Matildas player Sam Kerr 'split' from American girlfriend Nikki Stanton ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Sam Kerr has split with her longtime girlfriend Nikki Stanton, a new report claims. 

The Australian Matildas player and her American partner are believed to have called it quits ahead of the soccer team heading to the Tokyo Olympics. 

The pair, who had been together since 2014, had ‘fallen out of love’, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. 

Over: Sam Kerr (right) has split with her longtime girlfriend Nikki Stanton (left), a new report claims. They have since unfollowed each other on social media

The couple’s long-distance relationship was reportedly a factor, with Nikki playing for the Chicago Red Star in the United States while Sam is based in the UK. 

They have since unfollowed each other on social media. 

A source reportedly in the Olympic Village says that Kerr, who is in Tokyo to compete with the Matildas, is in good spirits. 

 Over: The pair, who had been together since 2014, had ‘fallen out of love’, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday

Split: The Australian Matildas player and her American partner are believed to have called it quits ahead of the soccer team heading to the Tokyo Olympics

‘If there is any sadness around the break up it certainly wasn’t evident,’ the alleged source revealed to the paper. 

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Sam Kerr for further comment.  

Kerr has dealt with homophobia over the relationship, and was targeted by a vile troll online after leading Australia to a come-from-behind win at the World Cup. 

She later posted a tweet she received from a homophobic troll who called her a ‘dyke’. 

Time apart: The couple’s long-distance relationship was reportedly a factor, with Nikki playing for the Chicago Red Star in the United States while Sam is based in the UK

 Okay: A source reportedly in the Olympic Village says that Kerr, who is in Tokyo to compete with the Matildas, is in good spirits

‘For people getting upset about there being no ‘haters’ she wrote alongside the homophobic tweet.

‘By the way your dyke a** was offside,’ the tweet read. 

Twitter responded to the troll who tweeted at Kerr, telling her they had ‘escalated this report’

‘Sorry this happened,’ a Twitter spokesperson said.   

Moving on? ‘If there is any sadness around the break up it certainly wasn’t evident,’ the alleged source revealed to the paper