The Blue Statement · Jun 22, 2018
Homegrown trio brings multiple benefits to Sporting KC
Roger Espinoza, he, the 31-year-old, 9th year MLS veteran, laughed as he looked back in his mind. “If you ask me what I was doing at 17 or 19-years-old, I was just hanging out in the summer pool in Denver at that time, thinking about having fun with my friends, and these guys are playing professional games.”
“These guys” are the three Sporting Kansas City homegrown teenagers on the first-team roster: Forward/Midfielder Gianluca Busio, 16, who signed in August 2017 (the 2nd youngest player all-time to sign an MLS contract); Back Jaylin Lindsey, 18, who signed in September of 2017; and Midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal, 19, who signed in April 2018.