Shortly after Sporting Kansas City announced they had signed Rodney Wallace as a free agent, they made a second move of the day. Sporting KC executed a trade with the Vancouver Whitecaps for forward Erik Hurtado. In exchange for the 28-year-old forward SKC sent their 2021 first round pick from the MLS SuperDraft along with their 2020 second round pick.
The deal comes as former Swope Park Rangers head coach Marc Dos Santos is cleaning house in Vancouver. Earlier in the week the team team made several other moves that saw them move on from Kei Kamara, Kendall Waston and Spencer Richey as well as bringing in Andy Rose, Maxime Crepeau, Victor Giro (PC) and Zac MacMath.