{"id":648105,"date":"2026-05-04T02:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648105\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:20:18","slug":"sam-kerr-goal-chelseas-leading-scorer-victory-vs-leicester-city-future-club-video-highlights-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648105\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Kerr goal, Chelsea\u2019s leading scorer, victory vs Leicester City, future club, video, highlights, football news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian captain Sam Kerr has cemented her legacy as one of Chelsea\u2019s modern greats, becoming the club\u2019s leading goal-scorer in WSL history overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old achieved the milestone with a 13th-minute header during Chelsea\u2019s 3-1 victory over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, putting a cross from teammate Niamh Charles past goalkeeper Katie Keane. It was her 64th WSL goal \u2014 coming 2296 days after her maiden goal for the club \u2014 surpassing the career tally of former Chelsea teammate Fran Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=FootballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776909012_441_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been some pretty special goals in my career, but I don\u2019t know if it gets more special than this,\u201d Kerr said after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably didn\u2019t play as much as I would have liked at the start of the season, but you\u2019ve seen when I get rhythm and games under my belt I start scoring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not scored as many in the league as I\u2019d have liked, but to come back from an ACL and still be top-scorer in the league for a club like Chelsea is great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerr, who joined Chelsea in 2019, suffered an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in January 2024 and missed the entire 2024\/25 WSL campaign. She\u2019s a two-time WSL Golden Boot recipient, claiming the award in 2020\/21 and 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a world-class striker, and I\u2019m happy to see her thriving after that long spell she had out with her knee, and I\u2019m happy that she is back, scoring goals and what an achievement it is for an Australian as well,\u201d Australian and Chelsea teammate Ellie Carpenter said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is such a legend for Australian football, and she sort of put Australian football on the map when she got introduced in the WSL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a phenomenal world-class striker, and Chelsea have been lucky to have her at this club and be their all-time leading goal scorer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerr\u2019s future at Chelsea is clouded in mystery amid reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/hollywood-alisters-and-2m-contracts-the-power-struggle-shaping-kerrs-blockbuster-decision\/news-story\/36886ceef95135671d9d348f2f3c7500\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">she\u2019s considering a switch and joining Denver Summit in the NSWL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, now guaranteed a top-three finish on the WSL standings, will next face Manchester City in the Women\u2019s FA Cup semi-final on Monday, May 11 AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian captain Sam Kerr has cemented her legacy as one of Chelsea\u2019s modern greats, becoming the club\u2019s leading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-648105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648105","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=648105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}