Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The close of the secondary transfer window doesn’t mean that Sporting Kansas City or any other MLS team cannot sign another player. Sure they can’t make trades or request the transfer certificate of players. But options are still available.
MLS teams have until the 2019 roster freeze deadline — August 30th — to sign players that are out of contract. This transfer window they did make one trade, sending Kelyn Rowe to Real Salt Lake for Garber Bucks Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) and an international roster spot, but their other moves were “free.