Sporting Kansas City officially commenced its preparation for the 2017 season Tuesday when the club opened training camp in Tucson, Ariz.
But it did so without its leading scorer over the past three years.
After undergoing offseason surgery to clean up bone spurs in his right ankle, striker Dom Dwyer will train separately from the team for approximately two weeks. But he insists it won't cause him to miss the season opener on March 4 at D.C. United.
"My body feels great actually," Dwyer said in a phone interview Tuesday. "It's the best I've felt entering the preseason in my career.