​Sporting Kansas City had the high of beating the Liga MX leaders Cruz Azul in CONCACAF Champions League the previous Wednesday.  In between the two legs, Sporting had their home regular season opener against FC Dallas.  Knowing the majority of the resources would be spent on Cruz Azul, no one was really expecting the SKC […]

Sporting Kansas City opened their season as defending MLS Champions.  The team who were perennial losers in almost all facets both on the field and in the front office is now transformed into the winners you see today.  The team who was just looking for respect now has that and will have the distinction of […]

Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake will match up in the 18th MLS Cup Final on Saturday December 7 at 4 PM on ESPN along with a one hour pregame show.  I have to admit, ESPN is really marketing the game to the general public and not just soccer fans.  I’ve been seeing commercials […]

When the dust settled after the New England Revolution series, Sporting Kansas City found themselves with their familiar foe in the playoffs.  Yes, the Houston Dynamo had been Sporting’s kryptonite.  In the past two seasons, Sporting was eliminated by Houston in Kansas City as they proceeded to the MLS Cup Final.  Before the Eastern Conference […]

Sporting Kansas City began the playoffs falling just short at winning the Supporters Shield.  And because the Houston Dynamo defeated the Montreal Impact, Houston played the New York Red Bulls while Sporting played the New England Revolution.  To many Sporting fans, New England posed the least threatening option to move on to the Eastern Conference […]

I’m going to be honest, I didn’t expect Sporting Kansas City to be in a position to obtain the Supporters Shield a couple months ago.  A couple months ago, teams like the Montreal Impact, Seattle Sounders and New York Red Bulls were in the drivers seat either by leading the conference or having multiple games […]

​In what was supposed to be a formality against a team who never won a CONCACAF Champions League game and a team Sporting Kansas City beat in Nicaragua with a weaker lineup, Sporting drew Real Esteli 1-1 at Sporting Park.  The draw still means Sporting controls their destiny in the group stage but they now […]

The tight race for the Eastern Conference crown is coming down to the wire and Sporting Kansas City is right in the middle of it.  With the pressure of finishing 1st and being out of a playoff spot is separated by a few points, no game is a gimme and every game is a must […]

Sporting Kansas City, who seems to be playing in big game after big game, had another must win game in San Jose against the Earthquakes last Sunday. Knowing both teams, it was going to be a physical and hard fought game. San Jose is a tough team for Sporting KC and past results have proven […]

One of the great things about MLS is that it’s so young as a sports league; a lot of us were around for the beginning.  I was 8 years old when MLS had its inaugural season in 1996 and while I watched MLS in their infancy, I vaguely remember watching it.  I rooted for DC […]

Sporting Kansas City and the Montreal Impact squared off Saturday night and whatever the result of that game would end up being would shape the end of the season in the Eastern Conference.  Sporting led the Eastern Conference over Montreal by four points heading into the game.  Montreal still has to play two more games […]

I watched and rewatched and rewatched the FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City game and my reaction has been the same after the game was over.  I was very confused as to what exactly happened.  Questionable calls by referee Mark Geiger were buried with confusion and, for better or worse, created the exciting/heartbreaking finish.  Penalties, […]

The story of the DC United/Sporting Kansas City game essentially began and ended with the offside call on Ike Opara’s disallowed goal in the 30th minute.  I was at the game, sitting where the RFK Stadium visitors are, deep in the back of the stadium behind the goal.  It’s a bad angle to see an offside […]

Sporting Kansas City went into Wednesday night’s game against the Seattle Sounders knowing they would have to face, arguably, two of their three fiercest rivals in the same week. With the Houston Dynamo on deck Sunday, Sporting wanted to finally be able to break that stranglehold Seattle has on Sporting at Sporting Park. Even though […]