2023-02-13
Two weeks before the start of the 2023 season at the MLSthe Honduran Yeison Mejia was announced as a new player of the franchise of the Sporting Kansas City.
Just like TEN forwarded itthe native of Ironia, Colón, stamped his signature on loan with the second team of the American institution for the campaign to be played this year, since his file belongs to Real España until 2025.
Mejiawho only needed three weeks of testing to finalize his signing in the North American league, contractually committed himself to the second team of the Kansas that militates in the league called MLS NEXT PROthird category local.
This is because the Kansas It does not have foreign places available in its main squad, so to continue counting on the services of the catracho, they had to enroll him in their alternative squad.
“Sporting Kansas City II signed 25-year-old Honduran international forward Yeison Mejia to a professional MLS NEXT Pro contract, the club announced today,” the statement from the celestial entity indicates.
And he adds: “Mejía has almost five years of professional experience with almost 100 appearances for clubs in his native country and in Guatemala. The winger is also a member of the Honduran National Team, having been in the most recent Los Catrachos squad for a friendly against Saudi Arabia on October 30.”
This situation does not condition his football news in any way, because as a subsidiary player, the far right He can play normally in the first team and be active in the MLS, this according to what the coach of Dutch origin, the American Peter Vermes, promised him.
Yeison Mejia he has seen action in three friendly games with the light blues and is ready to make his official debut on MLS Opening Day against the Portland Timbers on February 25 if his coach so wishes.