The Swope Park Rangers have signed Sporting Kansas City Academy product Jaylin Lindsey to an Academy contract, the club announced today. Lindsey joins Ezra Armstrong, Will Little and Steven Tekesky as players under Academy contracts on the Rangers roster. Lindsey will still be available to play for the Sporting KC Academy and the contract will not affect his NCAA eligibility.
Lindsey, a defender by trade, joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015, making 24 appearances – including 15 so far in the 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season while splitting time between the Under-18s and Under-16s. In addition, Lindsey has spent significant time training with the Rangers as well as Sporting KC in 2016, and was part of SPR’s two-week preseason camp in Tucson, Ariz.