A ball... in a net... | Thad Bell Kansas City Soccer Journal is your new home for soccer! Today is the first official day of the Kansas City Soccer Journal. We look forward to everyone following us to our new home at KCSoccerJournal.com. Why are we moving? SBNation has stopped supporting almost all of the soccer and hockey sites. It is not our place to tell others how to run their business. Where are we going? We looked high and low and were approached by sites that wanted our name, our brand, our reputation and content. None of them felt right so we continued to search. We even researched bui ..read more

Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images This week’s update on former Kansas City players. The NWSL kicked off their 2023 season this past weekend and there was a familiar name returning to the game. This past week, Gotham FC announced that they had signed former FC Kansas City midfielder, Sinead Farrelly to a contract. Farrelly was available on the bench for Gotham’s 2-1 opening day win over Angel City FC, but did not make an appearance in the game. Farrelly had retired back in 2016 after sitting out the whole 2016 season with an injury. She last played a game in 2015 when she was with the Portland ..read more

Apr 25, 2021; Carson, California, USA; A detailed view of David Beckham statue at Dignity Health Sports Park. | Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Major League Soccer has complicated rules. Join us for an explanation of this and other rules and terminology around the league. Major League Soccer (MLS) has incredibly complicated roster rules. Frankly, too complicated. However, if you want to have any depth of knowledge about MLS or the team you follow, understanding how roster construction works will go a long way towards that. Be sure to check out the MLS 101 hub to see all the stories in the ongoing s ..read more

Mar 25, 2023; Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Sporting Kansas City defender Ben Sweat (2) is sent off during the second half against the Seattle Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park.  | William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Ben Sweat is suspended. Everyone else is on the injury report. Something has to give. Sporting Kansas City’s 2023 MLS season is off to a brutal start. They’ll enter the sixth week of the season without a win (0-3-2) and coming off a terrible 4-1 loss at home to the Seattle Sounders that was aided by a Ben Sweat red card. Because of that red card, and injuries to the other fullbacks ..read more

Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Sweat is out. Panic is in. Who is in your lineup against the Philadelphia Union? The Match Who: Sporting Kansas City (0-3-2, 2 points) at Philadelphia Union (2-3-0, 6 points) Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023 Time: 6:30 p.m. Sporting Time Location: Subaru Park, Chester, Pennsylvania How to Watch: Apple TV MLS live Last Match Sporting Kansas City: 4-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders FC Philadelphia Union: 2-1 loss to Orlando City SC Weather CHESTER WEATHER Table Western Conference Table Rk Squad MP W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 St. Louis 5 5 0 0 15 4 +11 15 2 Seattle ..read more

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports After a beatdown at home, SKC is testing even the diehard fans. The rough start to the season was one thing. But a 4-1 beatdown at home, at the hands of Jordan Morris at the Seattle Sounders, Sporting KC is testing their most diehard fans. On this episode of Shades of Blue, the guys are talking about what changes need to happen. Peter Vermes spoke very openly about his team after the match. We listen to audio and it seems quite clear he is referring to Ben Sweat. Who, on top of a red card, had another very poor performance. Entirely unrelated, we have a new spo ..read more

Sebastian Cruz celebrating a goal in preseason | Thad Bell Match day 1 at Colorado Rapids 2 - How to watch MLS NEXT Pro: Match 1 Date: Sunday, March 26, 2023 Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT Location: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Watch: MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV App Sporting Kansas City II opens their 2023MLS NEXT Pro season with a road match at at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado versus the Colorado Rapids 2. on Sunday. The match kicks off at 8 p.m. CT and can be watched on Apple TV through MLS Season Pass. The second team of Sporting KC has been renewed with a major change through ..read more

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Chad and Sheena have their most unagreeable podcast yet. Plus, they talk the KC Current’s season opening loss and a little USMNT news. For the Glory KC is back with the 22nd episode of the show. On this week’s first episode (we’ll be back Thursday to preview the weekend’s games), Sheena and I get a little contentious talking through what is going wrong with Sporting Kansas City after their 4-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders. We break down the play on the field, quotes from Peter Vermes and Johnny Russell, along with a little insight from this week’s town hall. Sh ..read more

USA Today | KC Current While it went bad in the opener, it’s by no means time to panic. Let’s look at what went wrong in the season opener. The Kansas City Current have entered 2023 with the expectation that they should be a better team than they were in 2022. That’s really saying something considering they were in the Supporters Shield race until the very end of the season and ultimately lost in the NWSL finals. The season didn’t start as many probably expected after a 1-0 loss to the North Carolina Courage, but there is plenty of time to turn things around (stop me if you’ve heard this befor ..read more

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Sporting Kansas City fall to the Seattle Sounders 4 goals to 1 at Children's Mercy Park. On a beautiful spring day and with nice weather for the first time in a while in Kansas City, Sporting Kansas City were looking for their first win of the season against the Seattle Sounders. Most were hopeful that the job could be done with Seattle missing six players to international duty, (Xavier Arreaga, Reed Baker-Whiting, Alex Roldan, Raul Ruidiaz, and Obed Vargas) and missing their second striker Heber with an injury. Sporting came out in the 5th minute with Willy Ag ..read more