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Johan Kappelhof leaning on experience entering fourth MLS season: "I haven’t reached my limit yet"

On Sunday, Jan. 27, amid a nondescript team breakfast in Madrid, a sudden round of applause broke out.

That moment when the team knew Kapp was https://t.co/8IH6SoOn5d #cf97 pic.twitter.com/fFJpwe0e0V

— Chicago Fire (@ChicagoFire) January 29, 2019

Johan Kappelhof -- the Club’s longest-tenured current player -- had arrived in Madrid to begin preseason preparations for the 2019 season after signing a new three-year contract on Jan. 26.

The 28-year-old was re-inserted into head coach Veljko Paunoviu0107’s central defense immediately as the Club’s full calendar of two-a-day sessions shifted from Spain to Charleston, S.