A selective list of many of the players Sporting Kansas City let go via different avenues in the 2016-2017 offseason tells a story. Jettisoned were veterans Brad Davis, Justin Mapp, Paulo Nagamura, Lawrence Olum and Jacob Peterson. Average age = 32. Age was an apparent factor. Select transactions in the offseason were further revealing – re-signed 25 year-old Saad Abdul-Salaam and added Gerso Fernandes and Latif Blessing (26 and 20 years old respectively), as well a host of other young or of-prime-age players.
The Education of Latif Blessing
