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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.