For the Glory KC: 100th Episode Extravaganza

For the Glory KC is back with the 100th episode of the show! Wow… 100!

Since it’s the 100th episode, we did things a little different this week. The first segment takes a more historical look Sporting Kansas City and our relationship to the team. We tell stories about how we got into Sporting KC and our journey to this point. Then we do our all-time Sporting KC starting XI, except we really just did a team from the last decade (as is explained in the pod).

I finally got a chance to ask Remi Walter about his contract and sprung that news on his biggest fan, my co-host Sheena, during the episode to get her live reaction.

We briefly went into the last three Sporting KC games, but instead of breaking down each one, since it’s been over a week since that Seattle Sounders game, we took themes from each game and worked them into the episode. The three big topics were:

1. Who is playing in the double pivot and how it impacted the team
2. The whole penalty kick debacle against Minnesota United that ultimately eliminated SKC from the playoffs this year
3. And the news that Pulido has been hurt for much of 2024, like we speculated

We also had to discuss the sad news of Felipe Hernandez being released.

The KC Current played exclusively on Amazon Prime since we last did an episode so that limited the audience and their time on the episode, though they did clinch the playoffs!

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

• US U-20 Youth National Team winning Bronze in the World Cup
• Three SKC players are free agents per the MLSPA (and why Remi isn’t)
• Sporting KC U Pass Season Ticket deal
• Gianluca Busio’s contract extension
• USMNT hire Mauricio Pochetino
• And the Chicago Fire may be hiring Gregg Berhalter in the “Vermes role”

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

• 100th Episode – 3:14
• Podcast Origin Story – 6:47
• How we Became SKC fans – 11:51
• Sporting KC Team of the Decade – 20:50
• Remi Walter’s Contract – 46:27
• Three SKC Game Speed Round – 54:45
• SKC Penalty Kick Debacle – 1:00:38
• Pulido has been hurt? – 1:15:53
• Felipe Hernandez’s Contract is Terminated – 1:19:47
• KC Current – 1:23:27
• Digital Crawl – 1:29:39

Upcoming Schedule:

• Sporting KC @ LAFC (US Open Cup) – Wed. Sept 25th @ 9:30PM CDT
• KC Current vs. Gotham FC – Sat. Sept 28th @ 12:00PM
• Sporting KC @ St. Louis City – Sat. Sept. 28th @ 7:30PM
• SKC II vs. North Texas – Sun. Sept. 29th @ 3:00PM

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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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