On Tuesday, June 13th, Nashville SC announced the signing of 17-year-old striker Adem Sipic as their first homegrown player signing in club history.
Sipic’s deal runs through 2027 with a club option for 2028. In the meantime, the forward will continue to play with Nashville’s MLS Next Pro side Huntsville City until the start of next year, when he will officially join the first team ahead of the 2024 season.
"Signing Adem as our first homegrown player is special for not only Adem and his family and for our club's fans, but really is a peek behind the curtain of what we hope will start to be a conveyor belt of players being grown and developed through our first team, be it through our youth academy, which Adem has absolutely smashed over the past year or through Huntsville City FC, where he scored his first professional goal just a couple of days ago," said Mike Jacobs, Nashville general manager.
"We now have a full pro player pathway that for the first time enables us to be like any other club in the world. It's an exciting time for the present and the future of Nashville Soccer Club. Adem is truly a deserving candidate to be our club's first homegrown."
Standing at 6'2", Sipic rose to fame during the 2022-2023 season when scoring an impressive 16 goals in 14 matches for Nashville's Under 17 team, leading them to the 2023 Generation Adidas Cup. His form caught the attention of Nashville's first team, leading to them signing the attacker to a homegrown deal - the first ever in club history.
Sipic has been performing exceptionally well this season in MLS Next Pro, scoring his debut professional goal in Huntsville's 4-2 victory over St. Louis CITY 2. Now, He will hope to continue that goal-scoring form as he makes the jump to first team football next season.
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