BIOGRAPHY
Khiry Lamar Shelton was born June 26, 1993 in Fort Carson, Colorado. He is a winger in Major League Soccer.
He has also represented the United States at the under-18 and under-23 levels. Shelton was born in Fort Carson, Colorado and raised in Leander, Texas. He attended high school at Vista Ridge in Cedar Park, Texas, becoming a four-year letterman for their soccer team, while in 2010 he was selected as Offensive MVP and was a first-team member of the All District select. Joining Lonestar SC, he was a member of the academy and played for them at under-17/18 level, winning the Disney Showcase Championship with them in 2010.
Joining Oregon State University, he worked his way immediately into their soccer program, starting the first six games of the season before an injury took him off the active roster for the rest of the season. In his second year, he received a Pac-12 Honorable Mention for his fifteen appearances, scoring in his first three appearances and finishing the season as the joint second highest scorer for the team. His third year saw him make ten appearances and equal his four goals from the season before.
On January 15, 2015, Shelton was selected 2nd overall by New York City FC in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On December 14, 2017, Shelton was traded to Sporting Kansas City in exchange for Saad Abdul-Salaam. On January 5, 2019, Shelton signed a contract through 30 June 2021 with 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn 07. On December 9, 2019, it was announced that Shelton would return to Sporting Kansas City on a contract through to 2022 with an option for 2023.
Shelton was called up to the United States under-18 team in 2010, attending a training camp with them in California before flying out to Israel in December 2010 to compete in an international tournament against the hosts plus France and Germany. He played in all three games, but failed to score in any. In January 2016, Shelton received his first call up to the senior United States squad for friendlies against Iceland and Canada.
