Sporting KC Crash Back Down to Earth

For the Glory KC is back with the 172nd episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City returned home and right back down to earth after picking up a win last week in Los Angeles. The Colorado Rapids, who lost to Sporting KC in both meetings last year, crushed KC in a 4-1 outcome at Sporting Park. The internet was aflame with John Pulskamp slander, so we get into how much was him and how much was others (after all, there is plenty of blame to go around).

We also talked about the lineup changes (and if they were the right ones), the rash of injuries on the team and of course — the brutal night of officiating from Fotis Bazakos.

Rob Holding just got away with a yellow worthy challenge. Fotis doens't give it (the first one was a bad call).Miguel Navarro just kills Jake Davis too and he's on a yellow. Fotis just gives a common foul. #SportingKC #SKCvCOL

— Chad Smith (@chadcsmith.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T02:13:11.421Z

After the game, Jake Davis pulled me aside in the locker room with a message for the fans, so Sheena and I talk through our thoughts on his words.

Jake Davis with a message to the fans after the game:"The result doesn't reflect what we're doing here. We'll be better.""The fans showed up… I hope that every fan knows that we noticed." #SportingKC

— Chad Smith (@chadcsmith.bsky.social) 2026-03-22T04:16:33.425Z

Outside of the game, Sporting KC had other things going on in the week, including the addition of Brazilian center back Diego Borges as their newest (and David Lee’s first) U22 Initiative signing. Plus, there was a spattering of other news around the team, including their games being aired for free over the air on tape delay.

To make matters worse, the KC Current also lost this weekend. That’s something that only happened three times during the entire 2025 NWSL regular season and it’s already happened just two games into the 2026 season. To make matters worse, it was against the Mallory Swanson-less Chicago Stars, who had just gotten shellacked 4-0 the week prior. I break down what I saw from that game.

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

• KC Comets making the playoffs!
• SKC II win a shootout but then lose the next game
• MLS 2026 playoffs and 2027 schedule formats revealed
• And Antoine Griezman and Catarina Macaro are coming to MLS and NWSL respectively

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Sporting KC – 10:06
• KC Current – 1:01:46
• Digital Crawl – 1:15:09

Upcoming Games

• KC Current @ Seattle Reign – WED, March 25 at 8:00PM CT
• SKC II vs. St. Louis City 2 – SAT, March 28 at 2:00PM
• USMNT vs Belgium – SAT, March 28 at 2:30PM
• KC Current @ Portland Thorns – SAT, March 28 at 3:00PM

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