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For the Glory KC is back with the 150th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City didn't play, so they can't break our hearts this week. In fact, it's pretty optimistic with Wednesday's press conference with new President of Soccer Operations, David Lee. He introduced himself to the fanbase and media and made a strong first impression. For a deeper dive on that press conference, we've got that in article form, but we'll take you through the big notes.Even though Sporting KC have a CSO hired, it won't stop Sheena and I from thinking we know best and deciding the fate of the 17 players who are out of contract, on options years or have loans that include a purchase option. If you prefer nearly 6,000 written words instead of listening to us talk, I joined six other KCSJ colleagues in the written word earlier this week. Sheena did call this "some of her best work," so you should probably listen. It was fun!As a bonus, even though there are only eight guys on guaranteed contracts, Sheena and I discuss who of those we'd actually like to keep too, with Daniel Salloi and Shapi Suleymanov getting the most attention.In the Sporting KC round-up we spread that good word that SKC cannot win the Wooden Spoon, Mike Burns is sticking around and vent a little about that silly SKC/Minnesota United game we never talked about.The KC Current just keep winning. A record-breaking number of wins in fact! And points. And shutouts. They've vanquished a quality Gotham FC squad and Angel City FC since we last spoke, so we catch up on all things Kansas City Current.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:AI writing on MLSsoccer.comPhiladelphia Union win the ShieldUSMNT U-20 World Cup updateFull USMNT squad looking betterKei Kamara retires from international soccerHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Insights on SKC CSO David Lee - 6:45We Pretend we're CSO for a Day - 32:08Would you cut any of the eight guaranteed players - 1:38:34MLS Wooden Spoon Update - 1:44:32KC Current win two more times - 1:49:15Digital Crawl - Upcoming GamesUSMNT vs. Australia, Tues. Oct 14th at 8:00PM CDTKC Current @ Houston Dash, Sat. Oct 18th at 6:30PMSporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo, Sat. Oct 18th at 8:00PM (Decision Day)As a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

James, Sam, and Doomz recap the 3-0 win against SKC.

For the Glory KC is back with the 149th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City did what we've been asking for and hired a new President of Soccer Operations. David Lee is in charge of all things soccer over at Sporting KC, and he'll report directly to ownership. That's actually the first (serious) subject on the pod. CSO? PoSO? General Manager? Sporting Director? Technical Director? To quote the former King of the Seven Kingdoms, Robert Baratheon, "titles, titles, titles."On today's, not quite an emergency podcast, we learn about David Lee's professional past, his time with NYCFC and his track record of success.He also comes out of the City Football Group (CFG) empire, so we tell you what the heck that means and what impact that likely had on the resources he had at his disposal and how it could both be benefiting him and limiting him at other times.Sheena and I also weigh in on Lee's history of youth development and a knack for signing young talent. A lot of that is CFG related, but it also could be the direction he decides to take with Sporting KC. There is so much to talk about with Lee, you should probably just download the episode already!As a tease, here are some of the quotes from the media we'll cite around the excitement of the David Lee hire:David Gass: "This is probably better than what I would have guessed is a best-case scenario for SKC.”Tom Bogert: "David Lee joining Sporting KC from NYCFC as CSO is a big move. Impressive by SKC to court and land Lee, as it's rare for a CSO to leave for another CSO role. Lee one of league's respected sporting executives. Gets to rebuild SKC around Dejan Joveljic, Manu Garcia and more."Joe Lowery: "SKC fans should be pleased with the David Lee hire. While it's hard to know how much of NYCFC's success during Lee's time there stemmed from his roster-building vs. CFG's resources, he's got real experience in a recruiting machine."Taylor Twellman: "Smart. Clever. Great Hire from Sporting KC. David Lee is someone who can really get SKC over the hump and his experience with NYCFC in MLS will be invaluable in turning around the franchise in Kansas."Andrew Weibe: "This is truly a great get for Kansas City. Lee has repeatedly hit at every roster designation with his signings (not all HRs, of course, before you get in the mentions). Pascal Jansen has been an A+ managerial hire. NYCFC has been consistently good to excellent under his watch."In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:MLS Offseason scheduleSKC International call-upsA new job for Peter Vermes?World Cup Ticket Pricesand more!Here is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC hire a CSO - 2:50Digital Crawl - 59:59Upcoming GamesSporting KC @ Minnesota United, Sat. Oct 4th at 7:30PM CDTSKC II @ MNUFC2, Sun. Oct 5th at 3:00PMUSMNT U-20s vs. South Africa, Sun. Oct 5th at 3:00PMKC Current @ Angel City FC, Mon. Oct 6th at 9:30PMKC Current vs. Gotham FC, Sat. Oct 11th at 4:00PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!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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For the Glory KC is back with the 148th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City put up one of the worst performances in recent memory when they went on the road and lost 4-1 to the LA Galaxy. The dead-last-in-all-of-MLS Galaxy. They gave up a hattrick in the first half to Designated Player, Joseph Paintsil, and he frankly could have scored four or five goals on the night. It's a worrying trend with how they start games and how they end the first half of games.Despite it being bad, and it was very bad, it wasn't all bad. Dejan Joveljic scored again, this time against his former team leaving him 4th in the Golden Boot standings. There were positive moments for new starters Memo Rodriguez and Stephen Afrifa (and bad ones but let us have this). Robert Voloder came off the bench and made his case to still be on this roster.Sheena and I also discuss all the follies and how much of the blame should be heaped onto John Pulskamp (spoiler: not much in my eyes). And we have to discuss that Shapi Suleymanov red card.Unfortunately, we also have to update the "race to the bottom" by Sporting KC. They are dangerously closer to 'winning' the Wooden Spoon for the first time in club history. The only hope may be that other teams also play bad, which D.C. United and St. Louis City did their part this weekend.In the SKC Round-up we also cover how much General Allocation Money the new Chief Soccer Officer (CSO) is going to have to work with and some good and bad moments from the final SKC II home game.The KC Current lifted us up a bit on Friday though, with their dominant 4-1 win with a heavily rotated lineup. There were brilliant moments, debuts, firsts and more. And we have to talk about how Temwa Chawinga was placed ridiculously low on the Ballon d'Or voting.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:Chicago Fire's new Stadium being approvedA further expanded World Cup in 2030Desi Scott set to retire (again)Here is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC get embarrassed against the Galaxy - 9:39SKC Wooden Spoon Update - 40:23KC Current reverses the SKC score for another win - 50:46Digital Crawl - 1:09:59Upcoming GamesUSMNT U-20s vs. New Caledonia, Mon. Sept. 29th at 6:00PM CDTUSMNT U-20s vs. France, Thur., Oct 2nd at 3:00PMSporting KC @ Minnesota United, Sat. Oct 4th at 7:30PM SKC II @ MNUFC2, Sun. Oct 5th at 3:00PMUSMNT U-20s vs. South Africa, Sun. Oct 5th at 3:00PMKC Current @ Angel City FC, Mon. Oct 6th at 9:30PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

