Sporting KC Return and the World Cup Ends

For the Glory KC is back with the 187th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City returned to action in Major League Soccer after a seven-week break and it didn’t go great. They were on the road, for some reason playing a rivalry game midweek, against St. Louis City SC. They fell behind 2-0 before tying it up and giving up a penalty late to lose it.

We break down the biggest moments from the game, if there was progress and of course, we have to talk about the questionable officiating. At least games are close enough for the officials to influence for a change?

In other Sporting KC news, David Lee gave a press conference last week where he touched on a wide range of subjects. He didn’t want to speak about any player specifically (Mo Salah, Andre Luiz, Yann Gboho, etc.). But he did talk about how the budget has changed and they are chasing big fees and big salaries. The team is targeting two to four more signings, including one more defender and the rest being focused in the attack. Plus, the team made a couple trades this week that will facilitate a future move.

In KC Current news, their perfect home record evaporated in the 90th minute against the San Diego Wave. I quickly break down the game as Sheena’s best friend was in town and they did not watch. Plus, Debinha signs a new deal, Temwa Chawinga is going to miss a bunch of games and Desiree Scott is bringing an expansion team to Canadian women’s soccer.

And for one last week, “we’re a World Cup podcast.” The semifinals, third place and championship games all went down since we last spoke and we’ve got some thoughts!

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

• Mauricio Pochettino may be returning to the USMNT
• MLS ads are suddenly running during the World Cup
• And MLS is getting a new commissioner
• Plus, SKC II and KC Current II updates

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Intro – 0:00
• Sporting KC – 4:03
• KC Current – 43:30
• World Cup – 52:05
• Digital Crawl – 1:10:41

Upcoming Games

• Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United, WED, July 22nd at 7:30PM CST
• KC Current @ Boston Legacy, SAT, July 25th at 4:00PM
• Sporting KC @ LAFC, SAT, July 25th at 9:30PM

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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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