Sporting Kansas City won the U.S. Open Cup championship last week, its fourth major trophy in the past six seasons. Then players and coaches promptly spent the next four days talking about how they had moved on from that victory.
In that spirit, this mailbag will do the same. Let’s get to it.
You got any suppositions on the Ellis suspension? Who does this make the backup CBs after Besler and Opara?
— Thom (@thompersley) September 27, 2017
We want deets on the Ellis SITUATION.....got any?
— Chris George u26bd (@ChrisGeorgeKC) September 26, 2017
Kevin Ellis and Sporting KC mutually agreed to take a leave of absence from each other earlier this month, a result of the two sides “not seeing eye to eye on some things,” sources told The Star, adding that the split had nothing to do with any incidents involving teammates.