Carson Christopher Klein (born February 1, 2002) is an American soccer player who currently plays for

MLS Next Pro MLS Next Pro is a men's professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that is affiliated with Major League Soccer. It launched in 2022 with 21 teams and will expand to 28 in 2023. The league comprises 27 reserve sides for MLS club ...

club

Sporting Kansas City II Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope ...

Career

Youth

Klein joined the

LA Galaxy LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, are an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Galaxy competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began pla ...

academy in 2016, where he played until 2020. In 2020, Klein also played with LA Galaxy's

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, p ...

affiliate

LA Galaxy II LA Galaxy II is an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most p ...

. He first appeared for the team on August 19, 2020, as a 78th-minute substitute during a 4–1 loss to

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College

In July 2020, Klein committed to playing

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California Polytechnic State University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

in the fall of 2020.

Personal life

Carson is the son of Chris Klein, who played professional soccer for

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse an ...

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in ...

and

, as well as earning 22 caps for the

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national team. Chris is the former President of

, a position he held from 2013 to 2023 when he was let go.

References

External links

Cal Poly Mustangs bio
2002 births Living people American men's soccer players Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer players LA Galaxy players Ventura County FC players Men's association football forwards USL Championship players Soccer players from Newport Beach, California MLS Next Pro players 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-forward-stub