U.S. women’s national soccer team star Allie Long is going to be a mom!
The 34-year-old soccer star is pregnant, expecting twins, a boy and a girl, with boyfriend Casey Cordial in June, she told PEOPLE exclusively.
“I’ve always dreamed of being a mom,” she said. “I think as an athlete, you’re always playing for yourself in a way and your team, but I’m excited to kind of be in the position where I’m playing for my family and them, and a different perspective on life.”
Long said she had “no idea” she was pregnant at the beginning. “I played nine weeks of my professional season pregnant with twins, having no idea,” she revealed.
After finding out she was pregnant — six pregnancy tests later — Long said she soon learned she would be having twins.
“I cried. A little bit of tears came up because I’ve always wanted to be a mom,” she said of the moment she found out she was having twins. “I love kids. But then to know that there’s two, I cried, like happy tears, but I was like, ‘Stop it. You’re lying.’ ”
The La Liga ambassador said boyfriend Cordial was “so happy” when he learned he would become a dad. “He can’t wait and neither can I,” she added.
Long noted that as her boyfriend is a chiropractor sports physician, he is “helping my body so much” as she goes through her pregnancy.
“I feel so grateful to have him to just be able to help my body and I’m excited for after the babies, for him to get me into the best shape that I possibly can be in,” said the athlete, who also works out with Cardio Sport to stay in shape.
Already seven months along, Long said she’s had “such an easy pregnancy,” which she is “so grateful” for.
“My entire pregnancy I’ve been so lucky. Now my belly’s starting to show, which is kind of late, but I’ve always been like, ‘Am I really pregnant?’ And then now I see my stomach, I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m really pregnant.’ “