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Aussie football superstar Sam Kerr has given a rare insight into her romance with US player girlfriend Kristie Mewis - including how they first met and fell in love.
Speaking this week to UK online publication Gaffer, the pair confirmed they first became aware of each other while playing for competing clubs in the National Women's Soccer League in the US back in 2019.
The couple later sparked up a conversation via Instagram direct messages but, due to Covid restrictions, were 'forced' to get to know each other online .
They finally met up in person for what was an unconventional 'first date'.
The loved-up pair confirmed they first met playing for competing clubs in the National Women's Soccer League in the US back in 2020.
The football power couple were first photographed together at a friendly in Newcastle
'It was about three or four months until we could hang out in person,' Kerr said of her first romantic meeting with Mewis - a rival striker for the American national team.
'The first time we ever met there was quarantine so we had to spend two weeks together the first time we met.
'I was thinking if I don’t like her this is going to be awkward.'
But Kerr's fears were unfounded. The pair fell head first in love in the lead-up to the 2021 Olympics where - following America's defeat of Australia in the semi-finals - they were first photographed together.
Their on-pitch embrace made headlines as Kerr's break-up from her former longtime partner - another US club player Nikki Stanton - hot not yet become public.
'The first time we ever met there was quarantine so we had to spend two weeks together the first time we met. I was thinking if I don’t like her this is going to be awkward,' Kerr says of their first meeting
A late header helped Kerr draw Chelsea FC equal with Arsenal during a Women's Super League match
Mewis led the USA in a friendly against New Zealand on January 8, 2023
Stanton went on to date Rachael Rapinoe, sister of US football captain Megan Rapinoe.
'We didn’t share it for ages,' Kerr said of her fledgling romance with Mewis.
'Then it just got too hard to hide it.
'I remember one time we were with some friends and some fans asked for a picture and then we thought we don’t really want this coming out from someone else. We want to be the ones to share it.
'Once we told our friends it kind of started
