The Return of the Casual Perspective to For the Glory KC

For the Glory KC is back with the 108th episode of the show.

Finally, Sheena has returned to the podcast! After two weeks off, the casual perspective returns. Sheena weighs in on Sporting Kansas City’s offseason roster moves, since she missed a chance to do it last week. [If you missed that episode, Juan, Josh and I all gave our thoughts in greater depth].

We also answer listener questions about where we might see the likes of Johnny Russell, Tim Melia, Remi Walter and others. Will it be inside MLS? Elsewhere? Retirement? Plus, Sheena commiserates on Benny Feilhaber leaving Sporting KC II and where he might land.

Since the KC Current season came to an end, it’s time to play Fantasy Sporting Director/General Manager for them as well. While there are some sentimental favorites out of contract, nearly the entire starting lineup is signed for 2025 already.

We also catch up on the NWSL, including our experience at the NWSL Championship game, the various award winners around the league and the three finalists (Denver, Cleveland and Cincinnati) for NWSL Expansion. And Sheena gets reminded the MLS season is still going and we’re down to just four teams vying for the title.

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

• A flimsy Sporting KC rumor
• MLS Next Pro teams potential moving out of market
• Jaylin Lindsay is out in Charlotte
• USMNT and US U-20 results
• Local college soccer in the College Cup (Missouri State, UMKC and SLU)
• And drama in the USL

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

• Sheena weighs in on SKC’s Roster Moves – 3:19
• Fantasy Sporting Director for KC Current – 36:42
• NWSL Update & Expansion – 47:56
• MLS Update – 1:06:26
• Digital Crawl – 1:13:21

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