The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and practice facilities are located in Kansas City, Kansas near Children's Mercy Park. In 2006, fans could sit all the way around the field, but, in 2007, seating was [again] only available along the sidelines. Sporting KC View events: More info: Sun: 30/06/19: MLS: Real Salt Lake 2 - 0 Sporting KC View events: More info: Thu: 04/07/19: MLS: Sporting KC 1 - 5 Los Angeles View events: More info: Sun: 07/07/19: MLS Follow us on social. Bahasa - Indonesia; Chinese (simplified) Deutsch; English - Australia; English - Canada; English - Ghana [53] Sporting has 14,000 season-ticket holders, with a wait list for season tickets of 3,000 people. The individuals named as Sporting Legends, their year of induction, and a brief description are listed below: ^ + Dom Dwyer scored four goals in this game[70][71][72], Association football club in Kansas City, Kansas, US, Kansas City Wiz / Wizards / Sporting Kansas City, "Explore The New Brand at Sporting Kansas City Website", "Kansas City Wizards Change Name To Sporting Kansas City", "How Sporting Kansas City got their name", "SoccerAmerica – MLS: Preki Named 2003 MVP", "So You Wanna Be An MLS Coach | US Soccer Players", "Sporting Legends unveiled to honor club icons", "Affiliation Announced with KC Blues Rugby", "Rebranding in Professional Sports: The Good, Sporting Kansas City", "Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City 04-19-2012 – Preview | MLSsoccer.com", "Graham Zusi Emerges as Rising U.S. Soccer Star", "About those MLS retention funds: They have already been put to significant use", "MLS history: the record is set for coldest kickoff temperatures any Major League Soccer match", "MLS announces new strategy for Los Angeles market, 2015 conference alignment", "MLS to expand playoff field to 12 in 2015, will add extra knockout games", "Cerner co-founder Neal Patterson surprises crowd at health conference", "Sporting KC to honor Neal Patterson tonight at Children's Mercy Park", "Orlando City acquires Dom Dwyer in trade with Sporting Kansas City", "Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in Allocation Money from Orlando City SC in exchange for forward Dom Dwyer", "Sporting KC trades Dom Dwyer to Orlando City SC", "Orlando City reaches agreement to bring Dom Dwyer back", "Sporting Kansas City vs. New York Red Bulls – MatchCenter Boxscore", "Sporting KC vs. New York Red Bulls – 2017 US Open Cup Final Preview", "Brisendine: Old ways die hard on wild Open Cup night for Sporting KC, RBNY", "Sporting KC unveils new secondary jersey | Sporting Kansas City", "About Swope Park Rangers | Sporting Kansas City", "Sporting KC introduces Ivy Funds as club's first-ever jersey sponsor", "Sporting KC and Ivy Investments announce partnership transition ahead of 2020 season", "Sporting kits to feature Compass Minerals sleeve patch in new First Team partnership", Kansas adjusts offer aimed at spurring Cerner, Wizards development near speedway, "Kansas City Wizards: News: Heineman provides stadium update", "Work starts on Kansas City Wizards stadium – Kansas City Business Journal", "KC Unveils $200 Million New Soccer Stadium", "Sporting KC's stadium name: Livestrong Sporting Park", "Livestrong Sporting Park deal set to end", "Livestrong Sporting Park Deal is Over Immediately; Renamed Sporting Park", "Children's Mercy and Sporting Kansas City announce youth health and pediatric sports medicine initiative", "The evolution of a fan base: Sporting KC to reach 100 straight sellouts Saturday", "2014 MLS Ambition Rankings: Toronto FC rises to No. In the conference final, the Wizards came up short to the Houston Dynamo, 2–0. The team rebranded in November 2010, coinciding with its move to their home stadium, now known as Children's Mercy Park. Goalkeeper Tony Meola recorded an MLS record shutout streak at 681 minutes and 16 shutouts, and won MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and MLS MVP. [55], The main supporters group of Sporting Kansas City cheers in the Members' Stand on the North side of Children's Mercy Park and is known as "The Cauldron". 