Matildas star Sam Kerr and fiancée Kristie Mewis have arrived in Perth after a tough year for football’s favourite couple.
The visit to Kerr’s hometown comes just days after it was announced that Mewis, 33, had been dropped from the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics, leaving fans in shock.
It also marks the couple’s first visit to Australia since Kerr, 30, was accused of racially harassing a police officer in south-west London on January 30, 2023.
Kerr, dressed in a black T-shirt and green shorts, smiled as she wheeled several large suitcases from the airport terminal to a waiting van.
The visit Down Under comes after a difficult year for Kerr and Mewis, who wore black sunglasses as she helped her fiancé with bags.
The 33-year-old has scored seven goals in 53 appearances for América since being first selected in 2013, but suffered an ankle injury in April and struggled to find the net for the San Diego Waves.
Mewis, who also plays for West Ham in the English Women’s Super League, will now join Kerr in watching the Games from the sidelines after the Matildas superstar was ruled out of the Australian squad for the Games due to a serious knee injury. knee.
The Matildas captain has been sidelined since suffering a serious knee injury in January, which robbed her of the opportunity to play as Chelsea won the Women’s Super League title for the fifth year in a row.
Sam Kerr and his fiancée Kristie Mewis landed in Perth on Friday afternoon.
The visit Down Under comes after a difficult year for football’s favorite couple.
That capped a shocking start to 2024 for the 30-year-old, who was accused of racially harassing a police officer in a bombshell announcement in March.
She pleaded not guilty, but suffered another setback when her defense team’s efforts to have the charges dismissed failed, leaving her forced to face a four-day trial in February next year.
Mewis had been sidelined by an injury she suffered in February while playing for West Ham and was unsure of her availability to play for the United States at the Olympics when interviewed in March.
The couple recently got away from it all on a luxury vacation to the coast of Baja California, Mexico, where they dressed up for dinner at their five-star hotel, lounged in their room, rode ponies, and even watched a performance of a artist who dances with fire while her hair makes her spin.
Earlier this week it was announced that Mewis had been cut from the U.S. Olympic team.
The couple appeared in good spirits as they loaded suitcases into the back of a pickup truck.
The US selectors and coach Emma Hayes (who until recently coached Kerr at Chelsea) made another highly controversial decision by excluding US women’s national team legend Alex Morgan from the 18-player squad in Paris.
She has been a mainstay of the team since 2010, scoring 123 goals in her 224 appearances for the team, making her the top scorer available for the national team.
“I am disappointed not to have had the opportunity to represent our country on the Olympic stage. This will always be a tournament that is close to my heart and I feel immensely proud every time I put on the badge,” Morgan wrote after receiving the news.
“In less than a month, I look forward to supporting this team and cheering them on along with the rest of our country.”
Kristie Mewis (pictured with her fiancé Sam Kerr) has been cut from the United States women’s national team team to play in the Paris Olympics.
The 33-year-old (pictured playing for her country) suffered an ankle injury in April.
Mewis has scored seven goals in 53 appearances for her country since she was first selected in 2013.
The United States women’s national team has come under fire after Korbin Albert was controversially selected for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, despite sharing anti-LGBTQ+ posts on social media.
The midfielder has been booed in recent national team matches but was one of 18 players called up to the team by coach Emma Hayes this week.
The selection raised suspicions, given the negative reaction to Albert’s activity on social media from his own teammates.
Albert previously reposted a video from a Christian worship space preaching against homosexuality and transgenderism.
In another TikTok post, which has since been deleted, Albert showed his family saying “their pronouns are USA,” over the Fourth of July weekend.