Joshua and Nathan talk about the Whitecaps win against SKC, draw against Portland, preview Seattle and Vancouver FC in the Can Champ final, CPL expanding to Quebec, Pacific being up for sale, Rise losing to Ottawa and more!TIMESTAMPS:0:56- Whitecaps beat SKC 2-1 and draw Portland 1-119:81- Seattle and Vancouver FC in CanChamp final next, CCL draw set for December 929:37- Rise lose 3-0 at home to Ottawa Rapid, Halifax Tides away next to close out the season32:59- CPL expands to Quebec with FC Supra du Québec, CPL games to be on linear TV next year says James Johnson37:50- Pacific FC up for sale. Could they leave Langford?41:54- Tottenham draw Brighton, beat Doncaster, US consortium to buy the club?49:39- Chelsea's rough week55:25- Spain threatening to pull out of World Cup if Israel qualifies, President Trump warns World Cup games could be moved out of US cities that are deemed dangerous58:09- World Cup mascots unveiledDo you or anyone you know own a small business? We'd love to have them sponsor the show! Contact us: Terminalcityfcpodcast@gmail.com.   Twitter:@JoshuaRey00@Ndurec@TerminalCityFCBlueSky: @joshuarey.bsky.social  @ndurec.bsky.social  @terminalcityfc.bsky.social Instagram:@TerminalCityFCPodcastYoutube:TerminalCityFC  

David is unavailable this Thursday for a live recording but fear not! He got in the lab with Tommy Scoops to cook up something special for you all. Your hosts put on a draft of the 8 teams already eliminated from playoff contention to see who's future they trust the most. Then they dive into the history books with your recommendations of the greatest duos in MLS history with the like of Obafemi Martins, Sebastian Giovinco, Robbie Kean etc that Son-Bounga are chasing.3:20 Wessam Abou-Ali's Season Ending Injury & Impact On CLB10:25 DC United Fire Entire Scouting Department14:05 Mateus Klich's Comments Ripping The Great State Of Ohio & PNW20:45 LA Galaxy's Future Prospects24:38 TFC's Future Prospects30:10 SKC's Future Prospects34:40 ATL's Future Prospects40:50 Rev's Future Prospects46:20 STL's Future Prospects50:48 MTL's Future Prospects54:45 DC United's Future Prospects56:30 Best Duos In MLS History

