Ask FC Cincinnati striker Kevin Denkey what he’s like and he’ll let you know he’s nothing particular.
“I’m a easy man who loves soccer, who likes to win and who loves to attain targets,” he told Cincy fans after joining the club last November, by way of mls.com’s Carter Chapley.
Honest sufficient. However Denkey—Main League Soccer’s report signing on the time of his arrival with three years of prime European soccer league expertise—is greater than he lets on. He’s a chess champion who educated for years beneath a Grandmaster. He’s a health fanatic with a made-to-measure residence gymnasium and a strict vegan way of life. He’s multilingual, with 4 languages beneath his belt and one other two in progress. And right now, simply 10 video games into his MLS profession, he’s probably the most talked-about striker in america.
Denkey capped off his opening run of MLS video games in opposition to Sporting Kansas Metropolis this weekend with a bravura two-goal efficiency. His first strike was a well-poached rebound; his second, a heart-stopping bicycle kick into the highest nook. Purpose of the week. Purpose of the season. Purpose of the last decade, even. The imaginative and prescient, timing, technique, physicality and bravado Denkey displayed whereas scoring it merely beggar perception.
