For the Glory KC After Dark III

For the Glory KC is back with the 129th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City played a wild, eight goal thriller over the weekend against the San Jose Earthquakes. We celebrated the double KC win too hard and had to push podcast recording until Monday and it got weird. Welcome to For the Glory KC After Dark III.

When we stayed on topic, we moved through all the delightful, exciting goals from Daniel Salloi, Manu Garcia, Logan Ndenbe and Erik Thommy. Plus, so many assists, including a goalkeeper assist by John Pulskamp (and a fun story from Salloi about it).

Can confirm. Sorry D, we can celebrate now 🤣 https://t.co/pLJpXEhPQu

— John Pulskamp (@john_pulskamp) April 20, 2025

But we definitely got off topic talking Sporting KC trialist Dru Yearwood, which led into Dru Hill, the “Thong Song” and Dejan Joveljic’s inappropriate gesture.

Who among us haven't needed to make an 'adjustment' live on national television? 😅

— Chad Smith (@PlayFor90) April 16, 2025

We also have to discuss the officiating that could have marred the results by Joe Dickerson. He was inconsistent and missed a foul that could have really injured Ndenbe. Chicho Arango’s nonsense went basically unpunished, but at least Jansen Miller continued his “villain” role.

Harkes crushes Ndenbe. Not even a foul given. This is AT LEAST a yellow card. #SportingKC #SJvSKC pic.twitter.com/Ga9vWeMj3T

— KC Soccer Journal (@KCSoccerJournal) April 20, 2025

The KC Current broke the record for the most wins in a row in NWSL history. It was so dominant it was almost a little boring (though we’ll take boring!) with the thorough victory over the Houston Dash. The team was depleted and still looked pretty unstoppable. And the KC Current II are back and participating in TST.

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

• US Open Cupset Update
• Cam Duke on the move
• CeCe Kizer too

Here is a rundown of topics (and approximate start times):

• Sporting KC win a Wild 8-goal Thriller – 3:18
• SKC Round-up – 37:33
• KC Current break the Wins Record – 51:41
• Digital Crawl – 1:05:20

Upcoming Games

• SKC II vs. Tacoma Defiance, Wed. April 23rd at 6:00PM CDT
• Sporting KC @ FC Cincinnati, Sat. April 26th at 1:30PM
• KC Current @ North Carolina Courage, Sat. April 26th at 6:00PM

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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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