The youth movement taking place in Children's Mercy Park may be borne of necessity. But after Sporting Kansas City turned to two promising Homegrown Players in Saturday's 2-2 draw against Toronto FC, it may have some legs.
With SKC shorthanded through injury and also a pair of red cards picked up in midweek, 19-year-old Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal filled in for suspended box-to-box midfielder Roger Espinoza while 18-year-old Jaylin Lindsey stepped in at left back.
“I think everybody did what they had to do,” Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes said after the draw. “They all took responsibility and worked hard.