Brittany Mahomes, soccer player, entrepreneur, team owner and mother of three, reflects on the sport that shaped her life and the lessons she’s now passing on to her children.
Sterling Mahomes is a regular at Arrowhead Stadium, where she sees her dad, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, work. She attends Chiefs home games, away games, Super Bowls, practices and parades. But on a sunny day in Kansas City recently, the 5-year-old got to see her mother, Brittany Mahomes, in her element.
Brittany, the New Fans Correspondent for Everything But the Score, Yahoo’s World Cup project, was at CPKC Stadium, home of the women’s professional team she co-owns, the Kansas City Current. She was there for a video shoot designed to introduce newcomers not just to the game of soccer, but also to the players, personalities and culture surrounding it.
For someone who has spent much of her life around the sport, it’s a natural fit. She speaks about soccer with the ease of someone who has a deep love and knowledge of the game, following a successful career as a college and — yes — professional player.
While Brittany casually dropped soccer knowledge, Sterling pushed a doll named Rosie around in a toy stroller, chatted about life as a big sister to younger siblings Bronze and Golden and occasionally wandered over to see what her mom was working on. “She wanted to be a part of mommy’s work and see what I do,” Brittany tells me.
It’s a small moment, but one that seems to capture where Brittany is in life right now: still chasing ambitious goals, but increasingly aware of who’s watching from the sidelines.
“Everything I do now is connected to creating more opportunities and building a future that my children can be proud of,” she says.
Most people meet Brittany somewhere in the middle of her story. Maybe it’s on a football sideline. Maybe it’s through glamorous paparazzi photos or a social media post. Maybe it’s through her work with the Kansas City Current. But the thread running through all of it is soccer.
Brittany spent four years playing forward at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she became the first player in program history to record three hat tricks in a season or career. After earning a degree in kinesiology, the science of human movement, she spent a year playing professionally in Iceland before turning her attention to fitness and entrepreneurship.
“I’ve never really wanted to define myself as one role,” Brittany says. “I feel like women are beyond capable of doing so many things at once.”
This year, Brittany was inducted into her alma mater’s Athletics Hall of Fame — a recognition that prompted her to reflect on the years that shaped her long before she became an owner, entrepreneur or public figure.
“It was an incredible honor,” she says. “I spent four years there as an athlete and a student, and my time there really shaped a lot of who I am today.” More than the wins, Brittany remembers the confidence her coach instilled in her players: “It was always just be yourself and be the best that you can be.”
Those lessons and her abiding passion for the game eventually led her back to the sport long after she hung up her cleats.
It’s easy now to talk about women’s soccer as a smart investment. It was a very different proposition in 2020, when Brittany became co-owner of the Current, helping bring the club to Kansas City years before record crowds, soaring franchise valuations and the sense that every major sports conversation had finally started to include women. Patrick joined the ownership group two years later.
“I just loved the sport, and I truly believed in it,” she says. “We believed in these women; we believed in this city.”
Today, the franchise is valued at $325 million, making it the second-most valuable team in the NWSL. CPKC Stadium opened in 2024 as the first stadium in the world purpose-built for a professional women’s sports team.
When I ask Brittany what would surprise her college-aged self most about her life today, she doesn’t hesitate. She doesn’t mention fame, three kids or even marrying her high school sweetheart. “Being part of the Kansas City Current, being a part of the first purpose-built stadium for a women’s team in the world was definitely not on my bucket list,” she says.
For Brittany, the recent boom in women’s sports feels less like a surprise than a correction. “The investment is finally matching the talent that these women have had for so long,” she says.
She considers providing a permanent home for professional women’s athletes one of her most rewarding achievements. “Seeing these girls finally have a building that they can call theirs,” she says. “Just seeing the women finally realize that they have their own space and they are worth investing in.”
Brittany credits Patrick with encouraging her every step of the way in all of her pursuits. “I could have truly never gotten to the place I am today without Patrick,” she says. “He truly supports anything and everything that I want to do.”
Sterling has also been spotted in the owners’ box at CPKC, wearing the team’s turquoise, like she did the day of the shoot, and learning from her mom, the former professional player.
If soccer gave Brittany her foundation, motherhood has sharpened her sense of purpose.
“Being a mom changed so many things in my life and changed how I looked at so many things,” she says. “It really reshaped and redefined a lot of things in my life. … It’s made me more intentional, more purposeful and, honestly, more motivated to keep going and keep showing my kids that there are no boundaries in front of you. You can achieve anything. You can be a part of anything that you want to,” she says. “You need to dream big and understand that you have to work hard and do the hard things to do the fun things.”
As her family has grown, so has her sense of what deserves her time and attention. These days, Brittany says she’s less interested in doing everything and more focused on doing the things that align with her values, goals and the example she wants to set for her children. It’s made saying no a little easier. “I think when you become a mom, you learn to say no to things that aren’t as important and focus on what’s best for your life and your family.”
That clarity, she says, has been possible in part because of the people around her, a support system that has helped her continue to grow. It’s a theme Brittany returns to repeatedly throughout our conversation. For all the attention surrounding the Mahomes family, she consistently points back to the people in her corner — the ones who encourage her ambitions, celebrate her successes and remind her to pursue her passions.
“Having people around you that believe in you gives you the confidence to continue to dream and dream bigger,” she says.
Some things have changed dramatically since Brittany’s playing days. Others haven’t changed at all. The competitive streak is still there. Brittany laughs when I ask about competition at home, insisting the athlete in her never really went away. “I don’t beat Patrick often, but I have beaten him in things — and he would never admit it,” she says. “When it comes to board games and games in our house, it gets pretty competitive.”
What took longer to adjust to was the visibility that came with her growing platform. “It’s been a really big adjustment,” she admits. “I’ve had a lot of lessons, hard lessons, to learn.”
She credits Patrick with helping her navigate that transition. “He’s constantly been there explaining to me that this stuff doesn’t matter and just stay true to who you are and stay worrying about the things that matter to you,” she says. “He’s got me through it.”
Over time, Brittany says she’s learned to focus less on the noise and more on what really matters: “Keeping my eyes and my mind and my focus on my family and the things that mean the most.”
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