Sporting Kansas City signed goalkeeper Jack Kortkamp as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2025 MLS season, becoming the fifth youngest signing in Sporting KC history at the age of 16 years and 13 days and the youngest goalkeeper in club history.
PROFESSIONAL
Sporting KC II (2024):
Kortkamp trained with Sporting’s first team during the 2024 preseason in Miami before signing an amateur contract with Sporting KC II in May. He earned his SKC II debut on June 12 at Real Monarchs for his first of three MLS NEXT Pro starts, including a home victory over LAFC 2 in the season finale on Oct. 6.
ACADEMY
Born in the Toronto suburb of Oakville, Canada, and raised in Minnesota, Kortkamp has represented Sporting at the U-14 through U-19 levels. Last spring, he helped the U-19s win their second consecutive UPSL regular season division title and led the U-17s to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Generation adidas Cup, starting four matches in the prestigious tournament.
INTERNATIONAL
Kortkamp is an experienced U.S. youth international who has competed in the U-15, U-16 and U-17 age groups. He participated in his first U.S. U-15 training camp in October 2022 at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, before making his U.S. U-15 debut in April 2023 with starts in friendly matches against England and Japan in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.
Kortkamp earned his first selection to the U.S. U-16 Men’s National Team in April 2024 for a training camp in Florida. He returned to the U-16 squad the following month for a training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighted by participation in a friendly match against Argentina on May 30.
In September 2024, Kortkamp featured twice for the U.S. U-17s against Czech Republic and Slovakia at the Vaclav Jezek Tournament in Mikulov, Czech Republic. In November, he joined the U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team for a training camp in West Palm Beach, Florida.
