Gianluca Busio has been on the scene for long enough now that it can be easy to forget that he's still just 18 years old.
The Sporting Kansas City homegrown product has shown flashes of his prodigious talent over the course of his 48 career MLS appearances since 2018, but as Sporting go through preseason preparations ahead of their 2021 opener, there's a sense that there's another level that Busio can reach if he can put it all together over the course of a full MLS season.
Earlier this week, Busio was named as one of the world's top young players by research group CIES Football Observatory and Peter Vermes is among those who think 2021 could wind up being his full-on breakout.