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CHRISTIAN DUKE
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RYAN FESSLER
POSITION: Midfielder BORN: 06/05/1991 (29 years old) HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 160 lbs. HOMETOWN: Overland Park, KS BIRTHPLACE: Overland Park, KS COLLEGE: University of San Diego LAST CLUB: Orange County SC
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POSITION: Midfielder BORN: 03/08/2001 (19 years old) HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 155 lbs. HOMETOWN: Charlotte, NC BIRTHPLACE: Palm Beach, FL COLLEGE: None LAST CLUB: Sporting KC Academy
Duke began his professional career as a 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft pick for Sporting Kansas City. He spent most of the 2014 and 2015 campaigns on loan with USL Championship side OKC Energy FC. The versatile workhorse became Sporting Kansas City II’s captain for the club’s inaugural 2016 season and was an ever-present fixture in the side. Duke appeared in all 72 matches for Sporting KC II from 20162017, during which time the club won consecutive Western Conference titles and reached the USL Cup Final. He spent 2018 and 2019 with Orange County SC before returning to his hometown team ahead of the 2020 campaign.
Fessler, who hails from Charlotte, North Carolina, linked up with the Sporting KC Academy ahead of the 2016-17 USSDA campaign and has since made 65 appearances for the U-17 and U-19 squads, tallying 12 goals. Fessler was scheduled to join collegiate powerhouse Wake Forest in the fall of 2019 but elected to stay in Kansas City and train with Sporting KC II instead. Fessler signed an Academy contract with Sporting II during the 2018 USL Championship season, though he did not make an appearance.
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MITCH HILDEBRANDT
POSITION: Forward BORN: 11/28/1999 (20 years old) HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 lbs. HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, CA COLLEGE: None LAST CLUB: Sporting KC Academy
POSITION: Goalkeeper BORN: 11/12/1988 (31 years old) HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 190 lbs. HOMETOWN: Livonia, MI BIRTHPLACE: Livonia, MI COLLEGE: Oakland University LAST CLUB: Atlanta United FC
Harris joined the Sporting KC Academy ahead of the 2017-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season and made 10 appearances for the U-19 team, leading the squad with 11 goals. He made 15 USL Championship appearances, including seven starts, and tallied three goals during his first professional season with Sporting KC II in 2018. He enjoyed a breakout 2019 campaign with a team-best 12 goals in 25 USL Championship appearances, becoming one of the top-scoring teenagers in American soccer. He ended the 2019 season on a torrid run of form, bagging 11 goals in his final 12 league appearances.
Hildebrandt competed in the second division of American soccer for Minnesota United (2012-2015) and FC Cincinnati (2016-2017) before making the jump to Major League Soccer as Atlanta United FC’s backup keeper when the club won MLS Cup. Hildebrandt serves as Sporting Kansas City II’s goalkeeper coach and has been added to the player roster for the remainder of the 2020 USL Championship campaign.
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