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.

On March 16, 2025, Mak Whitham became the youngest player ever in an NWSL regular season game. She is only 14 years old. The soccer player signed a contract with Gotham FC in 2024 at the age of 13.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The few minutes McKenna "Mak" Whitham played in NY/NJ Gotham Football Club's game this past weekend made history. At 14, she's the youngest player in the National Women's Soccer League.