The Calm Before the Sporting KC Storm?

For the Glory KC is back with the 160th episode of the show and the first of 2026!

Sporting Kansas City officially had a relatively quiet week. Unofficially, they have a coach they are set to announce on Monday. Tom Bogert is reporting it, and the team was already teasing an announcement before he broke the story. It looks like it’s long rumored Raphael Wicky, who we learned about over a month ago. We give our initial reactions to the news.

While that’s unofficial, the team did make one official move this week. Sporting KC traded with the Chicago Fire for 21-year-old right back Justin Reynolds. Couple that with the rumored transfer for Cesar Inga and suddenly Sporting KC nearly have enough defenders to actually play a soccer match.

Sheena and I weigh in on all the news with preseason set to start next weekend. We recap the offseason and the state of the roster, coaching staff and all things Sporting KC headed into the 2026 season. There is still a lot of work to be done and hopefully it’s a very busy week of announcements and press conferences to come.

The KC Current got only bad news this week with the announcement that Mary Long tore her ACL. It makes the departure of Alex Pfeiffer even more stunning since the forward depth is nonexistent for the Current. That said, Bia Zaneratto remains available to sign according to her agent. Plus, we talk about happy news for several players who got married or engaged recently.

In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:

• The Columbus Crew hired a coach (only SKC are unofficially left without one)
• LA Galaxy’s Puig has another knee surgery
• USL Championship have labor problems

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Sporting KC have their coach, right? – 4:53
• SKC signing and rumor – 15:51
• Where do things stand with SKC? – 26:59
• KC Current injury – 54:02
• Digital Crawl – 1:04:57

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