Seattle Sounders' new signing Khano Smith has dismissed rumours in the US media that he may be traded before the start of the new season. "People can write what they want. We all know there's a lot of rubbish written these days, and this is absolute garbage," Smith told The Royal Gazette.

"I'm just keeping my head down and I'm here until I hear otherwise. I certainly haven't heard anything about me leaving and I'm pleased with the way things have been going. California's been great so far and it's been good to get some sun on our backs.

"I was feeling a bit sore earlier in the week but we had a dip in the ocean yesterday and it served as a great ice bath. We're off to Argentina at the end of the month where we will play four games and I think all of our players will feature in at least two of them."

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