It wasn’t the most popular move. Trading away your most prolific goalscorer and best centre-forward when that is one of the primary weaknesses of the team is rarely a smart decision. And yet, that is precisely what Sporting Kansas City this offseason.
Diego Rubio was traded to the Colorado Rapids, with Kelyn Rowe, of the New England Revolution, and $300,000 in allocation money coming the other way in a three-team trade. Edgar Castillo was traded from the Rapids to the Revolution as a part of the trade.
Rubio scored eight goals in 781 MLS minutes last season.