The Sporting Kansas City Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
André Luiz runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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
Tempers go at Sporting Kansas City
André Luiz 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Sporting Kansas City against Vancouver Whitecaps
1‑2 to Vancouver Whitecaps, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Lasse Berg Johnsen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sporting Kansas City promote DeAndre Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. DeAndre Moore has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Connor Pulisic steps up from the Sporting Kansas City academy
- Market Sporting Kansas City promote Connor Johnson from within
- Market Sporting Kansas City promote Miles Steffen from within
- Squad Emir Karić still has not settled