Justin Mapp‘s signing as the first MLS free agent with Sporting Kansas City may not go down in American sports history as historic as Andy Messersmith‘s signing with the Atlanta Bravesin 1975 as the first unregistered free agent, but he termed the process “definitely refreshing, but maybe a little overwhelming” since no one has gone through it.

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