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Sam Kerr's dream week has continued, with the football superstar scoring a sublime hat-trick for Chelsea against a hapless Paris FC in the Champions League.
It follows the Matildas captain confirming her engagement to long term partner Kristie Mewis a few days ago.
Kerr, 30, found the back of the net at Stamford Bridge in both halves, as the Blues won 4-1 to send an emphatic message to their European rivals.
On Tuesday, Kerr took to Instagram announcing she had asked Mewis to marry her.
In the photos, Mewis seemed taken by surprise as she beamed at Kerr, who was holding a ring box open.
Sam Kerr's dream week has continued, with the football superstar scoring a sublime hat-trick for Chelsea against Paris FC in the Champions League (pictured, after her second goal)
Kerr, 30, found the back of the net at Stamford Bridge in both halves, as the Blues won 4-1
It follows the Matildas captain confirming on Instagram this week her engagement to long term partner Kristie Mewis
A close-up of the massive diamond on Mewis' hand proved Kerr was clearly sparing no expense for the engagement to the American soccer star
The happy couple were elated as Kerr lifted her arm with joy, as Mewis nestled in close to her in another photo.
A close-up image of the massive diamond on Mewis' hand proved Kerr clearly spared no expense for the occasion.
'September 1st, 2023,' the couple captioned the photos.
The couple were inundated with congratulations from their social media followers, including other sporting celebrities, including Australian cricketer David Warner and Sydney born footballer Remy Siemsen.
The development comes just weeks after Mewis confirmed to People magazine the couple are engaged following months of speculation.
'[She's] my biggest supporter, always listening to me nag and complain all, all of my crazy antics,' she told the publication.
Rumours had been rife that Kerr and Mewis were engaged after Australia's biggest football star posted a photo to social media showing her wearing a gold ring on her wedding finger in September.
The Matildas striker included the shot in an Instagram post accompanied by the simple caption 'September people x' with two other images showing a ring on the left ring finger of her girlfriend Mewis.
Kristie Mewis confirmed their engagement to People magazine earlier this month, calling Sam Kerr her 'biggest supporter', ending months of speculation
The American met Kerr while they were both playing for rival clubs in the US back in 2019
Their cross-global romance has since been heavily documented on social media with both women amassing hundreds of thousands of followers
The happy couple plan to marry in September this year, with the venue still unknown
The couple first met while they were playing for rival clubs in the US back in 2019.
They spoke online for almost four months during the 2020 Covid lockdown before spending two weeks in quarantine together, where they quickly fell in love.
The pair continued their romance in the lead-up to the Olympics in 2021 where - following America's defeat of Australia in the semi-finals in Tokyo - they were photographed together.
Their on-pitch embrace made headlines as Kerr's break-up from her former longtime partner - another US player, Nikki Stanton - had not yet become public.
November 2021 marked the first time the pair - who last met competitively at the Tokyo Olympics - had played against each other on the pitch since going 'Instagram official' in August that year.
Their cross-global romance has since been heavily documented on social media with both women amassing hundreds of thousands of followers.
'We are not private people. I like sharing my story. I like sharing who I am outside of football', Kerr told UK publication Gaffer earlier this year.
Kerr and Mewis are the undisputed power couple of women's football and their wedding promises to be a celebrity occasion to savour.
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