Sporting Kansas City announced today that the club has exercised contract options on the following five players ahead of the 2021 MLS season: Amadou Dia, Felipe Hernandez, Gadi Kinda, Johnny Russell and Graham Smith.
Sporting have declined contract options for Eric Dick, Wan Kuzain, Winston Reid and Richard Sanchez. Matt Besler is now out of contract with the club.
Sporting are currently in discussions with Roger Espinoza, Gerso Fernandes, Felipe Gutierrez and Erik Hurtado regarding their futures with the club. These discussions began following the conclusion of Sporting’s 2020 season.
Sporting now have 20 players under contract for the 2021 season: the five players whose contract options were exercised plus the 15 players who were already under contract in 2021.