Mo Salah, Sporting KC Updates and the World Cup

For the Glory KC is back with the 186th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City had a massive week, and they haven’t even started playing soccer (officially) yet. They’ll play St. Louis City on Thursday, but before then the headlines are all around Egyptian and former Liverpool star, Mo Salah, potentially coming to Sporting KC. Sheena and I give our thoughts.

But that wasn’t the only rumor of the week. Another “$18-20 million” signing was rumored for Brazilian winger Andre Luiz. That’s the second player with a fee around $20m tied to Kansas City and the third very expensive move that has been rumored.

We talk about the possibility of one of those moves happening, how much Sporting KC have already spent and how long they have to get things done this summer. The team also played a scrimmage against Atlanta United that was live streamed and a few other updates, like the visa status of Emir Karic and Moises Mosquera.

In KC Current news, it was one step forward and two steps back. They team faltered badly on the road again. This time against the Orlando Pride. They were short-handed with Michelle Cooper likely being out a few weeks and Temwa Chawinga suffering from an illness that limited her effectiveness. But hey, at least Vanessa DiBernardo is back!

Also, if you missed it, Michelle Cooper was fined by the NWSL for wearing New Balance cleats. It’s a must-read story from the Athletic (gift link below).

And the World Cup is over in Kansas City and a week away from crowning a world champion. Four games to go, but let’s discuss how we got there. Mostly it was a focus on Argentina and Switzerland (and that Breel Embolo red card), as well as Norway versus England. Sheena also promised you an article about how Norway develops their youth athletes to set them up to be professionals.

And here is Sheena embarrassing herself with her USMNT roster knowledge. Sargento? Ricardo Peepee?? Baltano? Chris Williams? Chris Robinson? (How do you think Sheena would do with Sporting KC players?)

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

• The KS Astras are moving to Missouri
• SKC II get dominated

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Intro – 0:00
• Sporting KC – 9:55
• KC Current – 56:24
• Kansas City and the World Cup – 1:08:32
• Digital Crawl – 1:40:43

Upcoming Games

• France vs. Spain, TUES, July 14th at 2:00PM CST
• England vs. Argentina, WED, July 15th at 2:00PM
• Sporting KC @ St. Louis City, THUR, July 16th at 7:30PM
• KC Current vs. San Diego Wave, FRI, July 17th at 7:00PM (back home finally!)
• WC 3rd place, SAT, July 18th at 4:00PM
• World Cup Final, SUN, July 19th at 2:00PM
• SKC II vs. MNUFC2, SUN, July 19th at 7:00PM (back home!)

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