Sporting Kansas City made a huge Homegrown splash this afternoon, signing Sporting KC Academy products Grayson Barber, Ozzie Cisneros and Brooks Thompson to MLS contracts.
Following the announcement, Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes met with media to discuss the signings, the club’s professional player pathway and MLS SuperDraft 2021, which will begin Thursday at 1 p.m. CT. Vermes’ full remarks are below.
On the Homegrown signings of Barber, Cisneros and Thompson…
All three players have had different paths within our pro player pathway. Grayson was in our academy, wound up going to college and we’ve been following him all along.