Sporting KC put in a pretty dire performance in against Vancouver on the weekend, leaving Cody and Drew apoplectic regarding the state of this roster and the direction of the team. We go over the performance in the game and how much it shows about the relative quality and depth of the team, which leads to a much deeper conversation about the upcoming offseason rebuild and who should remain to be rebuilt around. CSO chatter is heating up as it appears SKC may be closing in on a hire. News of finalist candidates is coming out through various media leaving Drew and Cody to try to sift through it all and come up with a consensus on the direction of the club, as well as play CSO themselves on what they'd like to see this person do once in role.Finally, the Current stay dominant and clinch the shield, Son Heung Min decodes MLS, and a preview of a Wooden Spoon 6-pointer in LA.Music by The Spin Wires

David has returned to Tom just in time for Columbus to set their season on fire and the shield race to flip again. They dig into the future of eliminated SKC's in their official season obit. On the back of Bounaga & Son's historic hat trick run they debate the best duos in MLS. There is a US u20 roster to get excited about & questions again surround DC United.7:30 Shield Recap After A Wild Week18:15 What Is Wrong In Columbus28:25 Eastern Conference Final Playoff Spot Battle30:45 Minnesota Injury Concerns34:02 Son-Bounaga & MLS's Top Tier Duos44:02 What Does SKC's Offseason Look Like After Official Elimination47:10 DC United Hiring The Smartest Hardworking Man In Global Football51:30 US u20 Roster Thoughts Heading Into World Cup

For the Glory KC is back with the 147th episode of the show!The KC Current are the headliners this week, and probably should be each week, because they had themselves a marvelous weekend! After the Washington Spirit dropped points to Angel City FC on Thursday night, that opened the door for the Kansas City Current to lift the shield on Saturday night. All they had to do was win.And of course they did! They defeated the Seattle Reign 2-0, lifted the NWSL Shield as the best record in the league, with five games remaining. It's the fastest ever shield win in league history, breaking the previous record set by the 2014 Seattle Reign.But that Reign team ultimately didn't win the NWSL Championship. They lost the final to FC Kansas City, coached by Vlatko Andonovski. Sheena and I work through all the emotions and moments from the night and how the KC Current can't let that happen to them. Across town, things were much worse for Sporting Kansas City. They lost, yet again, this time to the Vancouver Whitecaps. And it was a depleted Whitecaps side who were missing most of their stars. It didn't matter as SKC fell behind just over a minute into the game and never recovered.Then again, they did play some kids and try some different things for next year. So, I supposed we sort of got what we were asking for last week. But losing sucks. And St. Louis City won, so Sporting KC are closer to the Wooden Spoon (for the worst record in MLS) than anything else and now behind their cross-state rivals.On one night, the KC Current proclaim themselves one of the best teams in the world and Sporting KC get eliminated from playoff contention. What a weird night for Kansas City soccer.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:Messi extends contract with Inter Miami and will retire in MLSUS Open Cup and Canadian Championship finals setHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Premier League Morning Live! - 1:11KC Current win the Shield! - 11:35Sporting KC may have quit - 45:10Digital Crawl - 1:11:45Upcoming GamesKC Current vs. Chicago Stars - Fri. Sept 26th at 7:00PM CDTSporting KC @ LA Galaxy - Sat. Sept. 27th at 9:30PMSKC II vs. Ventura County - Sun. Sept 28th at 12:00PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

We open the show talking Chiefs, Soren's chat with Josh Simmons, and then SKC's Kerry Zavagnin joins the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The RSL Show is back! Real Salt Lake will face off against LAFC twice in a span of 3 days. RSL picks up the three points against SKC in a not so convincing win. Every game from here on out is a MUST win. Josh Clark, Alex Napoles, and Carson Lantz break down all this and more in the latest edition of the RSL Show.  Follow the RSL Show on KSL Sports on all social media platforms, @rslshow

Brandt, Tyler, and Brenna, go over the big win for Real Salt Lake over a now somewhat less than heated rival in SKC. We talk about the great play from the new comers, the growth of Gozo, the maturity of Luna, and some things that we are a bit concerned about. See if you share our optimistic concerns.

The Bros break down the essential win vs SKC. Who was man of the match? Which areas were lacking? Is everyone pulling their weight for this last playoff push?They preview the doubleheader vs LAFC and talk about their dangerous attack. How can RSL be ready for them? They let you know!!

