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Erik Hurtado excited by the culture and mentality of Sporting KC

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.