MLS Sporting Kansas City

Sporting KC Weekly Schedule: July 4-10, 2022

Published on July 4, 2022 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release


Sporting Kansas City (4-11-4, 16 points) will continue the club's MLS campaign with a trip north of the border to take on CF Montreal (9-6-2, 29 points) at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Stade Saputo.

Saturday's match will be locally televised on 38 The Spot with three hours of coverage beginning at 6 p.m. CT. The broadcast will also stream live on SportingKC.com and in the Sporting KC app for viewers in Kansas and Missouri (excluding the St. Louis area per MLS policy), as well as ESPN+ for out-of-market subscribers. Local radio broadcasts will also air on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.

Sporting KC pub partners

across the Midwest will be showing the match including enhanced watch parties at Chicken N Pickle locations in Overland Park, Kan. and Oklahoma City featuring an enter-to-win contest and giveaways.

PRE-MATCH MEDIA AVAILABILITIES: At 10:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Sporting KC's training session will be open to media for photo and video purposes at Compass Minerals National Performance Center (1913 Pinnacle Way) in Kansas City, Kan. Sporting players and Manager Peter Vermes will be available for interviews immediately after training and media planning to attend are encouraged to RSVP . In addition, Sporting KC will conduct a virtual press conference at 11:15 a.m. CT on Friday with Vermes and a player, followed by Sporting KC II head coach Benny Feilhaber. To join via zoom, click here .

POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE: Approximately 10-15 minutes after the conclusion of Saturday's match, Sporting will conduct a post-match press conference with Vermes and players. To join via Zoom, click here.

Orders over $49 at MLSstore.com are eligible for free shipping with the code MLS49 (exclusions apply) until 10:59 p.m. CT on Monday, including the recently released Sporting Kansas City Americana tops, Unity tops and Pride tops as well as Primeblue jerseys.

A new edition of The Sporting KC Show will air on Sports Radio 810 WHB from 7-8 p.m. CT on Tuesday with hosts Nate Bukaty, Aly Trost and Jacob Peterson. The Sporting KC Show Podcast is available on Spotify , iTunes and SportingKC.com , giving supporters a weekly destination to catch up on club storylines, player achievements, guest interviews and more. In addition, Sports Radio 810 WHB will broadcast The Final Whistle post-match show following Saturday's match.

Last month, Sporting Kansas City players wore jerseys featuring Juneteenth-inspired numbers as part of a league-wide initiative in partnership with Black Players for Change. The game-worn and player-signed jerseys, presented in commemorative boxes, are now available to fans via an online auction that will close at 7:59 p.m. CT on Tuesday. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Kansas City G.I.F.T. among other organizations supporting and uplifting black communities.

Major League Soccer's Secondary Transfer Window, during which an MLS team may request the international transfer certificate of a player under contract in another country or conduct a trade with another MLS club, will open on Thursday and close on August 4. Sporting Kansas City recently announced the acquisition of 22-year-old striker William Agada and 27-year-old midfielder Erik Thommy. Both players may be officially added to the team's roster beginning Thursday.

The Sporting Kansas City Academy U-12's have qualified for the U.S. Youth Futsal National Championships from July 8-11 at New Century Fieldhouse in New Century, Kan. and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan. The Sporting KC Academy will compete in Pool C of the Boys Under-12 division with matches against STL Futsal (8 a.m. Thursday), TNYST Academy (3:15 p.m. Thursday), Houston Futsal (9 a.m. Friday) and Capital City Stars (3:15 p.m. Friday). Follow @SKCAcademy on Twitter for updates.

After a 4-2 win on Saturday, Sporting KC II will continue the club's inaugural season in MLS NEXT Pro at 7 p.m. CT on Sunday against Frontier Division foes Colorado Rapids 2 at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. The match will stream live on mlsnextpro.com in addition to in-game updates available from @SportingKCII on Twitter.

For news, videos, photos and instant updates throughout the 2022 season, follow Sporting Kansas City on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and download the official Sporting KC app.

Sporting Kansas City is owned by Sporting Club, an entity comprised of local business and community leaders including the Patterson Family, Cliff Illig, Pat Curran, Greg Maday, Robb Heineman and Patrick Mahomes. Sporting prides itself on a commitment and vision to provide high-performance experiences. Sporting Club purchased the team from the Hunt Sports Group in 2006, and under its direction has launched Swope Soccer Village, Children's Mercy Park, Compass Minerals Sporting Fields, Compass Minerals National Performance Center and Central Bank Sporting Complex while investing in the Sporting KC Academy and Sporting Kansas City II for developing local youth into homegrown talent. A charter member of Major League Soccer, Sporting are two-time MLS Cup champions (2000, 2013) and four-time winners of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017).

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