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A Loss, a Win, a Draw and an Exclusive Sporting KC Town Hall

It was a busy soccer week/weekend in Kansas City for Sporting KC and the KC Current. Plus, a tiny sneak peek at the KC Cauldron town hall.

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For the Glory KC is back with the 99th episode of the show! (Our 100th episode is next week, should we do something special?)

Sporting Kansas City and the KC Cauldron put on a cool event this past week. Manager Peter Vermes (he joked several times, he’s not the Sporting Director anymore) and CEO and President Jake Reid did a town hall with KC Cauldron members. I share just a couple of the many, many stories that he shared and questions that he answered. I would call it a ‘must attend’ event and if you are a member of the Cauldron, you should definitely go next year. And if you aren’t a member, you should probably consider joining. I really enjoyed meeting people and all the information we got from the event was great and you aren’t going to hear most of it elsewhere.

We also got into a conversation about how Major League Soccer may change their transfer window dates. It seems like a real thing that may happen by 2025. Check out the reporting on it by Tom Bogert.

Sheena and I also had to discuss the 1-1 draw between Sporting KC and the New York Red Bulls. It really felt like SKC were going to steal all three points after a very up and down first half. We get into the goals, the thin lineup and the bad refereeing

Speaking of bad officiating, we have to discuss that ridiculous second yellow/red card to Jake Davis.

We also had to talk about the blown PK call where Shelton was cleaned out in the box, but the ref swallowed his whistle. It feels like the game could have been very different if not for some very inconsistent officiating.

The KC Current played at the same time as Sporting KC and got back to their winning ways. They won a tight 1-0 game where the Utah Royals had a handful of really good chances, though the Current were clearly the better side. The game marked the return of Bia, another start for Almuth Schult and a different tactical look from Vlatko and company.

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

  • Kayden Pierre is officially sold to Genk
  • Stephen Afrifa gets a cap for Canada
  • Debinha re-signs with the Current through 2026 with a 2027 option
  • And the legend Alex Morgan retires

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

  • Our USMNT experience in Kansas City – 2:15
  • Vermes/Jake Reid Town Hall – 11:24
  • Sporting KC tie the Red Bulls – 28:49
  • KC Current break their losing streak! – 51:41
  • Digital Crawl – 1:00:00

Upcoming Schedule:

  • USWNT U-20s vs. Mexico (U-20 World Cup) – Wed. Sept 11th @ 8:00PM
    • If they win, they’ll play again on Sunday against the Germany/Argentina winner
  • KC Current @ Orlando Pride – Friday, Sept. 13th @ 7:00PM
  • Sporting KC @ Seattle Sounders – Sunday, Sept. 15th @ 6:15PM
  • SKC II @ Rapids 2 – Sunday, Sept. 15th @ 7:00PM

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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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I've been covering Kansas City soccer since 2014, including Sporting Kansas City, the KC Current, SKC II and more. I'm based out of Kansas City, MO, but got my start covering SKC while writing from Phoenix, AZ.

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