If Sporting Kansas City’s preseason lineups are to be believed—and considering the pretty clear-cut delineation between the starters and the second string in the making of those lineups—then come Opening Day in just a little over a week’s time, Sporting fans should expect to see the club’s former right winger, Graham Zusi, lining up at right back behind newly-signed right winger Gerso Fernandes.
The placing of Gerso on the right is no small detail—he mostly played on the left for Belenenses in Portugal’s Liga NOS, where he was more of a playmaker than a goalscorer—something Peter Vermes highlighted during the recent Fan Forum.