Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes buys stake in another Kansas City sports team

Fútbol ❤️ Soccer.

That’s how Kansas Metropolis’s Sporting KC soccer membership summarized Tuesday’s announcement that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (who else?) has joined the group’s possession group.

“I’m grateful to hitch Sporting KC’s possession group and strengthen my connection to the followers and the town I like,” stated Mahomes within the announcement. “Sporting is a community-oriented membership and I’m excited to proceed supporting the expansion of soccer in Kansas Metropolis.”

Sporting’s principal proprietor Cliff Illig welcomed Mahomes to the possession group.

“Along with reaching excellence on the sector, he’s deeply dedicated to giving again to the neighborhood and elevating the game of soccer,” stated Illig. “Patrick can also be accustomed to cultivating a successful tradition, and we stay up for contending for championships at Kids’s Mercy Park properly into the long run.”

Mahomes has typically been seen at Sporting’s house subject — most just lately throughout the Gold Cup match between america and Canada on June 18, drawing an ovation from the group and posing for pictures with United States (and Sporting) midfielder Gianluca Busio.

Mahomes now has an possession stake in two Kansas Metropolis sports activities franchises: Sporting and the Kansas City Royals, in which he invested in June of 2020. His fiancée Brittany Matthews additionally owns an curiosity within the Kansas Metropolis NWSL ladies’s soccer group.