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Sporting Kansas City’s Ilie Sanchez: “We always know why.”

The sight of Ilie Sanchez warming up at halftime of last Saturday’s Sporting Kansas City match versus FC Dallas created a buzz in the 18% of full capacity crowd at Children’s Mercy Park.

Out since Sporting’s last match in Orlando at the MLS is Back Tournament on July 30 – a span in which the side struggled with only two victories in six matches (2-2-2) – Ilie was back from his hometown in Spain after dealing with a family issue. While he was gone, his father, his brother, and he stayed awake to watch all of Sporting’s games.