Kai Greene | |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1993 |
Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Right back |
Currentclub: | Monterey Bay |
Clubnumber: | 30 |
Collegeyears1: | 2011–2014 |
College1: | Seton Hall Pirates |
Collegecaps1: | 68 |
Collegegoals1: | 9 |
Years1: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs1: | Rio Grande Valley FC |
Caps1: | 68 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs2: | San Antonio FC |
Caps2: | 42 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs3: | Oakland Roots |
Caps3: | 28 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2022– |
Clubs4: | Monterey Bay |
Caps4: | 65 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Club-Update: | October 21, 2023 |
Kai Greene (born July 7, 1993) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Monterey Bay in the USL Championship.
Raised in South Orange, New Jersey, Greene played soccer at Columbia High School.[1]
Greene played four years of college soccer at the Seton Hall University between 2011 and 2014, originally as a midfielder before transitioning to a defender.[1]
In 2015, Greene trained in Germany with Borussia Neunkirchen and SV Elversberg, before signing with United Soccer League side Rio Grande Valley FC on March 16, 2016.[2]
On December 6, 2018, Greene joined San Antonio FC ahead of the 2019 USL Championship season.[3]
On May 31, 2021, Green signed with USL Championship side Oakland Roots.[4]
On February 14, 2022, Greene was transferred to USL Championship side Monterey Bay ahead of their inaugural season.[5] Greene was included in the starting 11 for Monterey Bay's inaugural match, a 4–2 loss to Phoenix Rising FC.[6] At the conclusion of the 2022 season Greene was named Defensive Player of the Year, an award voted on by his teammates.[7] Prior to the 2023 season Greene signed a new two-year contract with Monterey Bay.[8]