Maccabi Haifa announced Tuesday that midfielder Gadi Kinda, an Israel international, has died. The former Sporting Kansas City player was 31 years old. The club announced two weeks ago that Kinda had been hospitalized "going through a complex medical battle in recent weeks,

Gadi Kinda, a midfielder on the Israeli national soccer team who previously played for Sporting Kansas City in the MLS, died Tuesday. He was 31. Kinda's Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, announced his death following his hospitalization for an undisclosed condition.

Kinda had been battling a serious medical condition for the past several weeks, and had received several messages of support from the Israeli soccer community.