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Mckenna “Mak” Whitham has been here before. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with head coach Juan Carlos Amoros on the sideline of a pitch, the 14-year-old was readying to sprint onto Lumen Field.
That sounds beyond impressive right? Unfortunately for Sullivan, his record lasted just a few weeks before McKenna ‘Mak’ ...
Mak Whitham made history Saturday night as the youngest player to appear in a NWSL regular-season match. The 14-year-old forward entered as a stoppage-time substitute for NJ/NY Gotham FC during a ...
Lisa Carlin, Christine Cupo and McCall Zerboini react to fourteen-year-old Mak Witham's NWSL debut and discuss if the league should set an age requirement for players entering the league.
Those were the moments late Saturday night before forward Mak Whitham, 14, became the youngest player in NWSL history, coming on for World Cup champion Esther in the final minutes of Gotham’s 1 ...
Mak Whitham becomes the youngest player to play in the NWSL, Reign and Gotham battle to a 1-1 draw 'Big beautiful bill' could be 'most consequential piece of legislation' in decades, Speaker ...
Mak Whitham has made NWSL history once more, becoming the youngest player to ever take to the field in a regular-season game in league history. At just 14 years and 220 days old, Whitham was ...
Whitham, who goes by Mak, was unfazed. “It’s just been spectacular,” she told The Athletic following her preseason debut. “I’ve always kind of been playing up at a high level ...
At 14 years old, Mak Whitham became the youngest player to play in a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) regular-season game. She made her debut for NJ/NY Gotham FC on March 15, 2025. Before ...