Forward Alan Pulido aims to use Sporting as springboard into Mexican national team

Alan Pulido's reasons for coming to Major League Soccer are many and varied, but among the biggest: a desire to suit up again for El Tri.

The 28-year-old forward, who arrived at Sporting Kansas City in December, last saw the field for Mexico's national team in November 2018.

“[Uriel] Antuna was here, Jonathan dos Santos still plays here, and they play for the Mexican national team,” Pulido said in Spanish Thursday at MLS's Media and Marketing Tour at Banc of California Stadium. “It's a good thing that [El Tri manager] Tata Martino coached here, and I think he won MLS Cup [in 2018 with Atlanta United].

“The fact that he looks at MLS, that's very important, and part of the reason I chose to come…