New York City FC is on the hunt for a new sporting director after David Lee announced he took the role as president of soccer operations and general manager with Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday.

The departure ends a long run with the organization that started in 2014 as the team’s director of player recruitment and culminated in Lee’s appointment as sporting director in November 2019.

The club has already begun its search to fill the role and said Lee’s final day with NYCFC will be Oct. 6.

Co-vice chairman Marty Edelman said as part of a statement that the next sporting director will “meet the highest standards” of City Football Group — the club’s parent organization — and the MLS club.

Sporting director Dave Lee speaks during celebration for NYCFC winning the 2021 MLS Cup on City Hall

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