Friday’s MLS SuperDraft in Los Angeles will give Sporting Kansas City the chance to add another piece to its roster ahead of the 2017 season.
To be sure, it’s an opportunity that Manager Peter Vermes will look to capitalize on. After all, several of Sporting Kansas City’s most prominent players — see Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer, Roger Espinoza and Graham Zusi — joined the club through this very mechanism.
On the eve of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, we took a look back at five of Sporting KC’s biggest draft steals in club history. The following five players have contributed invaluably to the team’s success over the last two decades, but not before being overlooked by many on draft day.