*** Official 2020 Sporting KC Thread ***
 

Let's do this...

DATE
OPPONENT
TIME CT (TV)
THEME/PROMO
Saturday, Feb. 29
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
9:30

Saturday, March 7
HOUSTON DYNAMO
7:30
Opening Night
Saturday, March 14
at Atlanta United FC
6:00

Saturday, March 21
at San Jose Earthquakes
9:00

Saturday, March 28
REAL SALT LAKE
7:30

Saturday, April 4
at LA Galaxy
9:30

Saturday, April 11
at Nashville SC
7:00

Saturday, April 18
COLORADO RAPIDS
7:30
Sporting Sustainability; Royals Night
Saturday, April 25
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
7:30

Saturday, May 2
at LAFC
9:30

Saturday, May 9
TORONTO FC
3:00

Saturday, May 16
at Philadelphia Union
6:30

Saturday, May 23
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
7:30
Soccer For All
Saturday, May 30
at FC Dallas
7:30

Saturday, June 6
ORLANDO CITY SC
7:30

Saturday, June 13
at Portland Timbers
4:00 (ESPN)

Wednesday, June 17
LA GALAXY
7:30

Saturday, June 20
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
8:00
Sporting Legends; Media Match
Sunday, June 28
PORTLAND TIMBERS
5:30 (FS1)

Wednesday, July 1
at Real Salt Lake
9:00

Sunday, July 5
LAFC
5:30
Americana & Fourth of July
Saturday, July 11
FC CINCINNATI
7:30

Saturday, July 18
at Minnesota United FC
7:00

Saturday, July 25
FC DALLAS
7:30

Saturday, Aug. 1
at Montreal Impact
6:00

Saturday, Aug. 8
at Seattle Sounders FC
2:30 (ABC)

Saturday, Aug. 15
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
7:30
Retro (Founding Club) Night
Saturday, Aug. 22
at New England Revolution
6:30

Saturday, Aug. 29
COLUMBUS CREW SC
7:30
Sporting Salutes
Saturday, Sept. 5
at Chicago Fire FC
2:30 (Univision)

Saturday, Sept. 12
at Colorado Rapids
8:00

Saturday, Sept. 19
NASHVILLE SC
7:30
Kick Childhood Cancer Night
Sunday, Sept. 27
at Houston Dynamo
6:30

Sunday, Oct. 4
NEW YORK CITY FC
3:30

So far so good...

Kick ball

MLS is back!!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to <a href="https://twitter.com/SoccerInsider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SoccerInsider</a>, all 26 teams will play in a tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports. No spectators.<br><br>Players will stay in a &quot;closed environment&quot; at a Disney resort, according to the report. League is expected to announce more details soon.<a href="https://t.co/IsoArC6r6g">https://t.co/IsoArC6r6g</a> <a href="https://t.co/DRrmLHs1bI">pic.twitter.com/DRrmLHs1bI</a></p>&mdash; Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottGustin/status/1268200137295368192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, look! A sport based on my long walks through the ****ing desert.

MLS is back tournament. Do you like?


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s good to be back. ⚽<br><br>Our 2020 season kicks off again with all 26 clubs in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLSisBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLSisBack</a> Tournament, starting July 8 from <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNWWOS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNWWOS</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/WaltDisneyWorld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WaltDisneyWorld</a>.</p>&mdash; Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1270699960279990272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

How long before the mods have to archive this thread for having too many posts and slowing CP to a crawl?

:facepalm:


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Six players with FC Dallas have tested positive for COVID-19 and the entire team has been quarantined ahead of the MLS Is Back tournament in Florida.<br><br>by <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnieMPeterson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@anniempeterson</a> <br> <a href="https://t.co/mdh4KH2PJm">https://t.co/mdh4KH2PJm</a></p>&mdash; AP Sports (@AP_Sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/status/1278428350592233472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Soccer is gay

You'd know. Pussy.

How many times is deberg gonna bump this POS

You could unsubscribe. So there's that.

How come no one’s complaining about the ‘woke’ MLS?

BLm shirts everywhere. Kneeling before every match.

Because most fans embrace and agree with everything the players are doing in contrast to other sports.

COVID sucks because SKC looked so damn good coming out of the gate and then a shut down happens. They were really firing on all cylinders especially with the new acquisitions. Now its hard to know what to take away from any of this I have written off anything meaningful happening for 2020 in MLS but hopeful for next year.

Firing up your excuse oven?

Not firing up my excuse oven just being honest that there won't be any dinner for anyone to make.

That's cool.

Bump.

Sporting getting ready to play on ESPN

Not long from sealing the victory.

Ummmm. sporting backup goalie sucks

Clearly. And I made that post way too early.

:facepalm: He’s horrible

I’ve seen better goaltending at the high school level

**** no!!

Really quieted the crowd.

Bitch ass goalie.

Which one? Our team is full of backup keepers. Not sure what the **** Melia was doing on that play.

Vermes getting hammered for not making more subs

Sanchez or whatever his name is.

Tried to watch on DVR, but then I saw racist shirts, so I deleted the recording.

Just watched it. What an abomination by both the starting keeper and the backup. Melia was a disaster on the set piece that had the goal disallowed by VAR and the red card was David Luiz level terrible.

Game 2 getting ready to start.

Let’s see if the keeper can not get a red card this time.

I bet we can get this thread to 50 posts by 2021 if we believe we will win.

