Sporting KC Break a Mile High Streak

For the Glory KC is back with the 139th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City went on the road and picked up their first win in the Rocky Mountain State since March of 2014. The Colorado Rapids were caught napping early and despite obscenely high expected goals (xG), couldn’t find a way back into the match, losing 2-1.

The game had its ups and downs, but even with a few down moments, John Pulskamp shined on the night with numerous saves and the game winning assist. Just one more assist this season will tie the single season record for a goalkeeper in MLS.

Outside of that, Sheena and I take a closer look at the Kerry Zavagnin era. Counting points only since he took over, the team would be fifth in the Western Conference and even counting the prior Peter Vermes games the team was in 10th at the time of recording. Is it time to lock KZ up as the permanent coach?

We also broke down the standout moments of the game, talked about the new Logan Ndenbe injury, Jacob Bartlett’s pending suspension and a whole lot more.

In the Sporting KC round-up, we catch up on stories for Jack Kortkamp, Daniel Salloi, SKC II and the immense amount of salary budget that’s about to open up at the end of the season.

Not to be left out, the KC Current had quite a few things going on this week, including a large list of free agents they need to make decisions on. We also discussed Kansas City vying for a WNBA team, the USWNT’s victory over Canada, the Claire Hutton goal and the upcoming media game this weekend.

Also, if you want discounted tickets to the Teal Rising Cup games and to support #TeamStorm, click here.

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

• USMNT Gold Cup success
• The passing of Diogo Jota

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Sporting KC Break Their Losing Streak in Colorado – 6:30
• SKC Round-up – 46:59
• KC Current Free Agent Decisions – 56:36
• Digital Crawl – 1:09:34

Upcoming Games

• USMNT vs. Mexico (Gold Cup Final) Sunday, July 6th at 6:00PM CDT
• Sporting KC vs. Seattle Sounders – Saturday, July 12th at 7:30PM
• KC Current vs. Palmeiras – Saturday, July 12th at 8:00PM
• SKC II at The Town – Sunday, July 13th at 7:00PM

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