Join the fellas at Royal Riot as we discuss the win over SKC, the discourse that happened after the match and of course preview the upcoming matchups with LAFC

Musings Tuesday style after another enjoyable time away. We return to plenty of angst as Stan Weber breaks down the woes of the Chiefs and K-State, with Mizzou the shining light, and KU in the middle ground. The Royals start their last homestand on life support, other baseball, area soccer, and more. Let's go

For the Glory KC is back with the 146th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City really wasted our time this weekend. Sure, the game was close, only losing 2-1 to Real Salt Lake. But any idiot could see this lineup wasn't going to work. A midfield three of Nemanja Radoja, Jacob Bartlett and Jake Davis. Where is the offense coming from? Why is Radoja playing the 8? He has a single position, being a defensive midfielder in a single pivot. A role he's spent almost no time playing in 2025. Which is fine, let Barlett get those minutes. Or even better, let Davis and Zorhan Bassong play in a double pivot (Bassong was suspended for this game).And why is Joaquin Fernandez playing any minutes for this team? He has shown he hasn't done enough to earn a new contract. His deal runs out at the end of 2025 and his exorbitant salary has not been earned. Ian James picked up a concussion, so he wasn't available. But new loanee Alan Montes is. See if he has enough talent to keep around beyond the expiration of his loan this season. They have a purchase option. I have a dream formation he'd fit right into.Worst of all, the game was so conservative, and Kerry Zavagnin didn't go offensive until the team was down 2-0. It felt like a wasted game. We'll get into that, and other thoughts from the RSL game before moving on to other topics like the KC Cauldron "Hot Seat," an injury update for SKC and England possibly coming to KC for the World Cup.Finally, the KC Current couldn't pull off yet another win. They played to a 0-0 draw with the Washington Spirit without the injured Temwa Chawinga. Temwa should be fine according to Vlatko Andonovski.The game was another hot one, featured a red card and the Spirit showed why they are the 2nd place team in the NWSL.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:USMNT bounce back versus JapanSt. Louis City owners battle with their supportersWooden Spoon race updateHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC waste a week of our lives against RSL - 10:04SKC injury news and Cauldron Hot Seat - 34:08No Temwa, no winning for the Current - 43:06Digital Crawl - 57:23Upcoming GamesSKC II @ North Texas SC, Sun. Sept 14th at 7:30PMSKC II vs. Whitecaps 2, Fri, Sept 19th at 6:00PM CDTKC Current vs. Seattle Reign, Sat. Sept 20th at 6:30PM Sporting KC vs. Vancouver, Sat. Sept 20th at 7:30PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

Utah @ WYO, Trips to Laramie, AP Voting, RSL v SKC + more

Trey and Ryan look at the upcoming RSL schedule, which will see four of the next five matches at home, including SKC and LAFC this Saturday (9/13) and Wednesday (9/17).

The Bros are back! They talk all about the USMNT and their performances vs South Korea and Japan. They talk about RSL's playoff chances and they dig into this weekend's game vs SKC at home.

Mizzou fans were the only football contingent with smiles after a revealing weekend. We talk Chiefs, MU, Jayhawks and ‘Cats with Stan Weber. Plenty else for me to dive into as the Royals conclude a tepid homestand but still have hope, as we hear from Vinnie, Current setting records, Alcaraz on top, Rory heroics and more. Lots to dive into!

Sporting Kansas City exorcized some demons against the Colorado Rapids Saturday Night in Children's Mercy Park, sweeping the season series with 4-2 win.  We did see some adjustments to the setup moving Santi Munoz more centrally in more of a 4-3-2-1 as someone on this podcast suggested might be a good idea, and it largely improved Sporting's shape as well as Munoz' ability to impact the match.  That said, it wasn't until the team switched back to the 4-4-2 late that they were able to create the 3 goal scoring barrage that took down the Rapids and had the fans in the stands screaming with joy.There were a number of performances to highlight in this one, both good and bad, because the while we want to celebrate the final scoreline, it was enhanced due to some rather key interventions by John Pulskamp and Ian James, as well as some fortuitous poor shooting in key moments by the Rapids.  We will get into all of that, as well as discuss more in game adjustments by Kerry Zavagnin, as well as the ebbs and flows of watching this team play that can often be exhausting for the emotional centers of our respective brains at times.There were a number of other news stories in and around the Sporting KC/MLS Soccer Sphere this week, including a Leagues Cup final that might be making more news due to the actions after the the game than the ones during it, the KC Current continuing their winning ways, as well as Mauricio Pochettino continuing to anger a certain segment of the USMNT fanbase with his player selections.  Finally we will do a quick preview of Sunday Night Soccer in Kansas City as Austin FC comes to town and SKC tries to string together a pair of positive results in a row.

