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Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis have tied the knot in a glamorous ceremony, with big names from the world of women’s football all arriving to celebrate their big day.
The ceremony got underway at 5.30pm (AWST) at the magnificent Venetian estate, Villa Dionysus, which is situated just 23km from Perth’s CBD.
The Matildas striker, 32, was seen leaving the Crown Towers Hotel prior to the ceremony wearing a black tuxedo, complete with a white boutonniere.
Kristie, 34, looked stunning wearing a sparkling wedding gown that featured a white lace corset that finished at her thigh. The corset was overlaid with a transparent dress that featured seams of sparkly material running down the length of the dress.
The happy couple held hands and gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes as they recited their vows.
Prior to the ceremony, Kerr had stayed at the Crown Towers hotel, just a 30-minute drive from the wedding venue.
She walked out of the lobby alongside her dad, Roger, and her mum, Roxanne, with guests also seen leaving the hotel via a coach.
As part of the dress code, guests all wore black outfits, with Sam’s Matildas team-mate Emily Van Egmond, who got married earlier this year, also seen wearing a black tuxedo complete with a bow tie.
Steph Catly walked alongside her towards the coach, with the Arsenal defender also dazzling in a simple, yet glamorous, black, strapless dress.
A host of Matildas stars also joined them on the bus, with Alanna Kennedy wearing a black pair of trousers with a corset that had a keyhole cut out around her midriff.
She was seen chatting to Mackenzie Arnold, who similarly wore a black pair of trousers and a balck dinner vest.
Sam had dropped a bombshell during her high-profile court case this year that the pair had planned to get married in December and that they had been expecting a baby boy
The Matildas star and her partner are understood to have first crossed paths while playing for competing clubs in the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States in 2019.
Sam had been playing for the Chicago Red Stars at the time, while Kristie was playing for Houston Dash.
However, as Sam explained in 2023, the pair were unable to meet up for a first date for three months, due to Covid restrictions.
During Sam’s court case in London, the Chelsea star took to the stand to give evidence and spoke on her relationship with Kristie, stating that the former West Ham star had ‘slid into her DMs’.
It wasn’t until several months later that the two were able to meet after they had first begun talking.
The pair subsequently fell head over heels for each other and a few years later, Sam and Kristie would both attend the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Their relationship had not been publicly revealed at the time, but rumours had been swirling that the two had been dating.
Australia and the US National Team would both be knocked out in the semi-finals of the tournament and would face each other in the bronze medal final.
The Matildas would suffer a 4-3 defeat during the match, and there were heartbreaking scenes at full-time with Sam dropping to her haunches, gutted by the defeat.
Kristie was then seen comforting the heartbroken Aussie striker in the middle of the field.
Not long after that, Sam took to Instagram to confirm the rumours, with the Australian publishing a snap of Kristie sitting on her lap while the pair shared a kiss. Their relationship would blossom with the smitten couple going on to share insights into their lives, with Kristie taking to Instagram later that year to wish her beau a happy birthday.
On Tuesday, Kristie (pictured) and Sam appeared to host a drinks reception for their guests
The footballers are very candid when it comes to sharing insights of their lives on social media
The Matildas star and her partner are understood to have first crossed paths while playing for competing clubs in the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States in 2019
Kristie was seen during the Tokyo 2021 Olympics comforting the heartbroken Aussie striker after America beat Australia 4-3 in the bronze medal final
Kerr and Mewis went public with their relationship not long after the Games, publishing this snap of themselves sharing a kiss
‘[She’s] my biggest supporter, always listening to me nag and complain, all of my crazy antics,’ she said.
In November 2024, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby boy, with their son, Jagger, being born in May 2025.
‘Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,’ the pair wrote on Instagram.
The couple, who live in London, have been candid in sharing snaps of their lives as new parents, with Sam and Kristie seen taking Jagger out for walks around the UK capital.
Sam recently opened up on what parenting is like, stating that it hasn’t changed her perspective on football, but her life at home is now a little different from what it once was.
‘I still love the game and I’m all in when I’m there. But it has changed my home life. When I come home, I’m not watching clips of myself anymore. I have better separation now, and it’s been healthy,’ she told the CBA Newsroom.
Kristie shared snaps of herself getting ready for their pre-wedding drinks reception on Tuesday, publishing a snap of herself holding her baby boy.
She revealed that while her boy was a little too young to have a role at the wedding, he would be walking down the aisle with his mum Sam, with the pair set to wear matching outfits.
In November 2024, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby boy, with their son, Jagger, being born in May 2025
‘I feel like he [Jagger] is a little bit too young to have a role but Sam is going to walk with him down the aisle, which is very, very sweet,’ she said on the Mewis Squared podcast.
‘That is going to be gut-wrenching for me, I will sob when that happens.
‘He’s probably going to be wearing a little matching outfit with her, it’s going to be absolutely adorable so he’s just chilling for the ceremony.’
While Sam ends 2025 off on a happy note, the Chelsea striker has endured a rollercoaster few years.
In 2024, Sam ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament during a Chelsea training camp in Morocco.
The striker would subsequently undergo surgery to treat the injury and would be sidelined for 634 days, before finally returning to play for Chelsea in September.
Earlier in 2025, Sam was cleared of the racially aggravated harassment of a British police officer, following a heated row at Twickenham Police Station in London after she and Kristie had been on a night out.
Kristie had stuck by her partner’s side throughout the ordeal, with the former West Ham midfielder seen holding Sam’s hand as they entered Kingston Crown Court, before breaking down in tears as the verdict was read out in court.
After the trial had concluded, Sam stated that she was ‘putting this challenging period behind her’ before thanking Kristie and her family for standing by her.
‘I would like to thank my partner Kristie, my family, friends and all the fans for their love and support, especially those who attended court each day,’ she said.
In recent months, Sam and Kristie have been hard at work preparing for their big day.
The former US National team star revealed in November that she had been curating the set list for their evening of celebrations, opening up on some of the songs they’ll be dancing to late into the night.
‘I got some requests yesterday for two songs,’ Mewis said on the Mewis Squared podcast. ‘Two Fred Again songs.
‘I sent them to Sam and I was like, Sam wants these on the playlist. And Sam’s response to me was: “Fred Again will be on the playlist. Don’t you worry”.’
