Justin Reynolds (soccer)

Justin Reynolds
Reynolds in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-08-04) August 4, 2004
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Kansas City
Number 13
Youth career
2014–2022 Chicago Fire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2025 Chicago Fire II 62 (3)
2023–2025 Chicago Fire 12 (1)
2024 → Lugano (loan) 1 (0)
2026– Sporting Kansas City 8 (0)
International career‡
2019 United States U15 2 (0)
2022 United States U17 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 17, 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:00, November 27, 2025 (UTC)

Justin Reynolds (born August 4, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City.

Youth career

Reynolds was an academy player for the Fire since 2014, where his brother Andre played before being signed to a homegrown contract with the first team in 2018.[1] While with the academy, Reynolds would help the U-19 side win the 2021 MLS Next U-19 Championship.

Club career

After joining the Fire's second team in 2022, Reynolds was signed to a first-team Homegrown deal on May 12 of the same year. His contract wouldn't start until the 2023 season.[2] Reynolds would finish out the season at Fire II making 14 appearances. Reynolds would not appear with the first team in 2023, appearing on the bench only twice that season. Following this, he was loaned to the Fire's sister club Lugano in Switzerland on March 12, 2024, for the remainder of Lugano's season.[3] There he would make only one appearance, subbing on for 22 minutes in the final game against Servette.

Following his return from Lugano, Reynolds made his first team debut on July 20, coming on for four minutes against Miami.[4] He'd start his first game on August 1 in the Leagues Cup against Mexican side Toluca.[5]

On September 30, 2025, Reynolds would score his first goal for the first team, notching the game-winner over Inter Miami in a 5–3 victory that saw the Fire qualify for their first playoffs since 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (January 25, 2019). "Chicago Fire sign Homegrown defender Andre Reynolds II". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Sign Academy Product, South Loop Native Justin Reynolds to Homegrown Player Contract". May 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Loans Homegrown Defender Justin Reynolds to FC Lugano". March 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Chicago Fire Falls 2-1 to Inter Miami CF at Chase Stadium". July 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Fire Ends 2024 Leagues Cup Run with 3-1 Defeat to Deportivo Toluca F.C." August 2, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Clinches 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Berth with 5-3 Victory at Inter Miami CF". September 30, 2025.
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