If you’re a Bucks County parent looking for youth soccer training, you’ve probably noticed the same problem everyone else has: lots of camps, lots of promises, and very few coaches who’ve actually played at the highest level. Most are run by former college players or part-time coaches who mean well but haven’t touched a professional pitch in years — if ever.
That’s about to change.
Katie Sullivan is a Yardley native, a D3 National Player of the Year, and a current professional soccer player with Sporting JAX in the USL Super League. And she’s bringing everything she’s learned — from Macclesfield Park to an NCAA championship to professional soccer — back home to Bucks County through KGoals.
This is her story.
From Macclesfield Park to the State Championship
Katie Sullivan’s soccer journey started where so many Bucks County kids’ journeys begin: at Yardley Makefield Soccer. She spent her youth years at YMS, developing her skills on the same fields where she’d later return as a Special Stars volunteer, coaching children with special needs.
From YMS, Katie moved to club soccer with NJ Rush Grey, where she helped her team win the New Jersey US Youth Soccer State Cup. But it was at Villa Joseph Marie High School where she first made a name for herself.
Under head coach Richard Finneyfrock, Katie became one of the most decorated players in Villa Joseph Marie history. She finished her high school career with 56 goals and 44 assists, leading the Jems to four consecutive District 1 championships and a PIAA Class 3A state title in 2018. That sophomore year, she scored the golden goal in overtime during the state semifinal against Mechanicsburg — a preview of the clutch performances that would define her career.
By the time she graduated in 2021, Katie had college options. She chose Johns Hopkins University, a decision that surprised some people who expected her to chase a bigger program. But Katie saw something others didn’t: an opportunity to compete for championships, earn a world-class education, and prove that the D3 path could lead somewhere special.
The Johns Hopkins Years: Records, a Championship, and History
Katie didn’t just play at Johns Hopkins. She rewrote the record books.
Over four seasons with the Blue Jays, she started 86 of 88 games and finished with 60 goals and 31 assists — both second-best in program history. She led the team in goals or assists every single year and logged a point in every NCAA tournament game she played. Her 151 career points helped Johns Hopkins compile a 73-8-9 record during her tenure, an .861 winning percentage.
The individual honors piled up. Katie became the first four-time All-American in Johns Hopkins women’s soccer history. She earned Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year twice. She made the Academic All-District team and the Conference Academic Honor Roll while earning her economics degree.
But the moment that defined her college career came on December 4, 2022.
In the NCAA Division III National Championship game against Case Western Reserve, with the score tied 1-1, Katie found herself cutting through the middle of the field in the 50th minute. Teammate Maria Romo-Nichols slipped her a pass from the right wing. Katie one-timed it from ten yards out, just under the crossbar.
Game-winner. Johns Hopkins’ first-ever national championship.
Two years later, Katie added one final honor: the United Soccer Coaches Division III National Player of the Year award — the first player in Johns Hopkins and Centennial Conference history to win it.
Turning Pro: Ireland and Sporting JAX
After graduating in 2024, Katie did what she’d always planned to do: go pro.
Her first stop was Athlone Town AFC in Ireland, where she played in the League of Ireland Women’s Premier Division from February through June 2025. She tallied three goals and three assists, proving she could compete at the professional level.
Then came the call from Sporting JAX.
On June 18, 2025, Katie signed with Sporting Club Jacksonville, an expansion team in the USL Super League — one of two leagues sanctioned as the top tier of women’s professional soccer in the United States. She was coming home. Well, closer to home. Jacksonville isn’t Yardley, but it’s a lot closer than Ireland.
Katie made an immediate impact. In December 2025, she scored a 90th-minute equalizer against Fort Lauderdale United — her first professional goal on American soil. A week later, she netted the game-winner against Tampa Bay Sun FC. Sporting JAX finished the first half of the season in first place in the league.
At 23 years old, Katie Sullivan is living the dream she chased from Macclesfield Park. But she hasn’t forgotten where she came from.
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Why KGoals: Coming Home to Bucks County
Katie could spend her offseasons relaxing. She’s earned it. Instead, she’s building KGoals — a youth soccer training program designed to give Bucks County kids something she wishes she’d had growing up: access to a current professional player who knows what it actually takes to make it.
“I had great coaches growing up,” Katie says. “But there’s a difference between learning from someone who played college soccer ten years ago and learning from someone who’s on a professional roster right now. I can show kids what’s working at the highest level today — not what worked a decade ago.”
KGoals isn’t about running the same generic drills every other camp runs. It’s about real development: technical skills, positioning, game IQ, and the mental side of the sport that most youth programs ignore entirely.
Katie’s approach is shaped by her own journey. She took the D3 route when others told her to chase bigger programs. She bet on development over exposure. It worked. She wants to show young players — especially young women — that there’s more than one path to success.
Her experience with Special Stars also shaped how she thinks about coaching. Working with children with special needs taught her patience, creativity, and the importance of meeting every player where they are. Not every kid at a KGoals camp is going to turn pro. But every kid deserves coaching that helps them get better and keeps them loving the game.
That’s what KGoals is about.
What’s Next
KGoals is launching youth soccer camps and clinics in Bucks County in 2026. Whether your child is just starting out or preparing for high school tryouts, there’s a place for them.
This is your chance to have your child train with the only current professional soccer player offering youth training in Bucks County — a D3 National Player of the Year, a four-time All-American, an NCAA champion, and a Yardley native who’s been in your kid’s shoes.
Ready to learn more? Visit KGoals.net for information on upcoming camps and clinics, or reach out through the contact page to ask questions. You can also follow Katie on Instagram at @_ksullivann for updates, training tips, and behind-the-scenes content from her professional season.
Bucks County raised Katie Sullivan. Now she’s giving back.