The Sporting Kansas City Post
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
- Market 49 months and counting on Emir Karić
- Squad Sporting Kansas City are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Daniel Sargent answers for it