#sporting-kansas-city

#sporting-kansas-city

A minority owner in MLS side Sporting Kansas City has completed a deal to purchase a majority stake in the club from its current owners, a source confirmed to ESPN. Sporting KC has been owned by the Illig family since 2006, but according to the source they are selling a 71 percent stake to minority owner Peter Mallouk, who already owns part of the team, to bring his stake up to 80 percent. The purchase price Mallouk paid for the majority stake was based off a $700 million valuation of the club.

Red Bull New York and veteran center back Robert Voloder are in talks, and a deal is considered to be very close to being completed, sources tell amNewYork. The 24-year-old German has spent the last four seasons with Sporting Kansas City, making 78 appearances during that spell. A product of German Bundesliga side Koln's academy, he spent two seasons with Maribor in Slovenia before making the jump to the United States.

All the men and women that work for this club are just good people and genuine people, in that they are genuine in their approach to their work and that we are all aware that we are in the same boat. Whether the ship is sailing smoothly or taking on some water, we are in that boat together and all we can do is try to bail water out and help each other.

Zavagnin expects Santiago Munoz to play a significantly impactful role as he integrates quickly into the team and continues to score crucial goals.

"If you concede five goals and three goals, I don't know, inside the first 30 minutes, you don't deserve to win," Arena said.