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Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ City SC is making its first steps of the summer transfer window. A source confirmed a report from that the team is in the process of finalizing deals to acquire two players from Minnesota United, attacker Sang Bin Jeong and left back Devin Padelford.

Jeong would be coming on a cash trade, while Padelford would be on a loan.

Jeong had six goals and two assists for Minnesota last season but has yet to have a goal or an assist in 15 games this season. (He has started only two games.) He’s 23 and is signed to a U22 Initiative contract that runs through this season with an option for 2026. Jeong has made one appearance with the South Korean national team, in 2021. He originally signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League but was immediately loaned to Grasshopper in Switzerland, where he played a season before coming to MLS.

Padelford, 22, is a Minnesota United Homegrown player who played in 24 games last season, starting 19, but has played in only four this season for a total of 104 minutes, He lost his starting spot to Anthony Markanich, who Minnesota acquired from City SC in the transfer window last season. (Markanich, incidentally, has five goals this season for Minnesota.) Padelford’s contract also runs out this season, with an option for next season.

The secondary transfer window for Major League Soccer opens July 24.

Left back has been an area of concern throughout the City SC’s history, and after Jannes Horn ended his loan to return to Europe, the team is using Jayden Reid and Jaziel Orozco, who has been called up the past two weeks from City2.

Jeong would be City SC’s second try at an attacking player from within MLS who has struggled this season. In the first transfer window, the team acquired Xande Silva from Atlanta, who has been used as a substitute in 10 games but has yet to score a goal.