John Pulskamp

Goalkeeper - Sporting Kansas City
27 Sep 2026
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8 Edition

The Sporting Kansas City Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

9 saves: John Pulskamp was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Geovanni Vianney at 19 — 8.59

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Geovanni Vianney did not need any: 8.59, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Lasse Berg Johnsen

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Sporting Kansas City will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Sporting Kansas City

André Luiz and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match19 Sep 2026

Sporting Kansas City find a way past Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders made Sporting Kansas City work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

The crowd has taken to Geovanni Vianney

At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Shapi Suleymanov reaches 200 appearances

200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Lasse Berg Johnsen in the eights

A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

A satisfied Daniel Sargent

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑2, Daniel Sargent could afford to be generous.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Sporting Kansas City Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Sep 2026

Chastening afternoon for Sporting Kansas City

A 1‑4 beating by Los Angeles Football Club was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad14 Sep 2026

6 saves: John Pulskamp was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Boardroom14 Sep 2026

Sporting Kansas City agree a free transfer for Noel Caliskan

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Market14 Sep 2026

Daniel Dempsey steps up from the Sporting Kansas City academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Dempsey 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.

Boardroom14 Sep 2026

Doors closed at Sporting Kansas City

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Loan watch14 Sep 2026

Jack Kortkamp has seen enough of Chicago Fire

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sporting Kansas City, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Daniel Sargent answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Calvin Harris

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Calvin Harris, and the manager let it.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Lasse Berg Johnsen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

4 Edition

The Sporting Kansas City Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tyler Deric stands alone

12 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match19 Aug 2026

Sporting Kansas City out of the cup

Minnesota United FC ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Geovanni Vianney, 18, steals the show — 7.84

Marked 7.84 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market24 Aug 2026

André Luiz has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Sporting Kansas City can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Sporting Kansas City

André Luiz and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Ruben Ramos beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

The window shuts on the Taha Habroune deal

Sporting Kansas City ran out of time with Columbus Crew. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Jules-Anthony Vilsaint will join Sporting Kansas City for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Sporting Kansas City have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Match22 Aug 2026

Sporting Kansas City come up short against LA Galaxy

LA Galaxy left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

1 Edition

The Sporting Kansas City Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match1 Aug 2026

Nowhere to hide for Sporting Kansas City

1‑4 against Houston Dynamo, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market3 Aug 2026

Sporting Kansas City say no — this time

The offer from SuperSport United for John Pulskamp was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

André Luiz was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Jordan Morris

Sporting Kansas City asked and Seattle Sounders said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Emir Karić signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emir Karić and Sporting Kansas City agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

André Luiz 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.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Lasse Berg Johnsen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lasse Berg Johnsen, and the manager let it.

Market3 Aug 2026

Ryan Schewe attracts admirers

The name of Ryan Schewe has come up in conversations Sporting Kansas City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Nobody left the Sporting Kansas City dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief