New Zealand international center back and longtime English Premier League veteran Winston Reid began his Sporting Kansas City tenure under the strangest of circumstances.
Mere weeks after Reid joined the club on loan from London outfit West Ham United, where he had spent most of the previous decade as an integral part of the Hammers’ backline, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a suspension of play across the globe.
Having spent roughly half of the 2020 preseason with Sporting in Arizona, Reid returned to England to be with his family before traveling back across the Atlantic in late June as Manager Peter Vermes’ men ventured to Walt Disney World for the MLS is Back Tournament.