It’s been a long time since Matt Besler or Dom Dwyer played a match without any pain.
Not many people knew it as the 2016 season unfolded, but Sporting Kansas City battled through most of last year with the duo fighting constant discomfort.
The good news is that both players have undergone successful surgeries during the offseason. Dwyer had arthroscopic surgery to clean up bone spurs in his right ankle in November, then Besler had the same surgery performed on his left ankle early last month.
Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes provided updates on the players during Friday’s press conference at Swope Soccer Village.