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For the Glory KC

By: Chad and Sheena Smith
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  • A Kansas City Soccer podcast covering Sporting Kansas City, the KC Current, SKC II and more! Hosted by Chad and Sheena and co-published on KCSoccerJournal.com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortheglorykc/support
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  • Sporting KC and the Leagues Cup is Actually Fun

    Sporting KC and the Leagues Cup is Actually Fun
    Jul 30 2024
    S3E29 - For the Glory KC is back with the 94th episode of the show! Sporting Kansas City are back to their winning ways, even if it is against the lowly Chicago Fire. They thoroughly controlled the game, and despite going down 1-0 early, fought back for a 2-1 victory. Superman made its way into the show twice this week, including Willy's form on the diving header and a weird discussion about what Peter Vermes has tattooed under his shirt. It was a little For the Glory KC #AfterDark, but the lite version. The Chicago/Sporting KC game led to discussions about Stephen Afrifa starting to break out, how to pronounce Robert Castellanos (among other things about his goal), Remi Walter (and an over/under on how much he's discussed), and the four Sporting KC II loanees who are rostered for Leagues Cup. Sheena and I also had a debate about left back with Logan Ndenbe's return to the bench and who should still be around between him, Tim Leibold and Zorhan Bassong. Rubiel Vazquez from PRO made back-to-back appearances as the center ref and made a few, slightly less impactful, bad calls this week. The Alenis Vargas no-call felt the most shocking due to the sound it made when he hit the end boards. Marinos Tzionis was also sold this past week and we give our thoughts on his relatively brief stint at Sporting KC. The KC Current finally return to the podcast with their games and our recording schedule lining up. Breaking news: They are still really good at soccer, even shorthanded. They dominated Pachuca 3-0 and frankly could have scored more if they put their foot on the gas. That's despite missing Temwa Chawinga and nearly a dozen players total. And the KC Current surprised us again with another blockbuster trade, this time coming into KC, with Alana Cook coming to town from Seattle. In the Digital Crawl, we touch on a few topics, including: SKC II keep strugglingThe USMNT and USWNT's Olympic performancesAnd Canada cheating in a huge drone scandal Here is a rundown of topics (and approximate start times): Sporting KC extinguish the Fire - 5:01Marinos Tzionis is gone - 38:09KC Current win again - 43:00Current trade for Alana Cook - 48:43Digital Crawl - 52:13 Upcoming Schedule: USMNT U-23s vs. Guinea - Tuesday, July 30th @ 12:00pm CDTUSMNT U-20s vs. Guatemala - Tuesday, July 30th @ 4:06pm (CONCACAF Championship)USWNT vs. Australia - Wednesday, July 31st @ 12:00pmKC Current vs. Tigres - Thursday, August 1st @ 7:00pmSKC II vs. VWFC 2 - Friday, August 2nd @ 7:00pm Sporting KC vs. Toluca - Monday, August 5th @ 8:00pm We recently turned on "Listener Support." Don't feel obligated, but if you have a few spare bucks and are a fan of the pod, we'd appreciate your donation. 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortheglorykc/support
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • For the Glory KC Returns from Canada

    For the Glory KC Returns from Canada
    Jul 21 2024
    S3E28 - For the Glory KC is back with the 93rd episode of the show! Sporting Kansas City played a lot of games since we last recorded a podcast. Five to be exact. And we just took off one week for our Canadian vacation! Sheena and I discuss our trip to the great white north, Banff, Vancouver, Albert, British Columbia and more. Then we get down to the soccer, starting with that 1-1 draw against rivals St. Louis City SC. To lead off the game, we had to discuss Thor getting away with a challenge that should have seen him sent off for a second yellow at the very least. Beyond the STL/SKC game, Sheena and I debated the future of Remi Walter with Sporting KC. His contract is up after the season, and he'll turn 30 early next year. With the emergence of Jake Davis in his natural midfield role, Memo Rodriguez being a stable backup, the impending signing of a TAM level midfielder and his $900,000 salary, does Remi still have a place on Sporting KC? In addition to the St. Louis game, we talk about our experience seeing the Vancouver Whitecaps game in person. Plus, we breeze through the two FC Dallas games and the San Jose Earthquakes game, which were all victories, from while the podcast was on its break. Are we the reason for the losing? Then we had to talk about those sweet, sweet retro kits and accessories! In the Digital Crawl, we touch on a few topics, including: USMNT fire Gregg BerhalterKC Current sign and loan out a playerSKC II resultsA new youngest player in MLS history debutsLots of United States youth National Team competition updates Here is a rundown of topics (and approximate start times): We went to Canada - 2:16SKC draw St. Louis - 10:45Remi's KC future - 22:54SKC lose to Vancouver in front of us - 46:11A bunch of other SKC games - 54:41Injury depletion and random midfield thoughts - 1:03:06Retro Kits - 1:13:17Digital Crawl - 1:22:55 Upcoming Schedule: SKC II vs. St. Louis City II - Sunday, July 21st at 6:00 PM CDTUSMNT U-20s vs. Cuba - Monday, July 22nd at 9:00 PMUSMNT U-23s vs. France - Wednesday, July 24th at 2:00 PMUSWNT vs. Zambia - Thursday, July 25th at 2:00 PMUSMNT U-20s vs. Costa Rica, Thursday, July 25th at 9:00 PMUSMNT U-23s vs. New Zealand - Saturday, July 27th at 12:00 PMKC Current vs. Tigres - Saturday, July 27th at 7:00 PM (Summer Cup)Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire - Sunday, July 28th at 8:00 PM (Leagues Cup) We recently turned on "Listener Support." Don't feel obligated, but if you have a few spare bucks and are a fan of the pod, we'd appreciate your donation. 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortheglorykc/support
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Is Ownership to Blame for some Sporting KC Struggles?

