Sporting Kansas City II has signed Sporting KC’s 2021 MLS SuperDraft Second Round selection Matt Constant ahead of the upcoming USL Championship season, the club announced today. Constant will be officially added to the roster pending league and federation approval.
Constant, a 6-foot-6 center back, spent his junior and senior seasons at the University of North Carolina. The 22-year-old started 11 of 12 appearances as a junior in 2019 before starting in all seven matches in a shortened season last fall, scoring a game-winning goal against archrival Duke on Oct. 2. 2020 as North Carolina posted five shutouts in their seven games.