Well, that happened. Never again will “We like Ike!” ring out from 20,000 fans at Children’s Mercy Park. (Well, at least not for the foreseeable future.)
Just when we all came to accept that Sporting Kansas City was probably done making roster moves ahead of the 2019 MLS season, the club announced Monday night that they traded centerback Ike Opara to Minnesota United for 900k in targeted allocation money (TAM), with another potential 100k TAM in incentives.
I’m going to start with all the reasons this trade scares me before moving to the happier part of the story where I argue why this is the right move for SKC.