Ryley Kraft (born January 13, 1998) is an American soccer player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Chattanooga Red Wolves in the

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championshi ...

Career

He was acquired by

Orlando City B Orlando City B (or OCB for short) is an American soccer club that began play in 2016 and currently plays in MLS Next Pro. Owned by Orlando City SC and based at the Orlando City training facility in Kissimmee, the club plays its home games at Osce ...

on March 8, 2017 after previously spending time with Sacramento Republic's youth team. In 2018, Kraft was a trialist with the

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compe ...

of the Major League Soccer. Kraft joined

OKC Energy FC Oklahoma City Energy Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The club is a member of the USL Championship, the second division of the American soccer league system. History Oklahoma City businessm ...

of the USL in June 2018. Kraft signed for Richmond Kickers of the

on August 23, 2019. After a spell playing the

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...

with

Des Moines Menace Des Moines Menace is an American soccer team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The Menace have had sustained success in USL League Two dur ...

, Kraft returned to the professional leagues on August 5, 2022, joining

side Chattanooga Red Wolves.

References

External links

US Soccer bio
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USL League Two bio
1998 births Living people American men's soccer players Orlando City B players OKC Energy FC players Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Sacramento, California USL Championship players United States men's youth international soccer players Richmond Kickers players USL League One players Sportspeople from Roseville, California USL League Two players Des Moines Menace players Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub