Trust the process: Academy product Felipe Hernandez steps up for Sporting KC

Since signing as a Homegrown Player with Sporting Kansas City just over a year ago as the first player to progress along the club’s full player pathway - Academy Affiliate to SKC Academy to Sporting KC II and finally to the first team -- Felipe Hernandez now looks to continue his upward trajectory as the club looks to rely more heavily on the young midfielder.

“I’m just trying to do whatever I’ve been doing with the club for the past five, six years: work hard and do what I can do to produce and help the team out on the field,” Hernandez said on Monday. “It’s not so much showing out and trying to impress people because the coaches have seen me for the past five years, so they know what I…