{"id":368361,"date":"2024-02-17T00:14:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T01:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=368361"},"modified":"2024-02-17T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T02:02:08","slug":"just-do-it-13-year-old-soccer-phenom-mak-whitham-signs-nike-nil-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=368361","title":{"rendered":"Just do it: 13-year old soccer phenom Mak Whitham signs Nike NIL deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

At an age when many of her friends are hoping to sneak into a PG-13 movie, McKenna ‘Mak’ Whitham is making history by signing a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with Nike.<\/p>\n

The soccer standout from California is considered a generational talent. The 13-year-old is already a part of the U15 United States National Team<\/a>. A forward, Whitham has a very bright future and also stars at the club level for Slammers FC (who have a very interesting developmental partnership with Danish club side HB K\u00f8ge<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On a side note, do PG-13 movies still exist?<\/p>\n

The pacey forward is very technical, with impressive control. In the open field, even when opening up her stride, she keeps the ball close to her feet.<\/p>\n

She is a strong finisher with a high work rate.<\/p>\n

The NIL deal sees Whitham become the youngest-ever athlete to sign with Nike.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by espnW (@espnw)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whitham is as impressive of a high school prospect as has emerged from the youth soccer ranks in the United States in probably two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

McKenna Whitham signs an NIL deal with Nike.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368363,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368361\/revisions\/368363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}