Sporting Kansas City announced today that the club has signed Sporting KC II defender Alex Cunningham to a short-term agreement ahead of the club’s match at the Seattle Sounders on Thursday night. The call up marks the second of four available short-term agreements of the 2026 season for Cunningham, who joined the first team for Sporting's 3-1 win over LAFC last month.
Cunningham, 19, came up through the Sporting KC Academy and signed with SKC II ahead of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season after attending the University of Tulsa from 2024-2025. The outside back made 10 appearances for SKC II this year after being sidelined through injury for most of the first half of the season.
The Springfield, Missouri native joined the SKC Academy in 2019 as a U-12 player and was part of the Sporting KC U-14 team that was crowned 2021 US Youth Futsal national champions. Cunningham debuted for SKC II at the age of 16 on Aug. 13, 2023, and made seven appearances – scoring his first professional goal against MNUFC2 on June 2, 2024 – before departing for Tulsa in the fall of 2024.
As a Golden Hurricane, Cunningham started 28 games, scored three goals and tallied two assists. He earned a spot on the 2024 American Conference All-Freshman Team and was named American Conference Freshman of the Week on Oct. 14, 2024, after he scored his first collegiate goal in a 1-1 draw against Central Arkansas.
Kickoff for SEAvSKC is set for 8:30 p.m. CT tonight with the game broadcast on Apple TV in addition to local radio coverage on ESPN Kansas City 1510 AM and 94.5 AM as well as La Grande 1340 AM.
Transaction: Sporting Kansas City (MLS) signs Alex Cunningham to short-term agreement from Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro).
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Alex Cunningham
Number: 42
Position: Defender
Birthdate: 2/2/2007 (19 years old)
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165 lbs.
Hometown: Springfield, MO
Birthplace: Springfield, MO
Citizenship: USA
