Sporting Kansas City

[chaglang]

The RSL fan chatter is bouncing between being excessively proud of that shirt and whining about the presale ticket fiasco. They seem like a fun bunch of people.

In fairness, whoever thought that emailing a secret presale code was a good idea is an idiot.

[KCMax]

Commish Don Garber says he wants a 24 team league by 2020. New York FC, Orlando, and Miami would bring MLS to 22. Atlanta seems to have the inside track on a 23rd team. Garber says he'd want to add a 24th team to the Midwest, maybe San Antonio, St. Louis, Austin, or Minneapolis.

Anyone ready to win a championship tomorrow?

[grovester]

US put in group of death along with Portugal, Germany, and Ghana for 2014 World Cup.

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013 ... s/related/

[KCMax]

Sporting KC is a heavy favorite.

NY Times: M.L.S. Cup Final: In Simulation, Sporting K.C. Wins

Predictions? I saw 2-1 SKC win.

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[AllThingsKC]

The MLS Cup is at the exact same time as the SEC Championship Game. Torture me.

[Highlander]

The MLS Cup is at the exact same time as the SEC Championship Game. Torture me.

Well, you can at least watch the Mizzou-UCLA game untormented on the same day. That's actually a pretty critical game for Tiger hoops as fans will get their first look at the team against good competition.

[KCMax]

Not to digress from soccer, but why isn't the SEC Championship at night? Wouldn't it be a good prime time draw for a Saturday night?

[AllThingsKC]

I don't know why it's not a night game, but 3:00pm is the time the SEC has had it. In any event, I'll be attending SKC's game.

[heatherkay]

I'll be interested to see if playing a game when it's 20F with a real feel temp of 10F provides a little more insight to the soccer press as to why MLS doesn't play a winter schedule like the European clubs. It's not just an attempt to avoid competition with the NFL. FWIW, if the match was being played in SLC, it would a little warmer (25F, wind chill 17F), but snowing.

[bobbyhawks]

I'll be interested to see if playing a game when it's 20F with a real feel temp of 10F provides a little more insight to the soccer press as to why MLS doesn't play a winter schedule like the European clubs. It's not just an attempt to avoid competition with the NFL. FWIW, if the match was being played in SLC, it would a little warmer (25F, wind chill 17F), but snowing.

My guess is that this will be one of the last years when the MLS Cup is played at a home stadium. I think the sport has grown beyond only 20k people showing up, even at a neutral site. It would be great if they chose a new non-MLS city each year to play the game in as a showcase. 60-80k is probably still pushing it in a neutral site, but the game will never be much of a spectacle when it is just another home game. It is also not incredibly fair in a single game elimination as the league grows and schedules diverge from a round-robin.

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[shinatoo]

Aren't Ed Jones Dome and Cowboy stadium both set up for soccer?

[shinatoo]

Rose Bowl. Reliant Stadium. Gillette Stadium. CenturyLink Field. Stanford Stadium. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Rentschler Field (40k seats, great venue). All are 40 to 90 thousand seat stadiums that can host soccer on a minimum 75 year wide pitch.

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[phxcat]

A nice thing about living in a city with a large Spanish speaking population is that I am able to watch this game on TV without cable. Why is this not on network TV? (of course, as I type this, RSL scores a goal)

[AllThingsKC]

How do you like those apples, Fake Salt Lake?

[grovester]

Nobody is happier than Zusi.

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[AllThingsKC]

What a game! What a season!