Soccer fans got much more than they bargained for at Monday's match pitting the U.S. men's national team against El Salvador. After securing a triumphant win, keeper Matt Turner celebrated by including his team in an epic gender reveal live on the field. The 28-year-old athlete booted a replica soccer ball filled with colored powder, thrilling fans and creating quite the post-game spectacle.
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It's a girl
As Matt kicked, pink powder filled the air, confirming that he and wife Ashley Herron will be welcoming a baby girl into their family. This will be the first daughter for the couple, who also have a son named Easton. We can't even begin to imagine how excited the trio must be now that they know!
Matt and Ashley met while they were both working in New England
Before being signed to England's Arsenal Football Club in 2022, Matt played for the MLS team New England Revolution, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It was there that he met Ashley, who was a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. They went on to marry and move to London, where it looks like they'll be raising their soon-to-be family of four.
Matt is apparently overjoyed and a bit nervous about being a girl dad
The keeper spoke with Goal about the big post-game surprise. "I was nervous for sure. But it's like an excitement kind of nervous. You just want to know because I just like knowing!" he said.
"It's a good feeling to know that we're gonna have a little baby girl, and I think I'm in big, big trouble in the future," the proud papa continued. "She's gonna have me wrapped around her finger."
It sounds like a lot of family members came for the gender reveal
"Twenty or so people from my family came down here [for the game and reveal]," the soccer star explained. "Family time is really important to my wife and me, and being in London, it's few and far between."
That doesn't mean that Matt is getting too homesick, though. He said he and Ashley are still excited to be chasing their "crazy dream" across the pond.
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Congratulations to Matt and Ashley
Matt is obviously super excited to be a girl dad, and we're sure that his wife is equally over the moon about the baby news. We wish them both the best of luck throughout the remainder of this pregnancy. With a baby at home already — Easton is less than a year old — we're sure the time is going to fly right by!
