On Friday, Sporting Kansas City announced the new contracts for Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza and Andreu Fontas. Zusi and Espinoza signed one-year deals with a club option for a second and Fontas signed a two-year deal. Those transactions brought Sporting KC up to 26 rostered players of a possible 30 players.
It’s not uncommon for MLS teams to leave a little roster room open going into the season to be able to make moves in the summer window, when better players are available for cheaper. Let’s take a look at the (limited) flexibility that remains and how the roster build has gone so far for 2023.