The Flint City Bucks continue to build their roster in preparation for their appearance in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament opener on March 19 and their regular season, which starts on May 30.
Two recent additions to the team already have ties to the state of Michigan soccer community and play for the state’s flagship universities.
Keeper Isaiah Goldson, who has started 50 matches with 20 shutouts in his career so far at the University of Michigan, is expected to be Flint’s starting keeper in the team’s match with Forward Madison FC on March 19 in Grand Blanc in the U.S. Open Cup.
Goldson started all 20 matches for Michigan as a junior last season, leading the team to a 12-4-4 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He had 56 saves and nine shutouts for the season. He made the Big Ten All-Freshman team in 2023.
Goldson is an Ontario native and was the starting keeper for the U-19 academy side of Major League Soccer team Toronto FC prior to starting his collegiate career. He
— backstopping the Wolverines to a 12-4-4 record and NCAA Tournament appearance. He made 56 saves and collected nine clean sheets. The junior has now played 51 games through three seasons at Michigan, racking up 20 shutouts. After his 2023 campaign, he was named to the Big Ten all-freshman team. He also played with the Canadian U-20 national team at the CONCACAF Championship in Mexico in 2024.
Goldson will be joined by an in-state Big Ten rival, Luke Spadafora, who just completed his freshman season at Michigan State University.
Spadafora, a Michigan native from Northville, played with the Michigan Wolves Soccer Club and trained with Austin FC II, an MLS NEXT club.
Spadafora started all 16 matches at Michigan State this season and was fifth on the team in minutes played. He made the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and had two goals and two assists this season.
Spadafora, who also has USL League 2 experience after playing for Oakland County FC last season, brings versatility to the team as he can play as a defender, midfielder, or on the wing.
Center back Amara Kamara, a native of Liberia and senior at Northern Illinois University, brings significant experience to the Bucks.
Kamara started all 17 matches at center back last season, anchoring an NIU backline that gave up only 19 goals. He was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team. Prior to transferring to Northern Illinois, he started 42 matches for Division II Tiffin University, where he scored four goals with three assists and was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year both seasons.
Kamara also has USL League 2 experience. He played in eight matches (seven starts) with Salem City FC in 2024.
Drew Pierson, a Michigan native and former Detroit Catholic Central, is an outside back and midfielder who just finished his junior season at University of Detroit Mercy.
At U of D, he made the All-Horizon League First Team after scoring five goals with three assists in 17 games. He’s been a team captain the past two seasons and currently has 52 starts and has played 4,167 minutes with 10 goals and 10 assists in his career.
He also has a fun claim to fame — a goal he scored from more than 50 yards away earned him the No. 1 spot on the SportsCenter Top 10 last season.
He won a state championship in high school with Detroit Catholic Central and won two state titles with his club team, the Michigan Jaguars. He also has USL League 2 experience, playing for AFC Ann Arbor the past two seasons.
Another signee, striker and Texas native Sean Albritton, is expected to provide some dynamic offense for the Bucks this season.
Albritton just finished his freshman season at Fairfield University, where he scored nine goals, including four game-winners, in just 738 minutes of action — an impressive pace of one goal for every 82 minutes played, which was the best rate for any freshman in the country in the NCAA this season. He was named to the All-Metro Athletic Conference Second Team and the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI after the season.
Albritton has played with Costa Rica’s national teams, scoring twice for the U-17 team in 2023 when they won their group at the CONCACAF U-17 championships. He’s also been a part of Austin FC’s MLS Academy Program and has spent time training with the Dallas Texans (ECNL) and Real Salt Lake (MLS NEXT). He scored six goals for Austin FC’s U-18 team at the 2025 Generation Adidas Cup.
The recent signees join four previously announced signings as the Bucks work to complete their 18-man roster prior to their U.S. Open Cup Match at 6:30 p.m. on March 19 at Grand Blanc’s Don Batchelor Stadium. Tickets are available online.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to catch up on all of our headlines every Tuesday.
