Chelsea Satisfaction has condemned the homophobic abuse directed on the membership’s striker Sam Kerr after she introduced she was having a child along with her fiancee Kristie Mewis.

The 31-year-old Australia captain revealed the information on her Instagram account on Monday with a publish which learn: “Mewis-Kerr child coming 2025!”

Her announcement got here with an image of the couple kissing and exhibiting off Mewis’s child bump. Nonetheless, Chelsea Satisfaction has denounced social media feedback directed at Kerr and the West Ham midfielder Mewis.

“Homophobia has no place in soccer, at Chelsea, or in our society,” learn a press release posted on social media. “It’s heartbreaking and infuriating to see social media flooded with hateful feedback once we ought to be celebrating love, satisfaction, and unity.

“Over the weekend and at the moment, our membership was compelled to close down feedback and even delete posts, posts that ought to have been shining moments of pleasure, from the highly effective symbolism of Rainbow Laces to the unbelievable information that Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis will welcome a baby in 2025.

“‘No to Hate’ isn’t only a slogan; it’s a battle cry. It’s a reminder that we should maintain combating for what is true, for true acceptance, and for a recreation that embraces everybody with out exception. We refuse to face by in silence. At Chelsea Satisfaction, we stand towards each act of homophobia with unwavering power and fervour.

“We battle for a soccer world the place each participant, fan, and household can stay overtly and be celebrated, with out worry or prejudice. That is our recreation, our membership, and our unwavering dedication: Hate won’t ever win right here. We are going to all the time stand for love, unity, and an inclusive future for soccer.”