For the Glory KC Returns from Canada

For the Glory KC is back with the 93rd episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City played a lot of games since we last recorded a podcast. Five to be exact. And we just took off one week for our Canadian vacation! Sheena and I discuss our trip to the great white north, Banff, Vancouver, Albert, British Columbia and more.

Then we get down to the soccer, starting with that 1-1 draw against rivals St. Louis City SC. To lead off the game, we had to discuss Thor getting away with a challenge that should have seen him sent off for a second yellow at the very least.

Could be a straight red, is definitely at least a second yellow. Thor goes on to score St. Louis' only goal… #SportingKC pic.twitter.com/Z69viuOLuP

— Chad Smith (@PlayFor90) July 21, 2024

Beyond the STL/SKC game, Sheena and I debated the future of Remi Walter with Sporting KC. His contract is up after the season, and he’ll turn 30 early next year. With the emergence of Jake Davis in his natural midfield role, Memo Rodriguez being a stable backup, the impending signing of a TAM level midfielder and his $900,000 salary, does Remi still have a place on Sporting KC?

In addition to the St. Louis game, we talk about our experience seeing the Vancouver Whitecaps game in person. Plus, we breeze through the two FC Dallas games and the San Jose Earthquakes game, which were all victories, from while the podcast was on its break. Are we the reason for the losing?

Then we had to talk about those sweet, sweet retro kits and accessories!

The Archive Collection, along with additional retro gear will be available tonight at @cmpark 🤩🛍️#SKCvSTL | #SportingKC pic.twitter.com/nhjA6SkUT7

— SportingStyle (@SportingStyle) July 20, 2024

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

• USMNT fire Gregg Berhalter
• KC Current sign and loan out a player
• SKC II results
• A new youngest player in MLS history debuts
• Lots of United States youth National Team competition updates

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

• We went to Canada – 2:16
• SKC draw St. Louis – 10:45
• Remi’s KC future – 22:54
• SKC lose to Vancouver in front of us – 46:11
• A bunch of other SKC games – 54:41
• Injury depletion and random midfield thoughts – 1:03:06
• Retro Kits – 1:13:17
• Digital Crawl – 1:22:55

Upcoming Schedule:

• SKC II vs. St. Louis City II – Sunday, July 21st at 6:00 PM CDT
• USMNT U-20s vs. Cuba – Monday, July 22nd at 9:00 PM
• USMNT U-23s vs. France – Wednesday, July 24th at 2:00 PM
• USWNT vs. Zambia – Thursday, July 25th at 2:00 PM
• USMNT U-20s vs. Costa Rica, Thursday, July 25th at 9:00 PM
• USMNT U-23s vs. New Zealand – Saturday, July 27th at 12:00 PM
• KC Current vs. Pachuca – Saturday, July 27th at 7:00 PM (Summer Cup)
• Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire – Sunday, July 28th at 8:00 PM (Leagues Cup)

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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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