Longtime Dynamo standout Brad Davis accepts trade to Kansas City

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After a decade in Houston with the Dynamo, former U.S. national team midfielder Brad Davis has accepted a trade to Sporting Kansas City.

In return, the Dynamo receive Kansas City's second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft and third-round pick in 2018 along with future considerations.

Davis, who has worn the Dynamo captain's armband since 2012, signed off on the deal in part to be closer to his native St. Charles, Mo.

"Honestly, it's without a doubt bittersweet," Davis said. "You know how much this club meant to me and to my family. Honestly it's been an amazing ride with ups and downs. The emotions since finding out have been all over the place.

"I'm disappointed. This is something that's been obviously a huge part of me and who I am and who I've become over the last decade. On the other hand, I am excited about a new step, a new chapter, a new challenge for me in my career."

Davis, 34, was the club's last active player to have been with the team every year since the Dynamo's inaugural 2006 season. Ricardo Clark was also a member of the 2006 club, but he had a brief sojourn through European soccer after the 2009 season before returning in 2012.

Davis, who is the Dynamo's all-time leader in games played and assists, grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis. He and his wife Heather are from the Midwest, but all three of their children – son Kaden, 6, daughter Taylor, 4, and three-month-old son Axel - were born in Houston.

"We're both originally form the Midwest, but Houston was our family home," he said. "I couldn't be more thankful for a place to raise our children.I could not be more thankful for every opportunity that I got from the city over the last 10 years."

The six-time All-Star and veteran of the 2014 World Cup was the Dynamo MVP from 2009 through 2012. He had arguably the best season of his career in 2011, when he had a career-high 16 assists while leading the Dynamo to the MLS Cup final. He was the MLS MVP runner-up that season.

Brad Davis had been with the Dynamo since the inaugural 2006 season and had served as captain since 2012. Brad Davis had been with the Dynamo since the inaugural 2006 season and had served as captain since 2012. Photo: Thomas B. Shea, Para El H. Chronicle Photo: Thomas B. Shea, Para El H. Chronicle Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Longtime Dynamo standout Brad Davis accepts trade to Kansas City 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

Davis helped the Dynamo win two MLS Cup titles and appear in four finals during his 10 years in Houston, where he blossomed from a talented kid with a lack of fitness to a veteran who altered his offseason workout and eating regimen to become a respected team captain.

"Houston was our home," he said. "Houston was a place where I came in as a young naïve kid. The organization kept giving me opportunities to succeed, taught me how to be a professional, have a family and raise a family in a place they absolutely loved and still love. My kids are diehard Dynamo fans."