The Royals are treading water but still breathing. A pulse check with David Lesky from "Inside The Crown". Kansas and Mizzou prep for their showdown Saturday in Columbia with blowouts over hopelessly overmatched opponents. K-State couldn't follow that script but barely escaped against North Dakota, plus other college football, winning local soccer, and more. Jump in!

For the Glory KC is back with the 144th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City broke a nearly two-month winless streak on Saturday night against the Colorado Rapids. The streak went back to their last win, also against the Rapids, on July 4th in Commerce City. And while "winless" is technically right, it was worse than that. Between victories over Colorado, Sporting KC were 0-5-1, with just a single draw against NYCFC.The defense was still flawed, and defense often starts further up the field, so there is blame to go around. Colorado should have scored far more than the two goals they put in, if not for outstanding individual efforts from John Pulskamp, Robert Voloder and Ian James. But it was something else that stood out on Saturday.With Manu Garcia still unavailable due to injury, Kerry Zavagnin finally used Santiago Munoz as a straight up #10. You could call it a second striker, but he was floating all over creating opportunities. He was involved in so many attacking sequences and seemed to unlock Sporting KC's creativity. Not every sequence ended with a shot, but there was so much promise.Another move I've been asking for is not starting all three strikers together. It leaves no impact subs on the bench to play forward. With Mason Toye starting on the bench, it was a combination of him subbing on and Santi unlocking the midfield that led to the game winning goal. Munoz played a perfect ball to Toye to finished with precision to push SKC over the line for their seventh win of the season.Of course, Sheena and I talked about a lot more Sporting KC happenings in this episode, including:Our favorite goal of the night (there were so many good candidates)Pulskamp heroicsThat James save off the line!Daniel Salloi showing man strengthInternational callups and so much moreThe KC Current did what we basically expect them to do at this point. Just keep winning. They've won twice since our last podcast and clinched a playoff spot. They aren't that far away from locking up the NWSL Shield. But ultimately, the season will be defined by what they do in the playoffs. Before we get there though, we talk through the victories over the Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:St. Louis fire their Sporting DirectorBarbra Banda done for the yearThe USWNT game at CPKC StadiumHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC's big comeback victory - 8:22SKC make moves and Intl. Call-ups in the SKC roundup - 54:24KC Current keep winning - 1:01:03Strife between ownership & the NWSL in the Current roundup - 1:18:32Digital Crawl - 1:26:47Upcoming GamesSKC II vs. Real Monarchs, Sat. Sept 6th at 12:00PM CDTUSMNT vs. South Korea, Sat. Sept 6th at 4:00 PMKC Current @ Bay FC, Sat. Sept 6th at 9:00PMSporting KC vs. Austin FC, Sun. Sept. 7th at 6:00PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

We open the show talking Royals and their offensive explosion last night, plus we talk some Rashee Rice, and SKC's Mason Toye joins the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Never was the gap in quality so significantly on display during this recent stretch of games than it was in Seattle Sunday night as Sporting KC made it no wins in 6 straight getting pretty well dominated by the Sounders 5-2.Not only were SKC thoroughly outplayed, they were outplayed by youth players that were more engaged, better prepared, and just playing at a higher speed than SKC's youth could match. It was quite the on the job training for several of them, and many failed to meet the standard.The starting tactic was fairly aggressive, and failed to make a lot of sense given how recent opponents had frustrated Seattle in their last two games. Leading us into a deeper conversation about Kerry Zavagnin's potential as the coach that could lead this team forward through it's fairly significant winter rebuild.The USMNT discourse was set ablaze by both the roster selections of Mauricio Pochettino as well as his commentary afterwards. Neither of us are sure it's as big of a deal as it's being made out to be, but it's certainly entertaining.Finally a quick word on the Current and the shambolic management of NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman, and a quick preview of this week's home match vs. the Colorado Rapids.Music by The Spin Wires

Austin FC no pudo contra CF Montréal. Reaccionamos a los comentarios postpartido del técnico Nico Estévez y del delantero Myrto Uzuni mientras nos hacemos la gran pregunta: ¿quién tiene más culpa por la derrota? Revisamos los goles, incluyendo el de Uzuni asistido por Mikkel Desler y la definición de Owen Wolff, así como los errores que llevaron a los tantos de Montréal, desde pérdidas de balón hasta un penal costoso. El equipo también debate el impacto de los cambios de Duber, Gallagher y Taylor.Hablamos del rendimiento de Uzuni en los últimos tres partidos. Mirando hacia adelante, analizamos lo que viene para Austin FC: San José en casa, visitas complicadas a SKC y Dallas, además del duelo de U.S. Open Cup contra Minnesota.Para cerrar, damos un repaso al gran fin de semana de fútbol mundial, con Chivas vs Xolos en la Liga MX, La Liga, La Premier League, y mucho más!

