When Sporting Kansas City departs Friday for its second wave of preseason camp in Tucson, Ariz., it will have a couple of additions on the travel list.
Sporting KC officially signed Chilean national team midfielder Felipe Gutierrez to a designated player contract Tuesday. The deal spans three seasons with a club option for a fourth.
Gutiérrez, 27, arrived in Kansas City late last week and is expected to join the team for practice at Pinnacle, its new training home in Kansas City, Kan., on Tuesday morning.
Newly signed winger Johnny Russell, inked to a deal last week, is scheduled to join the team for the first time in Tucson.