A Pretty Good Kansas City Soccer Weekend

For the Glory KC is back with the 178th episode of the show!

Before we get to the podcast, the KC Soccer Journal is having a free event at the Indian Creek Library in Olathe. Tickets are free and you can get them here!

Sporting Kansas City showed signs of life this past weekend. After dropping six straight results and falling to a .500 team historically for the first time in years, they surprised everyone and battled back for a draw against the Seattle Sounders. It’s a sliver of the progress we’ve all been waiting for this season after a string of very bad results.

There was lots to like but also lots to still improve on in the game. One of the biggest changes was Stefan Cleveland at goalkeeper, a job he’ll apparently have for the foreseeable future. Sheena and I weigh in on Cleveland and what was differ and Sheena copes with John Pulskamp heading to the bench.

We also talk through the other moments from the game, including other changes, Dejan Joveljic’s clutch goal, Shapi Suleymanov’s performance and more. We also chime in on the retirements of Kei Kamara and Krisztian Nemeth as well as some good news for former Sporting KC Homegrown, Gianluca Busio.

The KC Current did one better and went ahead and won their game over the North Carolina Courage. It was an uneven performance against a team on short rest but there were a lot of 2026 firsts. It was the first time the KC Current didn’t allow the first goal. And more importantly, it was their first road win of the season.

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

• SKC II results
• Las Vegas trying to steal the Vancouver Whitecaps (#SaveTheCaps)
• MLS Next Pro may be relocating and rebranding teams
• USL and the USLPA may have found labor peace

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Intro & a Free Library KC Soccer Journal event – 0:00
• Sporting KC – 6:45
• KC Current – 45:10
• Digital Crawl – 58:27

Upcoming Games

• SKC II vs. Ventura County, WED, May 6th at 7:00PM CST
• Sporting KC @ Portland Timbers, SAT, May 9th at 9:30PM
• KC Current vs. Chicago Stars, SUN, May 10th at 11:30AM (Mother’s Day)
• SKC II @ Rapids 2, SUN, May 10th at 7:00PM

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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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