POSITION: Defender
BIRTHDATE: Dec. 4, 2003
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 180
HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas
YOUTH CLUBS: Solar SC, FC Dallas Academy
PREVIOUS TEAMS: New England Revolution II, Birmingham Legion FC, North Texas SC, FC Dallas
PROFILE
Smith joined Rhode Island FC on March 29, 2024. The defender spent the 2023 season on loan with Birmingham Legion FC, where he was a regular in Head Coach Tom Soehn’s starting 11. Smith appeared in 31 of the club’s 36 USL Championship matches, starting 26. The defender logged two goals and one assist in 2,284 minutes and played all 90 minutes of Birmingham’s two playoff matches. After joining the FC Dallas Academy in 2018, Smith went on to make his professional debut on July 25, 2020, with then USL League One side and FC Dallas affiliate North Texas SC. In three seasons with North Texas, including the 2022 MLS Next Pro season, Smith went on to become the all-time appearance leader for the club, playing in 66 matches. He scored three goals and assisted six in that time, including a five-assist season in his last year with the club in 2022, its first in MLS Next Pro. Smith was eventually called up to FC Dallas’ first team in 2023 after initially signing as a Homegrown Player with the club on April 28, 2021. He earned a pair of starts midway through the season while also being loaned out to Birmingham. At the international level, Smith was called up to a U.S. Under-16 National Team camp in 2019.