This is part one of a 31 part series that will look at 31 different narratives from the 2016 year in Kansas City soccer. Each day in December will have a new article.
On January 29, Krisztian Nemeth was transferred to Al-Gharafa SC.
That move had a huge impact on Sporting Kansas City in 2016. There will be an article written later about just how huge the loss of Nemeth was to the club going into the 2016 season, but the reason this article starts off with Nemeth is because his departure made the subjects of this piece all that more important.