For the second time in 18 months, Sporting Kansas City is trading away its presumed starting center forward.
Sporting KC agreed to a three-team trade Tuesday that will send striker Diego Rubio to Colorado and Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money to Sporting KC. Rowe, 27, arrives in Kansas City via New England, where he has spent all seven seasons of his MLS career.
“He’s a guy that we have always admired from afar and someone we think can play multiple positions as a midfielder or as a winger,” Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes said in a statement.