Louisville City FC has acquired Jamaican international Kevon Lambert on loan from Real Salt Lake ahead of the 2025 USL Championship season. | Photo courtesy Ben Johnson / Louisville City FC
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville City FC announced on Thursday it had acquired Jamaican international midfielder Kevon Lambert on loan from Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake for the 2025 USL Championship season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval.
Lambert comes to Louisville with an established USL Championship background. He spent the 2024 season on loan at San Antonio FC having previously competed for Phoenix Rising FC, where he departed as the club's all-time appearances leader upon his transfer to Real Salt Lake midway through the 2023 campaign.
“We are happy to be able to welcome Kevon to Louisville City,” said LouCity Head Coach Danny Cruz. “He is someone with a lot of experience who can help the team in multiple positions in our system. We want to continue bringing in players that understand what it means to play for a club like ours, and it was clear from our interview with Kevon that he is going to help us do everything he can to win a championship. I am looking forward to working with him and excited about the season I know he is capable of having.”
A 27-year-old from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Lambert has made 28 appearances for the Jamaica Men’s National Team and was a part of the Reggae Boyz's 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup runner-up squad. In the USL Championship, Lambert won two Western Conference titles and the 2019 Players’ Shield with Phoenix, making 158 appearances across the regular season and playoffs while recording 15 goals and 10 assists in 13,359 minutes of action.
Lambert started his career with Montego Bay United, which plays in Jamaica’s top division, before moving to Phoenix in 2017. He amassed 161 appearances, 15 goals and 10 assists in his time in Arizona, including three goals and four assists in his standout 2018 season.
Real Salt Lake acquired Lambert from Phoenix in August 2023. He made his MLS debut on October 21 that year, ultimately playing twice for the Utah club. With San Antonio last season, Lambert scored one of his three goals in 1-1 draw against LouCity in late October.
“I’m super excited for this opportunity to play for an amazing club,” Lambert said. “I know there’s a winning mentality here, and I can’t wait to get started and help the club add more trophies to the case.”
Lambert is the second new addition to LouCity's roster ahead of the 2025 season. He joins a returning core of players from last year's Players' Shield-winning squad along with defender Josh Jones.