Brittany Mahomes will be back at CPKC Stadium on May 6, and this time she is not coming to watch. She will return to the Kansas City Current’s home ground to accept the inaugural Champion for a Change Award, a public moment that lands as the club’s profile keeps rising on and off the field.
Forbes reported this week that the Current are now worth $325 million, up from $275 million last year. That increase comes as the club keeps building out one of the most ambitious projects in women’s soccer, a push shaped in part by Mahomes and her husband, Patrick Mahomes, who are co-owners along with Chris and Angie Long.
The Current’s rise has been tied to hard spending and fast construction. Angie and Chris Long privately financed the $140 million building of CPKC Stadium, which opened in 2024 and became the first premier sports venue built primarily for a women’s sports team. Last July, the club broke ground in Riverside, Missouri, on Riverside Stadium, The Performance Center and a pitch expansion, a $52 million investment that added to the organization’s footprint. In February, the owners marked the opening of The Performance Center and Riverside Stadium with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The growth has not come without pressure on the soccer side. Kansas City hired Chris Armas as head coach after an early playoff exit, while Vlatko Andonovski moved from head coach into the sporting director role. The club also has not been shy in the transfer market, trading Claire Hutton to Bay FC for $1.1 million, acquiring midfielder Croix Bethune from the Washington Spirit in a deal that sent Washington a club-record $100,000 in allocation funds and $900,000 in transfer threshold funds, and then adding forward Penelope Hocking for $350,000 just days before the 2026 home opener.
That combination of investment, ambition and roster churn is what makes Mahomes’ return notable now. The club has already endured a three-game losing streak this season after losing only three games all of last year, a reminder that valuation and results do not always move together. Mahomes, a former professional soccer player, and Patrick Mahomes have not yet attended a match this season, but her May 6 appearance will put one of the team’s best-known owners back in front of the crowd as the Current tries to turn financial momentum into another run on the field.