Kobe Hernandez-Foster rejoins DCFC, signing a one-year deal that keeps him in the Rouge and Gold through the 2026 season.
Hernandez-Foster first joined Detroit City in late July 2025 and immediately made an impact on the team. His presence in midfield boosted the club’s performance, resulting in one goal and two assists over 14 matches. Before joining Detroit, Hernandez-Foster spent the 2024 season and the early part of 2025 with Birmingham Legion. During his time in Birmingham, he appeared in 49 matches, totaling 3,975 minutes, and scored 2 goals while recording 5 assists.
Before joining Birmingham Legion, Hernandez-Foster played two seasons in the top division of Norwegian football, the Eliteserien, with Hamarkameratene in 2022 and 2023, appearing in 42 matches across all competitions. He picked up one goal and one assist in the 3,030 minutes played for the Norwegian side.
Hernandez-Foster joined the German club VfL Wolfsburg’s academy in 2020, where he registered two assists in five appearances for the U19 team. He made his first-team debut on July 6, 2021, in a pre-season friendly victory against Erzgebirge Aue. Before the move to Germany, Kobe spent five seasons in the LA Galaxy academy, making three appearances for LA Galaxy II in the USL Championship.
Hernandez-Foster’s talent was evident from an early age, first catching US Soccer’s attention in April 2018, when he was only 15, and debuting for the USMNT U-17 team. As vice-captain, he was key at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship in May 2019, playing in six of the seven matches and scoring the first goal against Barbados, which helped the US qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
