Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Christian Volesky in a trade with the Portland Timbers in January 2017. The 24-year-old has spent the last two seasons with the Rochester Rhinos of the United Soccer League. He was drafted by the Timbers in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft but never played for the club.
As a rookie, Volesky scored a team-high eight goals and added three assists as Rochester finish atop the regular season standings and captured the 2015 USL Championship. He was the club’s top scorer again in 2016, recording 10 goals and four assists en route to team Offensive Player of the Year honors. Volesky was one of only two players to feature in all 32 matches for Rochester this season.
Volesky totaled 29 goals and five assists in 73 matches during a four-year college career, spending his first season at the University of Denver and his final three years at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He was an All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team selection from 2012-2014 and was named the MVC’s 2014 Player of the Year as a senior when SIU Edwardsville reached the second round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
Following his successful college career, Volesky landed Tom Fitzgerald MLS Combine MVP honors after scoring two goals in combine matches.
Volesky, a native of Henderson, Nevada, led Foothill High School to four consecutive Nevada state championships from 2007-2010.