U.S. women's national team forward Mallory Swanson is expecting her first child with husband Dansby Swanson, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs.

U.S women's national soccer team star Mallory Swanson and her husband Dansby Swanson, a shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, are expecting their first child, the couple announced in a joint Instagram post Wednesday. "Our greatest blessing 🤍," Mallory Swanson wrote in the post's caption.

Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson said of he and his wife, Mallory, expecting their first child: “It’s just really neat and special.”