New in 2024, Behind the Shield presented by Audi will be available after every match week this season with the video series - produced by Sporting Kansas City's full-time digital storytellers - providing fans with an immersive viewing experience highlighted by exclusive interviews and all-access footage from Sporting Kansas City players, trainings and matchdays.
This week's BTS -- which can be seen on SportingKC.com, Sporting Kansas City's YouTube channel and MLS Season Pass on Apple TV -- captures the sights and sounds from the club's 2-1 loss in Colorado on the Fourth of July and 3-2 win over FC Dallas at Children's Mercy Park on Sunday.
The episode also features a special focus on Sporting KC forward Daniel Salloi, who recently became a U.S. Citizen and participated in a special naturalization ceremony at Children's Mercy Park.
"To become a citizen, it's a huge honor," Salloi said. "It was a great ceremony and I really enjoyed it. It was very emotional...The club did an amazing job of treating me as one of their own from day one. I've become the player who I am today because of the coaching staff, my teammates that I've had, the medical staff, everybody around me. "
After a dramatic 2-1 win in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, Sporting Kansas City will continue a stretch of seven matches in 22 days as the team returns to the road for a Western Conference match-up with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.
A rematch of last year's Western Conference Wild Card round that saw Sporting prevail in penalties, SJvSKC will kick offat 9:30 p.m. CT at PayPal Park. The MLS Matchday 26 finale will be available to watch for free via MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and radio coverage will also air on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM with live streams available in the Sporting KC App.
In addition, pub partners in the Sporting Pub Network will show all of the action with a watch party at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power and Light District featuring food and drink specials for fans on Saturday.
