The Sporting Kansas City Post
The dugout1 May 2028
Lasse Berg Johnsen keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sporting Kansas City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings1 May 2028
A brace, and Calvin Harris takes the afternoon — 8.90
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Calvin Harris provided it, and the 8.90 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad1 May 2028
7 saves: John Pulskamp was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad1 May 2028
Diego Fagúndez 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.
Market1 May 2028
One of our own: Tyler Acosta joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tyler Acosta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market1 May 2028
Paul Sargent steps up from the Sporting Kansas City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Sargent 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.
Market1 May 2028
Ricardo Steffen steps up from the Sporting Kansas City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ricardo Steffen 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.
Market1 May 2028
One of our own: Aaron Johnson joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aaron Johnson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings1 May 2028
Nobody could get near Lasse Berg Johnsen
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Match Portland Timbers snatch it back from Sporting Kansas City
- Squad Iván Ramírez is a square peg at Sporting Kansas City
- Match Honours even between Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers