Jahon Rad ( fa, جیحون راد; born June 13, 2001) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays for Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship via the

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...

Academy.

Career

Joining the

Academy in 2016 alongside his brother

Kaveh Rad Kaveh Rad ( fa, کاوه راد; born June 13, 2001) is an American professional soccer player. Early career Kaveh Rad was born and raised in North Carolina and played youth soccer for the Capital Area RailHawks Academy. He joined the Sporting ...

, Jahon played with USL Championship side Swope Park Rangers during their 2018 season from

's academy. He made his first professional appearance on July 10, 2018, as a 55th-minute substitute during a 1–3 loss to

Sacramento Republic Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, th ...

. Rad again joined the SKC reserve team ( Sporting Kansas City II) on July 2, 2020, signing another Academy contract. He made his 2020 debut with the club in a 1–0 win against the Indy Eleven on August 1, 2020. In September 2022, Jahon Rad was named Sporting Kansas City II player of the year after the inaugural MLS Next Pro season.https://www.twitter.com/SportingKC/status/1574513208320462848

Personal

Rad's twin brother, Kaveh, also plays soccer for

, and his brother

Cyrus Rad Cyrus Rad (born July 10, 1999) is an American professional soccer player. Early career Cyrus Rad was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, playing high school soccer for Charles E. Jordan High School and youth soccer for North Carolina Fu ...

is also a professional soccer player.

Career statistics

Honors

;Individual * Sporting Kansas City II Most Valuable Player:

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References

External links

Sporting KC profile
* 2001 births Living people American soccer players Iranian footballers Sporting Kansas City II players Association football midfielders Soccer players from North Carolina USL Championship players Sportspeople of Iranian descent American people of Iranian descent Rad family Twin sportspeople MLS Next Pro players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub