The team is currently encamped down in sunny and warm Tucson, Arizona (though it wasn't that much warmer than KC today). Before leaving and going into a virtual media blackout zone, Peter Vermes made a few trims to the roster.
Below is a very rough positional chart featuring the 32 players currently training with the team.The list is broken down by position with the player's current jersey number listed first. Key: new player for 2012, 2012 Draft Pick and Trialist.Goalkeepers
#1 Jimmy Nielsen#18 Eric Kronberg
#21 Jon Kempin (Homegrown player)
#33 Steve Spangler
Scott Angevine
Fullbacks
#7 Chance Myers#16 Seth Sinovic
#2 Michael Harrington
#4 Kevin Ellis (Homegrown player)
#3 Korede Aiyegbusi
#35 Shawn Singh (Supplemental Draft, 1st round)
#24 Kyle Miller (Supplemental Draft, 3rd round)
Centerback
#78 Aurelien Collin#5 Matt Besler
#13 Lawrence Olum
#24 Cyprian Hedrick (SuperDraft, 2nd round)
#31 Stefan Antonijevic (Supplemental Draft, 3rd round)
Midfielders
#8 Graham Zusi#15 Roger Espinoza
#6 Paulo Nagamura
#55 Julio Cesar
#88 Michael Thomas
#32 Luke Sassano
#19 Peterson Joseph
#12 Konrad Warzycha
#36 Cyrus Saydee
Forwards
#11 Bobby Convey#23 Kei Kamara
#17 C.J. Sapong
#9 Teal Bunbury
#27 Jacob Peterson
#22 Soony Saad
#14 Dom Dwyer (SuperDraft, 1st round)
Not With the team in Arizona
#25 Daneil Cyrus, CB*#20 Birahim Diop, M/F*
Pablo Punyed (Supplemental Draft, 2nd round)***-Given leave of absence from team. **-Never reported to camp. Obviously, we'll have to see how Peter Vermes distributes playing time in the upcoming friendlies. Until then, it's hard to develop a depth chart for the midfielder and forward positions. Kansas City has a lot of versatile players in those two groups and a few players (Zusi, Joseph, Warzycha, Saydee) who could flip between the midfield or forward depending on the situation. There are also a few (Sassano, Cesar, Olum, Thomas, Miller) who can flip between midfield and defense. The team's first scrimmage is this Saturday against the San Jose Earthquakes.
