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Minnesota United announced on the Thursday that the club has loaned goalkeeper Kayne Rizvanovich to Brooklyn FC of the USL Championship for the 2026 season.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – Minnesota United announced on the Thursday that the club has loaned goalkeeper Kayne Rizvanovich to Brooklyn FC of the USL Championship for the 2026 season.
The loan agreement includes a right to recall Rizvanovich.
“From a goalkeeping perspective, this loan is an important step in Kayne’s development. The opportunity to play regularly with Brooklyn FC will allow him to experience the demands of first-team football and continue to test himself in a competitive environment,” MNUFC’s head of goalkeeping Thomas Fawdry said in a statement. “Kayne showed strong progression with MNUFC2 last season and has consistently trained with our First Team group for over a year. We believe this is the right time for him to be challenged with regular minutes in the USL Championship, where he can further develop his game and demonstrate his potential to become a future No. 1 goalkeeper for Minnesota United FC.”
“I’m very excited for a new opportunity in Brooklyn, and very grateful to everyone in both organizations that helped make it happen,” said goalkeeper Kayne Rizvanovich. “I can’t wait to get to work and build something special with this team.”
Rizvanovich joined Minnesota United’s first team in January after competing with MNUFC2, the club’s MLS NEXT Pro side, throughout the 2025 season. With MNUFC2, the goalkeeper made 17 starts in goal, making 52 saves, allowing only 20 goals and earning nine wins across all competitions.
Internationally, Rizvanovich has earned four call-ups between the U.S. men’s youth national team Under-18 and U-19 squads. He was recently a member of the U-18 that that won the UEFA Friendship Cup in Switzerland in June 2025. He made key penalty-kick stops to secure the trophy.
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