To Sporting Kansas City fans who have waited more than four months to see how striker Alan Pulido would build on his sizzling start to life in Major League Soccer, know this:
Matt Besler feels your pain.
Speaking on Friday ahead of Sporting's Sunday Group D opener against Minnesota United FC at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN app, Besler couldn't wait until someone else got the difficult job of defending him again, a task he knows well from weeks of training since opening the season with a pair of victories and a pair of Pulido goals.