{"id":580683,"date":"2026-04-02T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:12:13","slug":"matildas-captain-sam-kerr-denies-she-is-leaving-chelsea-to-sign-with-nwsl-expansion-side-denver-summit-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580683\/","title":{"rendered":"Matildas captain Sam Kerr denies she is leaving Chelsea to sign with NWSL expansion side Denver Summit, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matildas captain Sam Kerr has thrown doubt on reports she is set to sign with an American expansion team, departing Chelsea in a women\u2019s football transfer stunner.<\/p>\n

The champion striker has appeared to talk down the story, saying on Snapchat: \u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you read in the media man, they know a decision before me\u201d.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s unclear whether Kerr is saying the story is not true, or if she just wanted the announcement to be made differently.<\/p>\n

Kerr is out of contract at the WSL powerhouse and Ten reported she will instead sign with the Denver Summit, a brand new NWSL side.<\/p>\n

The Summit, partially owned by NFL great Peyton Manning and skiing legend Mikaela Shiffrin, and Boston Legacy joined the league this season bringing it to 16 teams.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Kerr was the all-time leading goalscorer in the US competition, playing at the Western New York Flash, Sky Blue FC and Chicago Red Stars before her move to England.<\/p>\n

She has spent six seasons at Chelsea, leading them to five WSL titles and three FA Cups, but has played reduced minutes since returning from an ACL injury.<\/p>\n

They were knocked out of the Champions League this morning after a 3-2 aggregate loss to Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Chelsea’s Sam Kerr, right, and Sjoeke Nusken react after the Women’s Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match against Arsenal in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (John Walton\/PA via AP)Source: AP<\/p>\n

Kerr\u2019s move would allow her to be based in the US, where her wife Kristie Mewis is from.<\/p>\n

Mewis gave birth to their first child, Jagger, last May<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matildas captain Sam Kerr has thrown doubt on reports she is set to sign with an American expansion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-580683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}