Andreu Fontas on being "mentally strong" amidst poor results

After a rough beginning to his time with Sporting KC, Andreu Fontas has cemented himself as the anchor of the back line and even had MLS stats nerds listing him among MLS MVP candidates last year. But now that Fontas overcame injuries and found a new level to his game, SKC have fallen apart.

We ask him about playing with a rotating cast of midfielders in front of him, as well as being reunited with Ilie Sanchez, the previous man occupying the #6, last weekend. The centerback is desperate to turn things around and says the team must be “mentally strong ... when things aren’t going well.”

Fontas’ boyhood club, FC Barcelona, have gone through a rough patch themselves. But he says this helped him…