KANSAS CITY, Mo. – His offseason ankle surgery behind him, Matt Besler is ready for another year of anchoring Sporting Kansas City's defense.
“I feel good,” Besler, who had an arthroscopic procedure last month to remove bone spurs in his left ankle, told reporters on Sunday as Sporting's players gathered for physicals ahead of their training camp in Tucson, Arizona. “There's been a lot of good progress in the offseason.”
Still, Besler – whose surgery followed forward Dom Dwyer's similar procedure on his right ankle in November – had to adjust to taking time off, rather than focusing heavily on fitness work as he has done in years past.