Kayden Leighton Hugh Pierre (born February 16, 2003) is an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays as a defender for

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

club

Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

Career

Pierre began playing with

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

-based

USSDA The U.S. Soccer Development Academy (DA) was an American soccer league. Formed in 2007, the league featured youth academies and youth clubs from various organizations, including Major League Soccer and the United Soccer League. The DA's mission ...

club Vardar SC in 2016, before moving to the academy side of

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

club

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The ad ...

in 2018. On August 28, 2020, Pierre signed an academy-contract with Kansas City's

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) a ...

side

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 ...

. On September 22, 2020, Pierre appeared as an 65th-minute substitute during a 4–0 loss to

Austin Bold Austin Bold FC (ABFC) was an American professional soccer team located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2017, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. In 2021, Austin Bold FC announced it would be moving to Fort Worth, Texas leaving ...

. On May 4, 2021, Pierre signed to Kansas City's

roster as a homegrown player. On September 4, 2024, Pierre signed a four-year contract with

References

External links

Sporting KC profile
* 2003 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Rochester Hills, Michigan Soccer players from Oakland County, Michigan Sporting Kansas City II players USL Championship players Sporting Kansas City players KRC Genk players Homegrown Players (MLS) United States men's under-20 international soccer players Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium American expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{US-footy-defender-2000s-stub