As the 2019 MLS preseason begins, attacker Erik Hurtado finds himself amid one of the most stable club situations in MLS, after departing one of the least.
The 28-year-old arrives at Sporting Kansas City following a December trade from the Vancouver Whitecaps, where new head coach Mark Dos Santos and the front office have been engineering a massive roster overhaul.
At Sporting, he finds a coach who is the longest-tenured in MLS in Peter Vermes, and team with a well-formulated identity.
“I’m really excited to be a part of this organization,” Hurtado told MLSSoccer.com. “They have a really good history, a really good culture, and I’m just blessed to be a part of it.