One day removed from an exciting 3-3 preseason draw with the Portland Timbers and the MLS regular season schedule release on Wednesday, Sporting Kansas City captain Johnny Russell and defender Luis Martins spoke to media about the club’s ongoing preparations in Arizona. Their press conference remarks are below, with an emerging theme revolving around Sporting's opportunity to compete in Leagues Cup later this summer.
Forward Johnny Russell
On Sporting’s progression in preseason…
We made a lot of good strides early on and we’ve been trying to implement that in games.