2018 Sporting Kansas City season

As of October 10, 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Adrián Zendejas 2 DF  CAN Amer Didic 3 DF  USA Ike Opara 4 DF  USA Brad Evans 5 DF  USA Matt Besler (Captain) 6 MF  ESP Ilie Sánchez 7 FW  SCO Johnny Russell 8 DF  USA Graham Zusi 9 FW  HUN Krisztián Németh 10 MF  FRA Yohan Croizet (DP) 11 FW  CHI Diego Rubio 12 FW  GNB Gerso Fernandes 13 FW  USA Gianluca Busio (HGP) 14 FW  USA Khiry Shelton

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  USA Seth Sinovic 16 DF  USA Graham Smith 17 MF  HON Roger Espinoza (DP) 18 GK  USA Eric Dick 19 MF  ESP Cristian Lobato 20 FW  HUN Dániel Sallói (HGP) 21 MF  CHI Felipe Gutiérrez (DP) 23 DF  USA Colton Storm 26 DF  USA Jaylin Lindsey (HGP) 28 FW  USA Tyler Freeman (HGP) 29 GK  USA Tim Melia 30 DF  ESP Andreu Fontas 75 MF  USA Wan Kuzain 90 FW  USA Kharlton Belmar 94 MF  COL Jimmy Medranda

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 14, 2017	Khiry Shelton	FW	New York City FC	Traded for Saad Abdul-Salaam	[2]
December 15, 2017	Yohan Croizet	MF	KV Mechelen	Transfer	[3]
January 17, 2018	Zach Wright	FW	University of North Carolina	Homegrown Player	[4]
January 22, 2018	Matt Lewis	DF	Fordham University	Homegrown Player	[5]
January 31, 2018	Johnny Russell	FW	Derby County	Transfer	[6]
February 6, 2018	Felipe Gutiérrez	MF	Real Betis	Transfer	[7]
February 15, 2018	Eric Dick	GK	Butler University	2018 MLS SuperDraft	[8]
February 15, 2018	Graham Smith	DF	Denver University	2018 MLS SuperDraft	[8]
February 20, 2018	Brad Evans	DF	Seattle Sounders FC	Free agent	[9]
April 13, 2018	Wan Kuzain	MF	Saint Louis FC	Homegrown Player	[10]
August 6, 2018	Krisztián Németh	FW	New England Revolution	Trade with New England Revolution	[11]
August 8, 2018	Andreu Fontàs	CB	RC Celta de Vigo	Trade with RC Celta de Vigo	[12]
October 2, 2018	Tyler Freeman	FW		Homegrown Player (Will be added to roster ahead of 2019 season)	[13]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Round	Pick Number	Player	Position	School
1	13	Eric Dick	GK	Butler
	18	Graham Smith	DF	Denver
4	75	Will Bagrou	FW	Bercer
	82	Wilfred Williams	DF	Oakland

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Notes	Ref
November 27, 2017	Cameron Porter	FW	Retired	Out of contract	[14]
November 27, 2017	Erik Palmer-Brown	DF	Manchester City	Out of contract	[15][16]
November 27, 2017	Cameron Iwasa	FW	Sacramento Republic	Option declined, later signed with Sacramento Republic	[14]
November 27, 2017	Soni Mustivar	MF	Neftçi PFK	Option declined, later signed with Neftçi PFK	[14]
November 27, 2017	Kevin Oliveira	MF	Ottawa Fury	Option declined, later signed with Ottawa Fury	[17]
November 27, 2017	Tyler Pasher	MF	Indy Eleven	Option declined, later signed with Indy Eleven	[17]
December 12, 2017	Latif Blessing	FW	Los Angeles FC	Selected in 2017 MLS Expansion Draft	[18]
December 14, 2017	Saad Abdul-Salaam	DF	New York City FC	Traded for Khiry Shelton	[2]
January 3, 2018	Benny Feilhaber	MF	Los Angeles FC	Traded	[19]
February 8, 2018	Andrew Dykstra	GK	Colorado Rapids	Traded	[20]
February 8, 2018	Soony Saad	FW	Indy Eleven	Waived, later signed with Indy Eleven	[21]
February 27, 2018	Kevin Ellis	DF	Chicago Fire	Signed with Chicago Fire on March 9	[22][23]
February 27, 2018	Zach Wright	DF	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Waived	[22]
March 1, 2018	James Musa	MF	Phoenix Rising	Waived	[24]
June 25, 2018	Matt Lewis	DF	Swope Park Rangers	Waived	[25]

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
January 18, 2018	Emiliano Amor	DF	Vélez Sarsfield	one year loan, option to buy at the end of the year	[26]

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
August 8, 2018	Emiliano Amor	DF	Vélez Sarsfield	Mutually agreed to part ways with Sporting KC	[27]