The Sporting Kansas City Post
Match8 Aug 2026
A hiding for Sporting Kansas City
Beaten 0‑3 by Houston Dynamo, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sporting Kansas City close the window on a squad of their own making
14 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
André Luiz beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sporting Kansas City bid $750.0K for Dante Sealy
The offer went to CF Montreal this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sporting Kansas City go back to the board over Dante Sealy
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $770.0K — a club that wants Dante Sealy enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ivo Mammini will not be coming to Sporting Kansas City
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Gimnasia La Plata is saying, and nobody at Sporting Kansas City is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lasse Berg Johnsen stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lasse Berg Johnsen and Sporting Kansas City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Shapi Suleymanov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sporting Kansas City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Deadline beats Sporting Kansas City to Morris Duggan
The clock did what Minnesota United FC would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Emir Karić
- Market One of our own: Tim Robinson joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
- Market Sporting Kansas City promote Brandon Pepi from within