It’s a Monday, about 8:00am. Sporting Kansas City Goalkeeping Coach Alec Dufty is in the video room at SKC’s Pinnacle Training Center with the reigning MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, Tim Melia. As the video from the most recent game rolls, the room is filled with: “Being in a set position is best here.” “What should I have done there?” “Get your feet settled.” Mostly, the room is filled with honesty.
The New York-born and North Carolina-raised Dufty spent his professional goalkeeping career bouncing around – New York Red Bulls, league reserve pool, D2’s AC St.