2026 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread

[BxLio91]

Just posted that because it's the only news about a potential name I've seen since Sylla and Pascal coached in Hungary so maybe there's something there.

 

[JayH]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028930448416514323

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028966579703050479

 

[SoupInNYC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028943837595357404

My big takeaway from this was confirming that we can, in fact, buy down Thiago Martins as Tom Bogert initially reported and that the roster profile the league posted is incorrect.

Later on, I asked Todd Dunivant to clarify the DP situation and he also mentioned there is one available now and later on, explicitly said that they are able to buy down Thiago Martins.

 

[SoupInNYC]

And we are starting to amass evidence that the slow-moving nature of our signings was a David Lee problem.

Sporting KC is an absolute mess right now, and we signed an impact player in January and (nearly) signed a DP striker too before the medicals failed.

We still need more information, but I am fairly convinced our slow-moving signings were David Lee's fault.

As for the CFG issue, that interview from Brad Sims makes it pretty clear that as long as we stay within the budget, we have free reign to sign players; CFG is not the reason for the slow decision-making, unless Brad is lying which is certainly possible.

I wouldn't use this offseason at SKC to judge David Lee. They were in the middle of selling the team so he likely had zero insight into what kind of budget he was allowed. This offseason was a very unique situation for whoever would have been the Sporting Director in SKC.