Sporting KC are Under New Ownership

For the Glory KC is back with the 163rd episode of the show and the third show of 2026!

Sporting Kansas City had a pretty big week. No, they didn’t do much to fill out their miniscule roster, but it’s almost certainly bigger than that. On Friday, news broke that Sporting KC minority owner Peter Mallouk was taking over as majority owner, holding an estimated 80 percent of the team. Sheena and I get into what this means for the team this season and beyond. Sam McDowell from the KC Star got an interview with Mallouk and we discussed several of his big quotes:

• “What you’re going to see next season is a big, big financial commitment,” he said, “to do whatever it takes to build upon what we’re building upon this season. “
• “I really would say 99.5% of the metric I’m going to care about is winning. And 0.5% will be everything else.”
• “The fans are incredible,” Mallouk said. “They deserve a competitor all the time.”

There was actual movement on the roster with the signing of Calvin Harris. We got an inside take from the Burgundy Wave’s Matt Pollard who has covered the Colorado Rapids for years. Sheena and I discuss the rumor that Cesar Inga is on his way to Kansas City. And we can’t leave out the weird and wild Rogers Mato story. It doesn’t stop there though, as SKC won their first preseason game and we have updates on Roger Espinoza, Willy Agada, Robert Voloder, Mason Toye, Paulo Nagamura, Alenis Vargas and Ramiz Hamouda.

The KC Current also had a fairly big week with the announcement of their schedule, the trade of Nichelle Prince and some unfortunate injury new for Michelle Cooper and Temwa Chawinga.

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

• England, Netherlands and Argentina are all rumored to want to do World Cup base camp in KC
• Lindsey Heaps is coming to the NWSL
• KC Comets pick up two big wins

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Sporting KC sold! – 9:14
• SKC Sign a Player and lots of other stories – 25:11
• KC Current Schedule, Prince trade and more – 54:16
• Digital Crawl – 1:11:58

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