Sporting Kansas City are finally starting to recover from a horrific injury crisis that has caused a disastrous start to the MLS season. They currently sit in tenth place in the Western Conference with 14 points, ahead of only Colorado and Portland. And yet, they are only three points out of the playoffs.
Similar to Toronto FC in 2018, a long run in the CONCACAF Champions League hasn’t been too kind for the health of Peter Vermes’ side in 2019. Highlighting the injury crisis has been captain Matt Besler and Roger Espinoza.
After such a productive previous season at right-back, Graham Zusi has been really poor in 2019, with that likely from a lack of rest between 2018 and 2019 as well as the number of matches played so early in the season.