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Peter Vermes, millennial whisperer? Inside Sporting KC's youth movement

Gianluca Busio was handed a daunting task when he joined Sporting Kansas City’s first team last winter for his first preseason as a professional.

“All the young guys have to sing,” explained the 16-year-old attacker, the youngest signing in Major League Soccer history since Freddy Adu. “It was me and a couple other Homegrowns and rookies, we had a dinner in preseason and at the end everybody got up to sing their song.

“I sang ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.’”

Belting out a Motown classic in front of all your coaches and colleagues is no cakewalk.