Kansas City calls itself the City of Fountains, and Fountain City Athletic took the name for a club built to represent the whole metro. Founded in 2025 and run as a nonprofit, the club played its first UPSL season in spring 2026 and won seven of its ten league games.
Fountain City Athletic was set up by Landon Hinkle and Jeremy Skinner, two men who already ran Sunday league sides in Kansas City. They met the United Premier Soccer League in October 2025 about an expansion team and joined the Midwest South conference for spring 2026, against clubs like Dodge City, Emporia FC and Central Kansas United.
The club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the Fountain City Athletic Foundation. The stated aim is a sustainable club from grassroots to first team, with first-team places going to local players. It is funded mainly by sponsors and the founders rather than high player fees, and Geoff Ferguson is head coach with Alex Drambour as his assistant.
The opener on 12 April 2026 was a 2–0 win over Athletic Wichita at St Pius X High School. Heavy defeats at Dodge City (5–0) and a weather-shortened loss to Chivas Kansas followed, but the side found its feet. The local derby with KC Legends on 9 May finished 4–1, with goals from Cody Bland, Miguel Carrasquinho and Kaleb Fannin.
A 5–4 win away at Emporia, a 2–1 home win over CKU and a 3–2 win against Al-Madinah on 13 June closed the regular season at seven wins and three defeats. The run ended in the conference semi-final on 21 June, a 7–2 loss to CKU at Lee’s Summit West.
The crest carries three Kansas City landmarks: the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Union Station and a central fountain standing for the 200-plus fountains across the metro. Kits are supplied by Equipt Studios. Match days lean on the community, with food trucks, giveaways and a collectible at every home game, plus a Futbol Friday and a farmers market event in Lee’s Summit.
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Facts checked: 11 November 2026.
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