During the early part of Sporting Kansas City’s 3-1 loss to Real Salt Lake on Saturday a stat was shown on the screen regarding the debuting Kaveh Rad. Rad became the 10th player to play center back for Sporting since the beginning of the 2019 season. That stat got my mind thinking about all the different combinations of center backs KC has used during that stretch, so I went back and pulled information on KC’s center back partnerships in that stretch.
Since 2019, Sporting KC have played 58 league games, 34 in 2019, 21 in 2020, and three so far in 2021.