Sporting Kansas City fans nearly choked on their burnt ends and Boulevard beer when the news broke that their club had traded for the player they loved to hate, bringing in midfielder Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo.
As they're discovering, the 34-year-old Davis is a laid-back (off the pitch, anyway), funny, thoughtful guy who's looking forward to the 2016 season with his new club and has already developed a rapport with center forward Dom Dwyer in the early going this preseason.
There are a few things you might not know about him, though.