Sporting KC Continue to Struggle, but the KC Current Bounce Back

For the Glory KC is back with the 174th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City had another down week after coming off the international break. They travelled to the elevation of Salt Lake City, where they consistently struggle, and they did not look good against Real Salt Lake. Sheena and I worked through the moments of the game, the lineup choices and changes, the goals (and that freakin’ golazo from Gozo) and what Wicky may need to do as guys get healthy or continue to join the team.

We also talked about Capita Capemba officially arriving, Zorhan Bassong’s extension and the sudden departure of Mike Burns as Sporting Director. We reflect on his brief time with the team and if it can be deemed a success.

The KC Current rescued the KC soccer weekend by looking more like the team we remember from that dominant 2025 season. They got a tiny bit of revenge on NJ/NY Gotham FC after they eliminated them from the playoffs last year. Temwa Chawinga returned and had an instant impact and Croix Bethune moved to a new position and immediately showed her quality.

We also talk about the news from the Keeping Current podcast where KC Soccer Journal Editor, Thad Bell, shared some pretty interesting thoughts about Vlatko Andonovski’s involvement (or lack thereof) in some recent roster moves.

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

• USMNT losing to Portugal
• SKC II fall to North Texas SC
• World Cup updates on Turkiye, Italy and ticket prices

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Sporting KC – 6:02
• KC Current – 40:31
• Digital Crawl – 1:07:38

Upcoming Games

• KC Comets vs. St. Louis Ambush, MON, April 6 @ 7:00PM CT
• KC Comets @ St. Louis Ambush, WED, April 8 @ 7:05PM
• KC Current vs Corinthians SC, THUR, April 9 @ 8:00PM (Teal Rising Cup – ION)
• SKC II @ North Texas, FRI, April 10 @ 7:30PM
• USWNT vs. Japan, SAT, April 11 @ 4:30PM
• USA U-20s vs. Brazil U-20s, SAT, April 11 @ 6:30PM (CPKC Stadium)
• Sporting KC vs. San Jose Earthquakes, SAT, April 11 @ 7:30PM 
• KC Current in the 3rd place or 1st place Teal Rising Game (depending on results Thursday)
  • 3rd place, SUN, April 12 @ 5:00PM
  • 1st place, SUN, April 12 @ 8:00PM

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Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

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