The Swope Park Rangers have signed Sporting Kansas City Academy defender Ezra Armstrong, midfielder Will Little and goalkeeper Steven Tekesky to Academy contracts ahead of the 2016 USL season, the club announced today. The three players are still eligible to play for the Sporting KC Academy and their contracts will not affect their NCAA eligibility.
“It was very important from the start to have a relationship between Sporting KC, the Swope Park Rangers and the Academy,” Swope Park Rangers head coach Marc Dos Santos said. “Signing Ezra, Will and Steven shows our commitment to continuing that integration and shows Academy players that they’ll always have a chance of moving up the ranks.