Brad Davis has won two MLS Cups, started for the US national team at a World Cup, seen the league where he has played for 15 years go from contraction and uncertainty to a boom of expansion.
It will be hard to step away from that, he acknowledged, but it's almost time for him to begin life after the game.
“It's very bittersweet for me, and difficult,” Davis told reporters during a conference call on Sunday, after announcing that he will retire at the end of Sporting Kansas City's season. “But it's a decision I'm happy with, my family is happy with.