Many soccer followers are clamoring for updates on Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce’s retirement timelines, however mom Donna Kelce isn’t nervous about them hanging up their cleats.
“[I] can’t consider that they wouldn’t be sooner or later concerned with soccer in some capability as a result of they adore it a lot,” Donna, 71, advised Individuals in an interview revealed on Saturday, January 26. “They love the folks and so they love the coaches. They simply love the entire facet about it.”
Jason, 36, and Travis, 34, took up soccer in highschool the place they performed side-by-side. They have been teammates once more throughout their mutual tenure on the College of Cincinnati. Jason was the primary to enter the NFL draft, becoming a member of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011. Travis adopted two years later when he signed with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
The 2 professional soccer gamers — Jason is a middle, whereas Travis is a decent finish — ultimately turned the primary siblings to face off within the Tremendous Bowl in February 2023. Travis and the Chiefs in the end beat Jason and the Eagles.
Each brothers returned to the NFL for the 2023-2024 season, of which each groups made the playoffs earlier this month. The Eagles, nevertheless, have been knocked out in the course of the AFC Wild Card spherical. After Jason’s group misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, information broke that the middle was contemplating retirement.
“I’ll know he’s retiring when he begins to drop pounds,” Ed Kelce, Jason and Travis’ dad, stated throughout a Friday, January 26, radio present look. “These guys are very health-conscious. As quickly as they resolve to retire from the sport, they shed a ton of weight. As soon as that occurs, you’re not coming again.”
Jason Kelce, Donna Kelce and Travis Kelce Christian Petersen/Getty Photographs
Travis, in the meantime, is not at present considering about stepping again from skilled ball. “Travis will play till they kick him off,” Ed quipped on Friday. “As he says, he’ll ‘play till the wheels fall off.’”
Travis’ season is at present ongoing because the Chiefs will compete in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens within the AFC Championship on Sunday, January 28. The winners of the convention recreation will decide which group will signify the AFC within the Tremendous Bowl subsequent month.
Jason Kelce is seemingly prepared for retirement after 13 years within the NFL. Kelce, 36, reportedly advised his teammates that he was retiring after the Philadelphia Eagles misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 15, in response to NFL insider Adam Schefter. After the loss, Jason appeared emotional on the sidelines as did his spouse […]
If Travis and the Chiefs lose on Sunday, then their season will probably be over for the yr. In the event that they make the Tremendous Bowl, it would proceed till the February 11 championship earlier than the offseason formally begins.
Donna beforehand gave Us Weekly a glimpse into how her sons spend their soccer hiatus.
“They’re simply exhausted, so I’m not seeing them very a lot [in the offseason],” she completely advised Us earlier this month. “They’re on the transfer 24/7, whether or not it’s soccer or whether or not it’s one thing else like different competitions [and their ‘New Heights’ podcast keeps them] very, very busy.”
Jason and Travis launched a sports activities podcast in 2022, named for his or her Cleveland Heights hometown, to dish in regards to the NFL on a weekly foundation. Donna, Ed and Jason’s spouse, Kylie Kelce, have all made now-viral cameos on the podcast. “New Heights” can also be how Travis infamously revealed his crush on now-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in July 2023.