A mixed bag of ups and downs in a faacinating weekend. Our friend is Jesse Newell, newly of The Athletic, talking Chiefs impressive preseason wrapup. Plus, the Royals have a salvage Sunday and are hanging around, frustrations in 'Cat land while Kansas rolls, Tommy Fleetwood brings celebrations to the Clinkscale household, and more. Come join the ride!

For the Glory KC is back with the 143rd episode of the show!Weather was top of mind in the two Kansas City versus Orlando matches as both games experienced three plus hour delays.Sporting Kansas City initially looked like they were going to keep some of the positive vibes from the San Diego game going when they had a solid first half against Orlando City. Then the second half happened. While the lightning delayed the game, the second half absolutely lacked electricity for Sporting KC.Personally, I think the tactical changes were all wrong and a lot of it went down to the substitution patterns and decisions. Maybe it was because all three center forwards started the game, so there were none to bring off the bench. However, it felt like it all centered around team captain Zorhan Bassong.As soon as Bassong was forced to move to left back for a fatigued Tim Leibold, everything fell apart. Sporting KC interim manager Kerry Zavagnin switched to a very conservative midfield by bringing on Nemanja Radoja and Jacob Bartlett and flipping into the 4-3-3 out of the team's second attempt at a 4-4-2. If the team wanted to push for a win, a back three likely shores up the defensive weaknesses and keeps Bassong and Jake Davis in the midfield together. It may not have worked, and hindsight is 20/20, but the decisions made were a disaster. Or maybe it was just the players inability to execute.If instead it was a back three of Jansen Miller, Alan Montes and Robert Voloder, the team could have gone much more attacking with the wingbacks and not ruined the defensive chemistry of that Bassong/Davis double pivot. Sheena and I weigh in on that, and a lot more from the 3-1 loss to Orlando.In the SKC round-up we have stories on Gianluca Busio, Latif Blessing, SKC II and a lot more.The KC Current had weather issues of their own on Saturday. As many pointed out when the schedule came out, a 3:00PM start time in August for the Orlando Pride match-up was never going to work. The league should have realized it wouldn't work far before they left fans sitting in the stadium for hours with updates every 15-minutes before a larger delay was announced.When the game was finally played, the product on the field suffered and KC broke their eight-game winning streak and earned their first draw of 2025. All while failing to score for the first time ever in CPKC Stadium. It's hard to maintain your homefield advantage when so many fans had left due to the heat.In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:The US Open Cup Semifinals are setKC Comets legend Nacho Flores retiresAnd Premier League Mornings Live is coming to Kansas City!Here is a rundown of topics and start times:Sporting KC Collapse in Orlando - 2:38SKC Round-Up - 33:05Heat Ruins KC Current vs. the Pride - 47:55Digital Crawl - 1:02:48Upcoming GamesKC Current @ Portland Thorns, Sat. Aug. 23rd at 9:00PM CDTSKC II @ St. Louis City 2, Sun. Aug. 24th at 6:00PMSporting KC @ Seattle Sounders, Sun. Aug. 24th at 8:15PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

Sporting KC's winless streak was extended to 5 games after a disappointing 3-1 loss in Orlando on Saturday Night after a substantial weather delay, making it 2 separate Kansas City soccer clubs facing significant delays to their matches vs. teams from Orlando in the same day.Kerry Zavagnin did bring the 4-4-2 back out for this match, although it was a different setup than the prior week and while some things worked, leading to a 1-1 scoreline at halftime, other things very much didn't.  Manu Garcia's re-introduction to the injury list meant the bench was very thin and the choices Zavagnin made were less than optimal as the club appeared to run out of steam and quality as the match wore on and Orlando took advantage.As the team continues to lose ground on potentially eking its way into the playoffs, much of the conversation has shifted to the upcoming winter and the impending roster rebuild, with 17 players either out of contract or on an option year in 2026.  Games like the last several also have us considering who may be seeing their last minutes in Sporting Blue.In Potpourri, we get into the Current vs Orlando game, and the NWSL scheduling debacle that turned into a 4hr delay.  Also news around the league regarding a potential CSO candidate leaving his role in Montreal, as well as a number of players exiting Inter Miami as they find playing time hard to come by with Messi and Friends.  And we had some fun news this weekend with the announcement that Premier League Mornings Live Fan Festival will be coming to Kansas City next month.  Seems like that argument about soccer capitals only truly exists in certain people's minds.  Finally we will take a look at SKC's upcoming trip to Seattle because we have to, but it's unlikely either of us will have a whole lot of optimism about how that match will go.

