It says a lot about how long Peter Vermes has been in control in Sporting Kansas City, and about how that control helps him build a roster, that the club was able to sell Ike Opara in the offseason, lose Andreu Fontas to injury in week one, and still feel fairly secure in back with new signing Botond Barath entering for his first minutes.
KC is, once again, deep and talented in 2019. They finished first in the Western Conference a year ago and added a motivated Kelyn Rowe to a midfield that amplifies the power of creatively-inclined players that can't quite hang at the No.