One story that just won’t go away for Sporting Kansas City is the quest for a striker. Dom Dwyer departed the club in the summer of 2017 (and not a second too soon based on his media day appearance) and his expected replacement may or may not have been Diego Rubio. In limited minutes in 2018, Rubio starred. But then in December, Rubio was unexpectedly traded to the Colorado Rapids in a three-way trade that involved Sporting KC receiving Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in general allocation money.