I thought that was a red live


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Wild angle on that goal.. nice..

Letter over spirit. Don’t like this call


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Wow he must have said something nasty


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I really want to know what he said. Amazing reaction by the ref

Good lord that’s terrible

Offsides or not that’s terrible

What a joke. Wow!

Horrible effort on offense before that. Multiple one on one attempts with lazy effort and zero goals. This is basically Reid blowing the titans game bad.

Whew


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That goal with a 2-1 lead and playing 9 v 11 is an absolute joke. So ready for this long Zusi at RB experiment to be over. He delivers a nice ball but is out of position way too much and gives up way too many goals. The fact that he’s a perennial all star just shows how weak the fullback talent is in this league.

So fortunate to escape with 3 points. Lethargic, flat footed and utterly dominated early in the game. Gifted the game via cards and still nearly found a way to give it away with the sloppiest piece of play I have seen in a long time.

They deserved to win the first one but deserved to lose the second. Heh.

I am not really going all in on taking things from this tournament. It feels like a preseason tournament even though it has been lots of fun.

I worry about our midfield with Felipe and just worry about him long term. Him being injured for these long stretches reminds me of Eric Berry for the Chiefs its like hey...the idea of how good you are does not really matter if you are not here helping us win games. Not his fault but it is frustrating.

Johnny Russell has not looked good in a really long time. Zusi is what he is not bad not great he was involved in 2 of the 3 goals. We don't seem to have as much possession as we have in years past so that can make him a little less valuable.

Love what I see from Pulido, Shelton, and Gerso (even though he can do wacky stuff)...Kinda had a bad game but seems to be a great pick up overall.

We have the tools to be a damn good team but I worry we will have to do too much to protect Sanchez and teams will be able to over run our midfield.

Of course is this even a season? I have basically written everything off as a dream until next year.

Kansas City moves on to the knock out round with a tie or win.

They're playing now? Dang, that's an early one.

If I am an opposing team, I am attacking Zusi every possible opportunity. He is constantly over pursuing too high and gets torched on a quick give and go leading to scoring chances.

That hit by Gerso was really nice.

They did a lot better in midfield today but gave up way too many dangerous chances. Were lucky to have a shutout.

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Looks like if Minnesota beats Colorado we’ll play Columbus who have looked pretty good so far this season especially in the tournament sweeping through their group 7-0 in the 3 games. I still like our chances against them, but it would definitely be a great matchup. I’m going to be pulling for a Colorado win or tie tonight to hopefully ease us into the elimination play a little more.

CLB has looked really strong. Probably the story of the tournament aside from Atlanta looking like a huge sack of shit.

He still has that midfielder mindset. It helps a ton on the offensive side to have your RB be your best crosser, but I don’t think his style of play at the fullback position would even remotely work for a style of play that wasn’t Vermes high press. He doesn’t have the speed to make up for these mistakes and unfortunately he doesn’t have Opara’s speed back there anymore to mask it and it’s definitely a glaring weakness on our team now. I want to see more Jaylin Lindsey personally. Martins has been a bright spot since finally being able to upgrade that LB spot from the most JAG MLS player Seth Sinovic. We really don’t have much depth at fullback unfortunately, but neither do most MLS teams.

Getting nervous sporting fans?

What a fortunate win that was. They were downright abysmal in the final 1/3. Playing virtually the "C" team with them missing 11 players and unable to put one in the net? 36 shots with only 8 on goal against a team of many backups and can't capitalize.

Agreed. Very fortunate to be moving on.

Just started against the Union.

How are you feeling about tonight’s game?

Welp. Game over in minute 26. Union up 2-0

That second goal was once again inexcusable play from our entire back line. This team needs to play with a bit more energy. Hopefully facing elimination will spark a needed fire for the rest of the match.

Well this game just turned on a dime

Damn nice goal by Hurtado.

damn. shit is evening out now

Really interesting team this year. Lots of ways they need to get better but they have pieces to be an elite team in this league. I think next year is their time.

I don't really see this season as a season it feels more like a series of exhibitions. But its been a really good chance to get a young team a great run out and great experience as well there are some of the old guard that it is time to move on from. Coupled with how great Pulido is...future is bright.

It’s worrisome to see how they’ve played the past couple of seasons without Espinoza. His tenacity on both sides of the ball is key to Vermes style of play and it’s going to be hard to find an equal replacement when the time inevitably comes that we have to do that. Would also love to see them pick up a speedy more defensive minded fullback. Zusi is arguably one of the the best attacking fullbacks in MLS simply due to his passing but he’s getting beat way more now that the MLS has picked up more talent and the forwards get quicker and quicker every year. Hopefully Jaylin Lindsey can slide in that role nicely but I’d still like to add another piece back there for comfort. If we can find some consistency on defense this team could be absolutely great. The offense is so technically gifted and that’s without arguably our best player in Gutierrez. Will be interesting to see what they do with all the money Busio is set to bring in.

Snow game! Let’s win the west!

Top of the west

That was fun to watch...

Bump. Getting ready to start against San Jose.

In

Looks like quite a few fans there. How many are allowed in?

Woot

Nice corner!

Poop

Sporting choking

Looks like SKC has their work cut out for themselves again.

THat was a punch, should be an ejection.

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyes!

Goooooooaaalllllll. In the 90’ minute

**** yes!!

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Holy shit. Why was the game still going at 96'?