Sporting Kansas City announced Tuesday that the club has acquired midfielder Kelyn Rowe, $100,000 in targeted allocation money and $200,000 in general allocation money from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for forward Diego Rubio.
“Kelyn is a player who we watched in college and we have continued to pay close attention to him over the years in Major League Soccer,” Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes said. “He’s a guy that we have always admired from afar and someone we think that can play multiple positions as a midfielder or as a winger. We are very excited to add him to our roster. We also want to thank Diego for his contributions to our team over the last three seasons, and we wish him the best in the future.”
Rowe has started 167 of 214 appearances in MLS action (including postseason) since being selected as the third overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by the Revolution, recording 30 goals and 42 assists over the past seven seasons.
Rowe leaves New England as the club’s second highest all-time scorer in the U.S. Open Cup, tallying six goals.
Rubio provided 15 goals and eight assists in 51 MLS regular season appearances for Sporting KC over the past three seasons after being acquired in 2016 from Real Valladolid in the Spanish second division. The Chilean international added an additional two goals and an assist in the MLS Cup Playoffs, as well as two goals and an assist in U.S. Open Cup competition and a goal in the 2016-17 Concacaf Champions League.
- Story from Sporting KC