MLS:
2011: In matchday 18 for matches at FC Dallas and Toronto FC as backup to Eric Kronberg. Played full 90 minutes in MLS Reserve League match against Chicago Fire on July 28th at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.
2010: Became Kansas City’s first Home Grown Player on August 31st. At age 17, was the youngest signing in club history. Kempin signed a Generation adidas contract for the 2010 season and dressed for his first professional match against San Jose on October 23, 2010 as a backup to starter Eric Kronberg.
NATIONAL TEAM: Active member in the United States Under-18 and Under-20 National Team pools, having travelled to the Northern Ireland Milk Cup in July 2011 and to Portugal for the the Lisbon International Tournament in May 2011. He also participated in U18 training camp in April 2011, after having played for the U18 National Team in Israel in December 2010. He started both matches for the U20 National Team at the Torneo de las Americas in November 2010. Also participated in a 36-player U18 National Team training camp in Carson, California in January 2010 and was called upon again in April 2010 as one of two goalkeepers in a 24-player training camp also held at the Home Depot Center. Kempin had taken part in a U.S. Under-15 training camp in St. Louis in June 2008. Following that camp, Kempin was chosen as one of four goalkeepers for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 semesters for the U.S. Soccer Under-17 Residency Program under head coach Wilmer Cabrera at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
YOUTH: Product of the Sporting Kansas City Juniors development academy. Named to the 2010 NSCAA/People to People Boys Youth All-America Team, as one of 40 players selected by youth national team and college coaches. Kempin was also honored as Gatorade’s Kansas State Player of the Year in February 2010 and was selected to Parade Magazine’s High School All-American Team in June 2010. Kempin was also named among the nation’s Top 40 Players to Watch by ESPN RISE.
He has been a regular member of the Olympic Developmental Program’s State and Regional Teams, including a U14 Regional Team that traveled to Barcelona for international competition. Prior to joining the Sporting Kansas City Juniors developmental academy, Kempin played for the KC Legends, Blue Valley Stars, and KCFC Alliance club teams.
PERSONAL: Kempin attended Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas and grew up in Leawood, Kansas.