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. This ...

When Gotham FC won the first CONCACAF W Champions Cup in Mexico in May, celebrations included cheers, foaming sprays of beer — and at least one bottle of apple cider. Mckenna “Mak” Whitham, 14, is the ...

NJ/NY Gotham FC has signed 13-year-old phenom McKenna Whitham to a historic four-year deal, making her the youngest contracted player in the NWSL. Whitham’s guaranteed contract, announced on the eve ...

McKenna 'Mak' Whitham made history this season as the youngest athlete in the NWSL. Here's what protections young professional athletes like her... A 14-year-old is in the National Women's Soccer ...

McKenna Whitham scored against Deportivo Cali in added time at the Women’s Cup in Colombia in February, finding her footing in a sea of defenders and tucking the ball away to send Gotham FC to the ...

The youth movement is alive and well in North American soccer. Just over a week after Cavan Sullivan made his MLS debut at age 14 to become the youngest pro athlete in the top North American sports ...

At an age when many of her friends are hoping to sneak into a PG-13 movie, McKenna 'Mak' Whitham is making history by signing a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with Nike. The soccer standout from ...

Mckenna Whitham at the Red Bulls training facility in Whippany, N.J., on June 5. (Elianel Clinton for NBC News) When Gotham FC won the first CONCACAF W Champions Cup in Mexico in May, celebrations ...