While this site–and its cadre of awesome writers–generally focuses on Kansas City-related soccer as opposed to American soccer as a whole, covering the American national teams as they relate to Kansas City-based players is a core part of our mission to bring you awesome KC-centric content, and Sporting Kansas City’s Matt Besler just wrapped up another pair of USA appearances after getting capped in the friendlies against Iceland and Canada, and Marcel de Jong likewise appeared for Canada in the latter fixture.
And with the 2016 edition of the US men’s national team’s winter Camp Cupcake now in the books, there are a few SKC-related observations worth making as regards the USMNT’s prospects in 2016 and 2017.