Accra Lions defender Joseph Addo Tetteh has joined MLS Next Pro club side Sporting Kansas City II from Ghana Premier League side Accra Lions.

He joins on an initial season long loan deal for with an option to buy should he impress his new employers.

The defender is the second player to join Sporting Kansas II from Accra Lions with the arrival  of compatriot and former teammate Rauf Salifu earlier this month.

The Ghanaian duo have ventured stateside ahead of Sporting KC II’s 2022 campaign in MLS NEXT Pro, a new professional league that will kick off in late March.

First-year head coach Benny Feilhaber and assistant coach Ike Opara, standout players for Sporting last decade, will lead SKC II for the club’s seventh season since launching in 2016.

Like the free-scoring Salifu, Tetteh burst onto the scenes during the 2020-21 season in the second-tier Ghana Division One, propelling Accra Lions FC to a league title and promotion to the Ghanaian Premier League.

The versatile defender started regularly at left back in his first year with the club after joining from lower tier side  Tudu Mighty Jets in October 2020, anchoring an Accra defense that posted an impressive 0.96 goals against average.

Tetteh has carried his strong form into the 2021-22 Ghanaian Premier League campaign, tallying two assists in nine appearances.