After a demanding 2016 season, Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler opened his offseason with a surgical procedure.
Besler underwent arthroscopic surgery in late November to clean up bone spurs in his left ankle, The Star has learned. He is expected to be healthy in time for preseason in late January, but it’s unclear how the surgery might affect his status for the planned United States men’s national team camp in January.
The operation caps a trying year for Besler, whose 2016 season was interrupted by a concussion in March and later by a knee injury in the summer.