With more than five years of service for his club under his belt and at the midway point of the Dutch Eredivisie season, Johan Kappelhof made the choice to strike out for something new.
The 25-year-old FC Groningen man liked what he heard from Chicago Fire GM Nelson Rodríguez and head coach Veljko Paunovic and took on the challenges posed by a move to MLS in the prime of his career.
So far, he’s met them all. Since allowing four goals on opening day to New York City FC, the Men In Red have conceded just once in their last three outings, and not at all in the last 265 minutes heading into Sunday’s return trip to NYCFC (6 p.