielder Kristie Mewis may have once been Olympic rivals on field, but off-field, things are very different.
Rumours of a proposal have been circulating for months, and now we have official confirmation that the two lovebirds are headed down the aisle.
Mewis has spoken to People confirming their engagement, saying that Kerr has ‘”just been everything” to her.
“[She’s] My biggest supporter, always listening to me nag and complain all, all of my crazy antics,” she said.
Their relationship was first made public when the Aussie Matildas were defeated by Team USA at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 – the team later claiming the bronze in women’s football – and a sweet shot of Mewis, 32, embracing Kerr, 30, on the field sparked rumours of a romance. These rumours were eventually confirmed by the athletes.
Sam Kerr shared a selfie in September showing a ring on Kristie Mewis’ left hand in plain sight. Neither athlete has addressed their engagement rumours. (Instagram)
Some fans were convinced the couple had soft launched their engagement in September after Kerr posted a mirror selfie of the couple with Mewis showing off a ring on her left hand.
In another picture of the couple enjoying a day out on the boat, the American had her left hand above her head with the ring clearly in sight again on that finger, further pointing to signs that the pair had taken their relationship to the next level.
“SOFT ENGAGEMENT LAUNCH???” one person wrote. “The pose with the ring on display was definitely on purpose,” another speculated.
“We all see that, right?” another fan asked.
On October 25, Mewis shared another snap to Instagram showing off what appears to be an engagement ring.
But rumours that the couple had gotten engaged began after a video was shared onto the Instagram page for Gotham FC in early September, the team Mewis plays for.
The footage showed Mewis sporting what looked to be a new ring on her left hand.
Fans headed to the comment section in droves with questions about the ring.
Omg, is Kristie wearing an engagement ring???” one person wrote. “Not the ROCK,” another excitably noted.
Just a few days later, Mewis and Kerr were spotted her teammate Ali Krieger’s Instagram Story, but eagle-eyed fans were disappointed after seeing Mewis cheekily cover her left hand completely with the sleeve of her top.
In another picture, she used her hand to cover Kerr’s left hand as well.
These moves had perhaps the opposite effect however, fueling more speculation that the couple are indeed engaged.
