Sporting Kansas City added another Homegrown player when they signed 19-year-old center back Kaveh Rad to a two-year deal through 2022 with options for 2023 and 2024. Rad becomes the 11th player that came through Sporting KC’s Academy that is currently on the roster.
The North Carolina native signed an amateur academy contract with Sporting KC’s second team for the 2018 and 2019 seasons before signing a professional contract for 2020. After making an appearance in 2018, Rad became a regular in 2019 for Sporting KC II and in the pandemic shortened season of 2020 he started all but two games for the USL Championship side.