1 | Planet Futbol - SI.com", "Why College Football Is Studying Major League Soccer – WSJ", "Sporting KC mascot helps school announce efforts to make student's wish come true", "MLS Who is Your Biggest Rival Survey Results", "Sporting KC, Minnesota United gear up for "Nicest Rivalry in Sports, "Sporting Kansas City Television Network announces affiliates for 2015 season", "FOX Sports Kansas City and Sporting KC announce multi-year TV agreement beginning in 2017", "Sporting KC matches to air on ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM", "Jake Reid named Sporting Kansas City President", "Club Archives: 1996-2019 | Sporting Kansas City", "Recap: Dom Dwyer's four-goal game leads Sporting KC to 6–2 victory over FC Dallas in U.S. Open Cup", "Sporting Kansas City 3, Seattle Sounders 0 | 2017 MLS Match Recap", MLS performance in the CONCACAF Champions League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sporting_Kansas_City&oldid=1018365448, Association football clubs established in 1995, Sports teams in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Articles with dead external links from July 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Football team templates which use American parameter, Football team templates which use short name parameter, Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images, Pages using football kit with incorrect pattern parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, DNQ = Did not qualify; NHG = No home game, The 73% jump in attendance between 2010 and 2011 coincides with the team's move from CommunityAmerica Ballpark (capacity 10,400) to their new soccer-specific stadium, This page was last edited on 17 April 2021, at 18:09. } The Wizards finished with the worst home record in the league,[16] and at 8–13–9 were third to last in the league standings. In the conference final, the Wizards held off the Los Angeles Galaxy to reach their second MLS Cup. Wizards management kept the west end of Arrowhead tarped off for the first 10 years of play, limiting seating near the field. The Kansas City MLS franchise was founded by Lamar Hunt, who was also the founder of the American Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs, the United Soccer Association, and Major League Soccer. Bahasa - Indonesia; Chinese (simplified) Deutsch; English - Australia; English - Canada; English - Ghana; English - International; English - Ireland; English - Kenya; English - Malaysia; English - Nigeria; English - Nordics; English - Singapore; The club also has a reserve team, Sporting Kansas City II, that plays in the second-tier USL Championship. D.C. United had been sharing RFK Stadium with Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals in Washington, D.C., before the latter's move into Nationals Park. ^ 1. Sporting finished sixth in the Western Conference that year, again qualifying for postseason play due to the expanded twelve-club field in the 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs. It affects your rights about how to resolve any dispute between you and MLS. font-family: 'din_bold' !important; After the 2007 final season at Arrowhead, the Wizards continued to use the stadium for select large events. The eleven alternating horizontal stripes of "sporting blue" and "dark indigo" forming the state line are a nod to the number of players a team fields. #nice-menu-1 > li > a { Sporting KC vs. Seattle Sounders - 24 July 2016 - Soccerway. You agree to the privacy policy and to receive emails from Sporting Kansas City. [27][28] Kansas City unveiled wordmarks that was worn on the team's jerseys and on Children's Mercy Park to commemorate their late owner. The shield's contour alludes to the team's former logo while under the "Kansas City Wizards" appellation. USA - Sporting Kansas City - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Women Soccerway [42] On December 17, Wizards president Robb Heineman provided an update on the stadium situation, identifying the Kansas City, Kansas, location as near final, pending the signature of the final agreements. [11] Peter Vermes was named 2000 MLS Defender of the Year. [21] The team finished the regular season first in the East with an 18–7–9 record. By the end of the 2005 season, despite the solid play of 2005 MLS Defender of the Year Jimmy Conrad, the Wizards found themselves outside the playoffs with a record of 11–9–12. })(); Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas. Morning reporter Kacie McDonnell of KSHB-TV, an NBC affiliate and KMCI-TV's sister station, served as the network host of the pregame and postgame shows.[60]. USA - Sporting Kansas City - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway The club picked up goalkeeper Kevin Hartman from the LA Galaxy to help with that position. [49][50][51] On November 19, 2015, the stadium was renamed to Children's Mercy Park in a ten-year deal with Children's Mercy Hospital. In 2008, the Wizards played their home games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas, and ended a four-year playoff drought by posting an 11–10–9 record, good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. #footer .view-partners .second_half_bean:first-child { With the rebranding (of Wizards to Sporting) the team followed a recent trend in MLS of adopting European-style names, such as Toronto FC, D.C. United, and Real Salt Lake. [63], Regular local radio coverage in English is provided through an official partnership with Sports Radio 810 WHB and its affiliate ESPN Kansas City 99.3FM.