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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Signed professional contract in August</li><li>Introduced off the bench for senior bow</li><li>Rewritten the history books in the States</li></ul>

WATCH: History maker! 13-year-old Da'vian Kimbrough becomes youngest pro US soccer player of all time as he makes USL debut for Sacramento Republic

<p>The talented teenager rewrote the record books when making his senior debut for Sacramento Republic FC on Sunday against Las Vegas Lights FC. He was handed three minutes off the bench in that contest at the age of 13 years, five months and 13 days.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Kimbrough was tied to a professional contract on August 9, making him the youngest player to pen such terms in the history of U.S. soccer. He broke the records held by Maximo Carrizo in the men’s game – who signed with New York City FC at 14 – and Melanie Barcenas in the women’s ranks – who was 15 years, four months and 19 days old when committing to the San Diego Wave.</p><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">𝗔 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 👏<br><br>13-year-old Da'vian Kimbrough steps on the pitch to make his professional debut for <a href="https://twitter.com/SacRepublicFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SacRepublicFC</a>! <a href="https://t.co/ElVrbMzsim">pic.twitter.com/ElVrbMzsim</a></p>— USL Championship (@USLChampionship) <a href="https://twitter.com/USLChampionship/status/1708647208646570018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>The record for youngest debutant in the American game was previously held by Axel Kei, who made his bow for Real Monarchs SLC on a USL Academy contract in 2021 at 13 years, nine months and nine days. Kimbrough has now figured in USL himself, with a cameo appearance made in a 2-0 win for Sacramento.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>While there are high hopes for Kimbrough, he is not the first American prodigy to burst onto the scene – with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/davies-wanted-to-join-u14s-after-first-team-training/scyrlsqk24gf1o3f2kbu4xrsr" target="_blank">Freddy Adu among the most infamous</a> in recent times – and Sacramento president Todd Dunivant has told <a href="https://theathletic.com/4919944/2023/10/01/davian-kimbrough-youngest-pro-player-usl/ " target="_blank"><em>The Athletic</em></a> of handling another precociously-gifted youngster with care: “There’s no need to heap that kind of pressure on him. This is not somebody we’ll be leaning upon to start games when he’s 13 and a half or 14 — it’ll be when he’s ready. We will ramp it up in the right way that makes sense. The pressure (Adu was under) is not fair to anyone at that age, and we won’t put that on Da’vian. He is going to go at his pace, and it’s our job as a club to set him up for that through a development plan that continues to challenge him in the right way and puts him in positions to succeed. There’s always going to be setbacks, and we have to be cognizant of all of it. He’ll be one of the guys, and after getting his feet wet, it’s about understanding that he’s there to do a job. It’s not just the young kid. If he’s good enough, he’s old enough.”</p><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Historic. Da’vian Kimbrough makes his professional debut at 13 years, 7 months, 13 days with his hometown club. <a href="https://t.co/SNjsxQPlA5">pic.twitter.com/SNjsxQPlA5</a></p>— Sacramento Republic FC (@SacRepublicFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SacRepublicFC/status/1708648351682732153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

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Da&apos;vian Kimbrough has made history in American soccer by becoming the youngest professional player in the United States at 13 years of age.

WATCH: History maker! 13-year-old Da&apos;vian Kimbrough becomes youngest pro US soccer player of all time as he makes USL debut for Sacramento Republic