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Yin and Yang: Salloi, Shelton epitomize Sporting Kansas City mentality

One’s play “allow(s) other players to shine.” One’s is “unpredictable.”

For one, “goals are super important.” One has figured out the roles he needs “to play in each moment.”

Yet both 22-year-old right winger Daniel Salloi and 25-year-old center forward Khiry Shelton embody Sporting Kansas City’s core values, in different ways, with different inclinations, both with the same goal. And a reuniting of their partnership would prove the difference in Sporting Kansas City’s 2018 season.

From the beginning, the two were different. Salloi began the campaign knowing he belonged at Sporting Kansas City due to his breakthrough 2017, though the many offseason attacking additions threatened him being ensconced as a starter.