Jansen Miller Leans Further into his Villain Era

For the Glory KC is back with the 135th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City came back down to earth this week with a tough loss against Los Angeles Football Club on the road. Things looked bright early when Dejan Joveljic scored his 10th goal of the season off a Manu Garcia assist. But the lead didn’t even last until halftime.

Calamitous set piece defending led to a 1-1 halftime score and the capper on a bad game for Memo Rodriguez led to the game winning penalty kick for Denis Bouanga.

Speaking of Bouanga, despite him having a goal and an assist, Jansen Miller seemed to be in his head. Maybe Bouanga gets the last laugh, but all the victimizing Denis did came at the expense of others, not Miller. Jansen more than held his own against one of the elite players in Major League Soccer. It’s wild to say Miller (and frankly Pulskamp again) had good games when three goals went in. But they really did. And the joy Miller clearly gets from hounding attackers was all over his face.

Miller said when Bouanga was yelling at him he didn't know what he was saying because he was speaking French and Miller doesn't speak French 😀 #SportingKC #LAFCvSKC

— Chad Smith (@chadcsmith.bsky.social) 2025-06-09T03:26:46.572Z

Sheena and I also discussed lots of other topics including: the return of Jake Davis from injury, the return of Stephen Afrifa from the bench, Khiry Shelton’s ever-changing hair color, a bloody Shapi Suleymanov, who the heck was the captain after Daniel Salloi subbed off and many other topics from the SKC/LAFC game.

Before we got to the winning KC team, we also had to talk about the big news that Benny Feilhaber has landed a job with the Oakland Roots of the USL Championship. It’s a short-term deal. Is it so he can make sure he’s available for the Sporting KC job?

The KC Current went out and crushed it again, this time winning on the road against the newly crowned CONCACAF W Champions, NJ/NY Gotham. Michelle Cooper and Temwa Chawinga scored early, but it was the VAR that may have come to their rescue late. The officials seemed to get most things right when overturning Gotham goals, but that Esther goal is a little dicey to change.

We also discussed a really good interview Forbes did with Chris and Angie Long along with the new 2,000 seat stadium the KC Current are building at their Riverside complex.

Here is a rendering of their second stadium from the KC Current #KCBaby

— Chad Smith (@chadcsmith.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T21:14:25.321Z

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

• More SKC II woes
• USWNT/USMNT results
• The Chicago Fire privately funding a new stadium

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

• Sporting KC come back to Earth in LA – 7:28
• Benny gets a job and more in the SKC roundup – 41:25
• KC Current get a big road win (again) – 49:25
• Another KC women’s soccer stadium and more in the Current roundup – 55:39
• Digital Crawl – 1:09:46

Upcoming Games

• USMNT vs. Switzerland – Tuesday, June 10th at 7:00PM CDT
• KC Current vs Racing Louisville, Saturday, June 14th at 6:30PM
• Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas, Saturday, June 14th at 7:30PM
• SKC II have 3 weeks off

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— For the Glory KC Podcast (@fortheglorykc.bsky.social) 2025-06-07T12:30:29.699Z

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