--- title: Super Bowl 2018: Julie Ertz Hears Husband Zach Ertz Is Going description: After scoring the winning goal for the U.S. women's national soccer team, Julie Ertz got some good news about her husband's Super Bowl chances. canonical: https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-22T19:37:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:58:00.229Z article:section: Sports og:title: See the Moment Soccer Star Julie Ertz Found Out Her Husband Is Going to the Super Bowl og:description: It's a tear-jerker og:url: https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebc7c5469022ea35/6988f8fc8fd2ee506535a635/screen-shot-2018-01-22-at-1-24-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Julie Ertz og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Moment Soccer Star Julie Ertz Found Out Her Husband Is Going to the Super Bowl twitter:description: It's a tear-jerker twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebc7c5469022ea35/6988f8fc8fd2ee506535a635/screen-shot-2018-01-22-at-1-24-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Emotional Moment When a Soccer Star Found Out Her Husband's Off to the Super Bowl With the Eagles > Sponsored content. 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As she walked off the field, the star defender was told by teammates that her hubby, Philadelphia tight end Zach Ertz, is headed to the upcoming championship game along with the rest of [the Eagles](http://time.com/5112362/eagles-patriots-fans-celebrate-pole/ "undefined"). “Are they really going?” she asked, bursting into tears. “Oh my god. They’re going! They’re going!” Shortly afterwards, Zach was shown the video of his wife’s reaction in the Eagles’ locker room, prompting some tears of his own. “Oh, man. That’s emotional for me,” he said. “I wish she was here, obviously. It’s tough not having her here, but I can’t wait for her to get home and celebrate with us.” The 2018 Super Bowl will mark the Eagles’ first appearance in the game since 2004, when they lost to the New England Patriots. Philadelphia will again go head to head with New England on Feb. 4. Watch the Ertz’ emotional reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/SInow/status/955281202084278272) > [](https://twitter.com/GeoffMosherNFL/status/955286792755924992) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/"},"headline":"The Emotional Moment When a Soccer Star Found Out Her Husband's Off to the Super Bowl With the Eagles","datePublished":"2018-01-22T19:37:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:58:00.229Z","description":"Zach Ertz is a tight end on the Philadelphia Eagles","url":"https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/","keywords":["super bowl 2018","Athletes","Super Bowl topic","Sports","2018 super bowl"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebc7c5469022ea35/6988f8fc8fd2ee506535a635/screen-shot-2018-01-22-at-1-24-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebc7c5469022ea35/6988f8fc8fd2ee506535a635/screen-shot-2018-01-22-at-1-24-14-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Julie Ertz","caption":"","creditText":"ESPN","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/super-bowl-2018/","name":"super bowl 2018"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5112832/super-bowl-2018-julie-ertz-zach-ertz-philadelphia-eagles/","name":"The Emotional Moment When a Soccer Star Found Out Her Husband's Off to the Super Bowl With the Eagles"}}]}] ```