    Is Ownership to Blame for some Sporting KC Struggles?
    Jul 7 2024
    S3E27 - For the Glory KC is back with the 92nd episode of the show! Sporting Kansas City had a busy week both on and off the field. Primarily, this week's episode is focused on the off the field matters due to recording schedules. We're heading out of the country early in the week and may be taking a brief hiatus from podcasting, so be sure to subscribe to the podcast to catch when the next episode comes out. This week, Sporting KC introduced Mike Burns as their new Sporting Director and he and Peter Vermes covered a lot of interesting topics at the introductory press conference. There were budgets (the largest ever), staffing updates, player signing plans and more. Then things got really interesting when Sam McDowell of the KC Star sat down with managing owner Mike Illig and Peter Vermes to get deeper into the weeds. He has a must-read article outlining the utter lack of a budget since 2020. It sheds a new light into who is to blame for how things have worked around Sporting KC the last couple years. Vermes isn't guilt free, but Sheena and I go over the ways things have been handled that were beyond Peter's control. I'm personally thankful for this ownership group rescuing the Kansas City Wizards and doing an amazing rebrand, building a soccer specific stadium and all the success they've brought over the years. But that story Vermes told about ownership passing on a DP striker in 2018 because they were already in first place, makes me think there would be a third star about the crest if things were handled differently. The hope is, going forward, ownership gives the budget and gets out of the way and lets the soccer minds handle things. And if they are given a fair shot to fix some things they weren't given a fair shot at before, and they don't fix it, then ownership can step in and make a change. Listen in for all the details and quotes. We also briefly discuss Sporting KC's loss to the Colorado Rapids but move quickly to the Missouri side of the border to talk the Kansas City Current. Unfortunately, the losing on the Kansas side trickled over and the KC Current's unbeaten run came to a rather uninspiring end against the Orlando Pride. The fans in the stadium were lighting up the ref, but was it really the refs fault? Plus, a fun little Temwa Chawinga/Vlatko Andonovski story that is inspiring for KC's future. In the Digital Crawl, go quite a bit deeper than usual on a few topics, including: USMNT bombing out of Copa AmericaLogan Ndenbe injury update!SKC II results and an all-star call-upCPKC stadium hosting the NWSL ChampionshipLots of little KC Current storiesAnd Bradley Carnell is fired in St. Louis Here is a rundown of topics (and approximate start times): KC Current Media Game - 2:18Does Sporting KC have an ownership problem? - 8:29SKC lose to the Rapids in Colorado - 46:33KC Current’s streak is over vs Orlando - 55:58Digital Crawl - 1:17:48 Upcoming Schedule: Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas - Sunday, July 7th @ 7:30 PMSKC II at Tacoma Defiance - Sunday, July 7th @ 9:00 PMSporting KC vs. FC Dallas (US Open Cup) - Wednesday, July 10th @ 8:00 PMSporting KC at San Jose Earthquakes - Saturday, July 13th @ 9:30 PMSKC II at The Town - Sunday, July 14th @ 7:00 PM We recently turned on "Listener Support." Don't feel obligated, but if you have a few spare bucks and are a fan of the pod, we'd appreciate your donation. 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortheglorykc/support
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    1 hr and 44 mins
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