Fifteen-year-old forward Tyler Freeman officially put ink to paper on Tuesday, becoming the 10th Homegrown Player in Sporting Kansas City history and the club’s second-youngest player ever.
Freeman, who was born in Overland Park and raised in Shawnee, took a major step this week in his pursuit of a lifelong dream to represent Sporting KC at the MLS level. He joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2014 at age 11, began representing the United States as a youth international in 2016, and now looks to break through as a full-time professional heading into the 2019 season.
But Freeman’s journey with Sporting KC began back in 2009, when he attended his first Kansas City Wizards game at CommunityAmerica Ballpark as a six-year-old.