The National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) Kansas City Current and its ownership group which includes Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, are making sports history.
            The Current kicked off the 2024 season on Saturday in the brand-new CPKC Stadium- the first stadium built specifically to host women’s professional sports in the United States and the first complex built by a National Women’s Soccer League team. The CPKC stadium is a soccer field with a capacity of 11,500 fans and includes 13 suites.
            Partial owner, Brittany Mahomes, is more than just a pretty face who also happens to be married to three-time Superbowl champion Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs. No, she also played collegiate soccer at the University of Texas at Tyler and as a forward for Icelandic club UMF Afturelding until retiring in 2017. In December 2020, Brittany bought stakes in the franchise along with Angie and Chris Long. Her husband, Patrick Mahomes, also joined the ownership group himself in 2023.
            “I’ve seen the talent that they showcase every single game,” Patrick Mahomes told ESPN. “We wanted to build a stadium to match that talent. To have it here in Kansas City as the first women’s-specific, women’s only stadium, I think it’s the start of something that will take off throughout the rest of the world.”
            “Kansas City! We’re here, we did it,” Brittany Mahomes said at the Current’s season opener. “I just want to say thank you guys for showing up today. This is history, this is incredible and for you guys to show up for these women in their own stadium is amazing.”

Contributed by Tiffany Grand
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      “While we've seen incredible scorers -- Lynette Woodard, Kelsey Plum, Maya Moore, Jackie Stiles, Brittney Griner -- we've NEVER seen a woman play like this…”
               
                - Rebecca Lobo

                [Former WNBA Player
                         (1997-2003)
                 and Basketball Analyst]
 
                                                                     
          After scoring 18 points during the March 3rd game against the No. 2 Ohio State- the No. 6 Iowa Hawkeyes Point Guard, Caitlin Clark, officially surpassed the record previously held by LSU’s “Pistol Pete” Maravich. Last week, the senior guard also broke a pre-NCAA scoring record set by Lynette Woodard for women’s major college basketball and announced her intention to enter the 2024 WNBA draft, where she’s expected to be the No. 1 overall pick.
            Caitlin has been breaking records and making a name for herself since she was a kid. She has won three gold medals with the United States, including two at the FIBA UNDER-19 Women’s World Cup. After which, in 2021, Caitlin was named Most Valuable Player. She is widely considered a “generational talent” and is credited with raising national interest in women's basketball during her college career, referred to as the "Caitlin Clark effect."
            ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo has called her the best offensive women's college player since Diana Taurasi. The 2024 WNBA Draft happens on Monday, April 15 at the famed Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Caitlin is expected to be the number one draft pick and selected by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. We look forward to seeing what other records she can break and the evolution of her effect on women’s basketball in the years to come.   

- Contributed by Tiffany Grand