The heat is on in many ways as the Royals have turned it up, the Chiefs didn't in a lackluster effort in Seattle, both local soccer teams were impacted by the weather, Scheffler's heat is relentless, college football debuts, and more! Jump in and join in!

Todd Leabo fills in for Soren today, and we discuss/listen to some clips from the Docu-series "The Kingdom" that premiered on ESPN last night! Plus, SKC's Jake Davis joins the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sporting KC unfortunately extended their winless streak to 4 games on Saturday night losing to the visiting Western Conference leaders San Diego FC 2-0.  While the result seemed somewhat predictable to the proprietors of this podcast and many of its listeners, the performance that led to it was not.  Sporting KC largely limited San Diego's attack, and created a flurry of chances of their own, and probably deserved more from the final score line than they received.That said, Sporting has been on the fortuitous end of several results this season, so it was only natural for that luck to turn away from them at some point, and San Diego's Designated Players both capitalized on some SKC errors with a level of lethality that SKC were unable to replicate themselves.This did lead to a bit of a dour mood on the H&A discord in the hours following the match regarding how far behind the club is from the top of the league at this point, creating the 2nd discussion in as many days about how realistic it is to have optimism and hope for the future of this team.  We'll dive into what is next for this club and why at least I am a bit bullish on its potential in the future.  Finally we will discuss the Current continuing to find a way to get results, Tim Ford vs. Vancouver, and preview SKC's upcoming trip the home of Mickey Mouse.

Three snaps and out for Patrick Mahomes as the Chiefs have enough positives in a preseason loss to the Cardinals, David Lesky from Inside the Crown talks desperation time for the Royals , golf fan and player heartache, Current and SKC continue their trends, one so good, one not so much, and more. Ride the ups and downs with me!

Sporting KC have addressed a significant area of need on the roster bringing in center back Alan Montes from LigaMX club Necaxa in on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. His profile is quite different from what SKC fans may be used to at the position, and on paper it looks to be a good addition and a divergence from how signings at the position had been identified and prioritized previously, which potentially mean a positive change in that philosophy.We've spent a lot of time recently discussing some of the potential for structural change tactically with the personnel on the current SKC roster, but this week we want to provide an alternate perspective about how maintaining a consistent platform could be for the purposes of player development. With a first year CB and DM, and essentially a first year GK, there is some value with stability, as well as some compromises made in build out to limit opportunities for error that could be hampering the effectiveness of the offense. These are calculated risks Kerry Zavagnin and the team appear to be making for the greater good of having players develop more quickly across the season.Finally, a bunch of transactions are happening all over the league as the secondary transfer window is well and truly open, the KC Current return from their break and don't miss a step, and a preview of a match against a San Diego team that candidly appears to be set up perfectly to exploit some of Sporting KC's larger deficiencies. Music by The Spin Wires

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We open a loaded first hour joined by Todd Leabo, who is in contact with folks in Dallas and keeping us informed of the situation surrounding Rashee Rice. Then, we talk about a McDuffie extension and what the dollar-figure might be, plus SKC's Daniel Salloi joins the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A smiley Sunday at the K as the Royals pause for the All-Star break and Manager Q and hero Loftin weigh in. Plus plenty more from Wimbledon, The Open week and lead-ins, KC Current, SKC, Club World Cup, and more. Join in!

For the Glory KC is back with the 140th episode of the show!Sporting Kansas City returned home to a not very warm welcome from the Seattle Sounders. After getting out to a 3-0 lead in the first half, Sporting KC managed to claw their way back and nearly earn a point but ultimately fell 3-2.Kerry Zavagnin made some halftime adjustments, and his strikers went out and earned penalty kicks and drained their chances in the second half. It just wasn't enough to overcome the large deficit. However, during the second VAR review for a PK, Seattle's Nouhou seemingly lost his mind throwing a ball at a fan.That led to an exchange with the referee that will surely land him in further hot water.Outside of that, we break down many of the game's biggest moments, give our thoughts on the lineup and tactics and gush some more over Jansen Miller. Go watch his Behind the Shield.While the SKC game was going on, the KC Current were handling business in the first ever Teal Rising Cup. Despite rolling out a lineup of almost entirely backup players, KC handed Palmeiras a 3-0 loss to advance to the finals of the tournament. They will play Corinthians, who needed extra time to pull off a 1-0 win over the Chicago Stars.The Current game saw the returns of Lo LaBonta and Alex Pfeiffer from injury, and also, I stumbled around on the field at halftime "leading" Team Storm to a 2-0 victory in the media game over Team Heartland.In the Digital Crawl, we also touch on a few more topics, including:A new women's team in KC - KC AstrasUSMNT Gold Cup lossBenny Feilhaber updateHere is a rundown of topics and start times:Chad's Media Game Glory - 1:16Sporting KC come back down to Earth - 9:57SKC Round-up - 40:25KC Current dominate Palmeiras - 43:34Digital Crawl - 54:43Upcoming GamesKC Current vs. Corinthians - Tuesday, July 15th at 8:00PM CDT (ESPN+)SKC II vs. North Texas - Friday, July 18th at 7:30PMSporting KC vs. NYCFC - Saturday, July 19th at 7:30PMAs a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.

