NWSL’s Gotham breaks record for youngest ever player
July 30 – At the age of just 14 and one day, McKenna ‘Mak’ Whitham became the youngest player to feature in any major professional soccer league in the USA when she came on in the 80th minute for NWSL team NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Whitham, a striker, made her debut in the Summer Cup (NWSL’s inaugural mid-season tournament against Lig MX Femenil teams) and Gotham’s 1-0 win over Washington Spirit.
Although not named in the Gotham squad for the season,
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