The Sporting Kansas City Post
Squad8 Mar 2027
John Pulskamp 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Manu García runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Sporting Kansas City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Sporting Kansas City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Shapi Suleymanov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: James Steffen joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Steffen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Sporting Kansas City promote James Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Wright 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Sam Moore steps up from the Sporting Kansas City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sam Moore has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Adam Ferreira joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Ferreira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
A masterclass from Capita
Marked 8.66 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad When it matters, Manu García plays
- Squad Alex Mighten gets it from the manager
- Match Sporting Kansas City share the spoils with Real Salt Lake