Sporting Kansas City

[AllThingsKC]

Sporting KC games will now be shown in Wichita & Topeka.

[Ez Street]

Sporting KC games will now be shown in Wichita & Topeka.

I'm very excited about this. This is exactly what the team needs to do to draw regional appeal. Excellent move on their part.

[mgsports]

Will expand to other area's to.

[AllThingsKC]

Apparently, the goal for the season was to win 7 games.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

[Pork Chop]

Apparently, the goal for the season was to win 7 games.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Yeah, I went to Chicago to watch the game. Good amount of sporting fans, but we left after the last goal. Chicago is too much of an amazing city to be concerned how the game went.

[AllThingsKC]

Was there a fair amount of Sporting fans there? You're the 3rd SKC fan I know who went to Chicago to see the game. Maybe Sporting had a good showing.

[Brodees]

Was there a fair amount of Sporting fans there? You're the 3rd SKC fan I know who went to Chicago to see the game. Maybe Sporting had a good showing.

The commentators quoted around 400. They definitely took up a decent section. I was very impressed ... tough loss, though.

[Pork Chop]

Was there a fair amount of Sporting fans there? You're the 3rd SKC fan I know who went to Chicago to see the game. Maybe Sporting had a good showing.

Yeah, what Brodees said above, about 400 or so. It looked like we had as many fans as Section 8, but I am sure that I am off.

[KCMax]

BS red card. Seems like SKC hasn't had the same intensity the last few matches. Reading their own headlines a bit much?

[Pork Chop]

Finally!

[AllThingsKC]

Thank God. I was starting to get a little worried.

[brewcrew1000]

Julio Cesar was at Haus last night, i believe there was another player but i don't remember his name when the bartender mentioned it.

[kboish]

An interesting article on the salaries of Sporting players (it comes after the new of the signing)

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/30/36 ... layer.html

I don't understand how salary structures work in the MLS. It seems bizarre that Sapong can be paid only 65k while there are several off the bench players who are making +200k.

[KCMax]

An interesting article on the salaries of Sporting players (it comes after the new of the signing)

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/30/36 ... layer.html

I don't understand how salary structures work in the MLS. It seems bizarre that Sapong can be paid only 65k while there are several off the bench players who are making +200k.

Maybe because Sapong was more unproven when SKC signed him? Kinda like how in baseball you make the league minimum your first few years even if you're the best player on the team, until you get your big pay day later on.

Went to my first game of the year Sunday and it was a blast. LOUD crowd, great energy, loved the aggressive attacking style and using CJ, Kei and Teal on the front line to start. Amazing header by Kei, and a couple of great stops by Jimmy Nielsen. When they're at the top of their game, this team looks unbeatable.

[KCMax]

TIME: Top 10 Dubious Name Changes: Sporting KC

To keep in vogue, Kansas City's existing Kansas City Wizards, a name that sat well with the denizens of Dorothy's state, renamed the team this year Sporting Kansas City.

So much fail in one sentence.

[kboish]

I thought most people were over that by now...

lame reporting...

[heatherkay]

Sporting is a phrase that precedes soccer teams in Iberia and Latin America, but in the U.S. that may be a step to far — franchises are nouns, not adjectives!

But what about present participles?

[AJoD]

TIME: Top 10 Dubious Name Changes: Sporting KC

To keep in vogue, Kansas City's existing Kansas City Wizards, a name that sat well with the denizens of Dorothy's state, renamed the team this year Sporting Kansas City.

So much fail in one sentence.

From last year...

The Kansas City Wizards to Sporting Kansas City
By Ishaan Tharoor Monday, Mar. 28, 2011

[AllThingsKC]

Not exactly what I had hoped to see in Seattle, but I'll take the one point for a tie.

[KCMax]

Not exactly what I had hoped to see in Seattle, but I'll take the one point for a tie.

Seattle had one of the coolest goals I have ever seen in MLS too.

Surprised Kamara even played after he just got back from a World Cup qualifier halfway across the world.