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#ThankYouBes | Sporting gives thanks to club legend Matt Besler

A living legend on and off the field has ended his remarkable 12-year stint at Sporting Kansas City.

Matt Besler, a World Cup veteran and former MLS Best XI selection who has won four major championships with his hometown club, is now out of contract at Sporting.

For more than a decade, Besler spearheaded Sporting's backline and blossomed into one of Major League Soccer's best and most accomplished players. The 2012 MLS Defender of the Year would go on to feature regularly for the United States Men's National Team, winning two Gold Cups and representing his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.