It is officially the “Hot Stove” portion of the year and the rumors and announcements are starting to pour in around MLS and Sporting KC has even been mentioned in one or two.  With most of the teams in MLS having publicly announced their roster decisions we have the opportunity to look with in the league and see if there are any players standing out that SKC may potentially want to look at to solidify a few areas of need within the roster.  As usual, I have gone deep down a rabbit hole of identifying every available player, their age, position, most recent compensation and the league mechanism they’d have to go through to come up with a couple interesting ideas of areas the team might be able to focus.

There was quite a fervent discussion on the H&A discord last week regarding the goalkeeper situation and how SKC might look to fill that spot on the roster.  I think we can provide some context around what is most likely as well as what makes sense based on the decisions and communications made to date by the team.

We also have an Expansion draft coming up for the new San Diego Franchise which means it’s time to discuss who can/should be on SKC’s protection list.  Mike Kuhn did a lot of the legwork for us on this already to help break down where the margins are and we’ll have a quick discussion on what we expect to happen.

Finally - there were a number of coaching changes that happened since we recorded last, the Concacaf Champions Cup draw is coming, PRO Referees continue to be messy, and there’s a little matter of an MLS Cup Final this weekend to discuss.

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