A reality check for Sporting KC

Just in case you started having positive feelings about this season for a brief moment, the soccer gods made sure to give Sporting KC a dose of reality during the 4-0 loss to St. Louis City SC. This week on Shades of Blue, we talk tactics, complain about referees, and hear what Peter Vermes thought after the match.

After showing signs of life, we were hoping for four points out of the two matches last week. In hindsight, that was quite optimistic. But things were on track after an impressive 1-1 draw in the midweek match away at LAFC. Who could blame you for starting to find hope?

Erik Thommy came on for Gadi Kinda at the half, but Robert says he would have been the better choice to start. What else went wrong in St. Louis against the Allcaps? Is SKC really that much worse than our new rivals?

David tests out a new character – David in the Chat.

There has yet to be a widely accepted name for the KC-STL rivalry, but we have a few new suggestions.

Apologies for not getting the show out on Monday. We were traveling back from the ugly side of the state on Sunday and couldn’t record. Just a heads up, next week might be different as well with the holiday weekend.

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