The Sporting Kansas City Post
Match10 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Sporting Kansas City's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sporting Kansas City has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Gabriel Costa yet — 7.88
At 37 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.88 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Sporting Kansas City
John Pulskamp was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Shapi Suleymanov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match10 Apr 2027
Colorado Rapids take the points off Sporting Kansas City
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Jacob Bartlett signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jacob Bartlett commits to Sporting Kansas City for another 5 years.
Market12 Apr 2027
No place for Or Blorian in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Or Blorian has his answer from Sporting Kansas City; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad12 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Or Blorian
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Or Blorian, and the manager let it.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
Jack Kortkamp wants to come home
“I did not go to Atlanta United FC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Sporting Kansas City and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Shapi Suleymanov
- Market Sporting Kansas City bring in Shakur Mohammed on loan