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Former MLS Cup champion and MLS Defender of the Year Ike Opara named Sporting KC II assistant coach | Sporting Kansas City
Tom Bogert on Twitter: "Minnesota United have used a contract buyout on defender Ike Opara, sources tell me and @_jacobschneider. Opara, 32, is a two-time MLS Defender of the Year. He last
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