Back in the Den of Inequity for another podcast and this time it's flavored with the salt of Jonathon's tears. A quick look back at the matches in CWC, as well as the two MLS matches the Sounders have played since graciously exiting aforementioned tournament plus WAY too much of Jonathon's laments concerning MLS policies and such, a look ahead, a comment or two about SKC and questions.

Lots of baseball and a bit more on this post-holiday deep dive. David Lesky from "Inside the Crown" joins to talk all this Royals, I'll handle the MLB roundup, check in on a revitilized SKC, share some Wimbledon smiles, and more. Come on along!

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. We hope you all had a good 4th of July. On this Sunday episode of Holding The High Line, we analyze that 4thFest loss to Sporting Kansas City and preview a difficult double game week. First the guys banter about the Gold Cup Final. Was it mission accomplished for the USMNT even with the performance and loss to Mexico? Has this altered expectations for us going into the World Cup next summer? What does this mean for the national team hopefuls on the Rapids? How should Rapids fans feel about RSL star Diego Luna playing well during the tournament? We discuss. Then we recap the loss to SKC? It was a good performance overall but in the context of having three really bad mistakes and not executing in small moments. Be prepared to learn what we thought on Conor Ronan's performance. What was up with Djordje Mihailović and Cole Bassett? Also what was up with 17,576 being a sellout at DSGP, the P-I-D-S chant, and the DIA substitution jingle? We also look big picture at whether this team can or will make the playoffs? Chris Armas continues to take the long view even though he's technically out of contract after this year. The Rapids actually have an easy schedule the rest of the way, even though July is tough. Red talks about what it means. Then we look ahead to LAFC and Vancouver. Colorado has a bad record at BMO Stadium, 0-8 all time, outscored 23-2. Rabbi thinks this might be the chance to catch LAFC while they're down. Club World Cup fatigue, Olivier Giroud exit and all. Oh, and we'll see what happens as this is the first game since the inappropriate language incident between Sergi Palencia and Chido Awaziem. Great. Similarly, Whitecaps are a good team but might be leggy due to players being at the Concacaf Gold Cup. They've also had two really bad losses, including a 3-0 loss to LA Galaxy. Yikes. Can the Rapids get a result against two teams who will have more rest than them? We make predictions. Also Mark would like to formally apologize to Wheat Ridge and Glendale.

A very timely revisit of an enjoyable conversation with Matt Besler, just installed last week as a Sporting Legend. Kansas state champ, All American, MLS superstar, and World Cup stalwart, excellence personified, and now recognized for it by Sporting Kansas City. Enjoy!

Real Salt Lake are back in action on the road at SKC and points are shared. What's the latest from Diego Luna and the USMNT at the CONCACAF Gold Cup? Is the Club World Cup growing on us? And what's the latest happenings in Major League Soccer? Josh Clark, Alex Napoles, and Carson Lantz break down all this and more in the latest edition of the RSL Show.  Follow the RSL Show on KSL Sports on all social media platforms, @rslshow

We open the show talking Bobby Bonilla, The Royals vs Kevin Seitzer's Mariners, QB Rankings, and SKC's Ian James joins the Show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join the boys at Royal Riot as we talk all things RSL vs SKC. We recap the match, talk about Diego Luna with USA and preview the upcoming match against St Louis. Find all of our episodes at ABC4.com

The Royals finish June with all of one home win. We check out their status and go around MLB, SKC has a little something going, a bit of golf, and a very enjoyable farewell conversation with retiring ESPN beat writer Adam Teicher. Join us and join in!

Daniel Sperry, SKC beat writer for the KC Star, joined The Drive to discuss the struggles Sporting KC has had this season.

Soren & Kyle talk Royals and their abysmal play, then SKC's President & CEO Jake Reid joins us to talk World Cup!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SKC's Manu Garcia joins the show, and we play audio from Jeff Goodman, who was not impressed with Bill Self's offseason.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.