KC Soccer Journal: A Sporting KC Podcast

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament is joined by Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame and Steve Brisendine, Sporting KC's beat writer for mlssoccer.com to discuss the latest news regarding Sporting Kansas City and the area.  First up we will discuss the Sporting KC win over the Seattle Sounders Sunday. Lots of rain, a red card and a 1-0 victory started the season off well for the boys in blue.  The most re...

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament and Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame are joined by Sporting Kansas City assistant Technical Director Mike Jacobs to chat about preseason in general and specifically Swope Park Rangers. The Rangers are Sporting KC's USL team and got off to a dream start when they played the Colorado Rapids in the Desert Diamond Cup and beat them 3-1 in the first ever match.  Sporting...

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament is joined by Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame and Steve Brisendine, Sporting KC's beat writer for mlssoccer.com to discuss the latest moves by Sporting Kansas City. A lot of fans are not happy with some rcent moves.  First up, Krisztián Németh and SKC seemed to have parted less than amicably. Was it money for Nemeth? Was it oil dollars for SKC? Time to train for the...

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament.com is joined by Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and Mike Kuhn from Downthebyline.com to discuss Sporting Kansas City's most recent signing of Nuno Andre Coelho. We will also take a look at the crowded roster for Sporting Kansas City and discuss how the Swope Park Rangers (SKC's USL team) might affect that. With any extra time we will chat about the midfielder tha...

Brad Davis played for the Houston Dynamo for ten years but Sporting Kansas City picked him up for a pair of draft picks. Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and Thad Bell fromTheBlueTestament.com talk about Brad Davis joining Sporting Kansas City and how Davis and Mapp will fit in and be used.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FC Kansas City and US Women's National Team veteran Yael Averbuch discusses the 2015 NWSL season. Yael's Blues are in the playoff's but not sure exactly where they will finish or who they face in the playoffs.  We will take a look at the growth of Women's soccer, how the NWSL is doing post World Cup and what the league can do to sustain and capatilize on that growth.  For those that do not know, Y...

Steve Brisendine, Cody Bradley and Thad Bell review the preseason for Sporting KC and see if we can make any wild projections based on the play on so far. We take a look at the preseason games and the new players to see how they will fit in for the future. We will also discuss the probabitiy of a strike and have we seen the last of Jorge Claros?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

The Missouri Comets are 19-0 with one regular season match left against Tacoma. Coach Vlatko Andonovski joins Mike Kuhn, Jeff Husted and Thad Bell to discuss the season so far. We will discuss if the Comets can repeat as champions? We will also take a look at the highs and lows of the new league as the MASL prepares to enter the playoffs soon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

The Missouri Comets have reached over halfway through the season undefeated. The defending MISL champions are 11-0 in the new MASL and have handled everything that has been put before them. Jeff Husted and Thad Bell discuss the season so far and then are scheduled to be joined by team captain Vahid Assadpour. We will see what Vahid's thought are on the season so far and what challenges they face i...

Thad Bell and Jeff Husted of theBlueTestament.com speak with Kevin Ten Eyck of the Wichita B-52s about coming off of his injury last season and his upcoming match with the Missouri Comets. Thad and Jeff will breakdown how the Comets have played and expectations.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. National Team star and FC Kansas City captain Becky Sauerbrunn discusses the upcoming qualifiers for the 2015 Women's World Cup. The U.S. will face Trinidad in Kansas City, Guatemala in Chicago and Haiti in DC before the finals in Philadelphia. FC Kansas City has three players on the squad.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad, Cody and Jough talk over the Sporting Kansas City win over Real Esteli, Bieler brace, is SKC really back in form, the upcoming match with New England and anything else we can find to talk about! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting Kansas City hosts Real Esteli in their second home CCL pool match Tuersday night. We recap Sporting KC's win over Saprissa on Thursday and with New England coming up on Friday, how strong of a lineup does Vermes put on the field? Has SKC gotten back in form? Does Kronberg get to start for real this time? Listen in as Thad from The Blue Testament, Mike from Down the Byline and Steve Brisen...

Sporting Kansas City hosts Saprissa in their second CCL pool match Thursday night. Does Sporting KC need a win? Who will be in the nets for SKC? With no league games for a week, do the MLS Cup champs go with a full strength lineup? Does the recent drubbing of Chivas mean SKC is back on track? Listen in and Thad and Grace from The Blue Testament and Steve Brisendine from MLS Soccer will break it al...

Ben and Thad from The Blue Testament are joined by Mike from Down the Byline to review Sporitng Kansas City's domination of Chivas. Does this mean SKC is out of the slump?  Dom Dwyer is the new record holder for Sporting Kansas City single season scoring record. How far can he go? How does he compare to previous SKC legends?  Sporting KC hosts Saprissa in the second CCL match.  A quick roundup of...

Steve Brisendine, the Sporting KC beat writer for MLS Soccer.com joins Thad Bell and Cody Bradley from The Blue Testament to preview SKC on the road at Chivas. The boys in blue played better last match but still dropped a tough road loss to New York, can they recover their early season form? How have they looked in practice, who is out, who will start? What are the key matchups? Is it likely Dom D...

Cody, Mike and Thad gather to talk about Sportng Kansas City and other soccer news around the area. A main topic is of course the four game losing streak and how does SKC recover. Defense, defense, defense... FC Kansas City loans and the Missouri Comets schedule are also analyzed along with other topics.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Vlatko Andonovski, the head coach of the NWSL Champion FC Kansas City squad that went in to Seattle and came home with a 2-1 win. How did he come up with the tactics for the match and how did he prepare his team and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad, Mike and Ben gather to dissect the loss to Houston, discus what is wrong with SKC defense, look at Andy G versus Jon (Little Puma) Kempin and the upcoming match with New England.  With FC Kansas City the new NWSL Champions, does Kansas City = Soccer City or Soccer Capital?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SKC tries to rebound from the devastating loss to DC United in their last home match and Houston may be just what Vermes' squad needs. The Dynamo have not been good on the road but they are often a tough challenge for Sporting KC. Will the boys in blue overcome orange again? Who will be the key matchups?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick interview with FC Kansas City's head coach Vlatko Andonovski prior to his Blues facing Seattle in the NWSL playoffs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FC Kansas City's Becky Sauerbrunn and Erika Tymrak join Thad to discuss the win over Portland and the upcoming NWSL Championship game in Seattle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad and Ben get back together (Mike was unable to call in) to discuss the Sporting Kansas City loss at home to DC United. What went wrong? Who can we blame? Can we fix it and make Sporting Park the fortress everyone wants it to be? Can they rebound for Friday?  We also dicsuss the big win by FC Kansas City in the blistering heat to advance to the NWLS Championship game against Seattle and hear wh...

Ben, Cody and Thad review the Sporting Kansas City CCL match with Real Esteli, preview the top of the east contest between DC United and Sporting KC and we also take a look at FC Kansas City's playoff match with Portland.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike, Thad and Ben breakdown the Sporting Kansas City win over Toronto FC, the difference between the TFC and Vancouver games and the play of SKC's young keeper, Jon Kempin.  They give their thoughts on SKC.s CCL match at Real Esteli and what kind of lineup SKC will use.   They also take a look at FC Kansas City's match with Portland Thorns in the first round of the NWSL playoffs and discuss why U...