Tickets for Sporting Kansas City II’s inaugural MLS NEXT Pro regular season are officially on sale now at SeatGeek.com. A majority of the club’s home matches will take place at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas, making Sporting KC II the first professional sports franchise based in Lawrence. The team will play the final three home matches of the MLS NEXT Pro season at Swope Soccer Village.
Sporting KC II’s Rock Chalk Park debut will be on Sunday, April 10 against Houston Dynamo 2. Kickoff for the home opener is set for 6 p.m. CT and tickets can be purchased here with prices as low as $10 for general admission seating.
The MLS NEXT Pro regular season begins on March 27 for SKC II as they open the season with back-to-back road trips, first to Colorado and then to Minnesota. Sporting KC II will then host Houston before the first-ever meeting with an STL CITY2 side on April 16.
The regular season will consist of 24 matches (12 home and 12 away) culminating in the MLS NEXT Pro playoffs. Decision Day is set for Sunday, Sept. 18 as SKC II will face STL CITY2 in the final match of the regular season. All MLS NEXT Pro matches will be live-streamed on MLSNEXTPro.com.
Led by head coach Benny Feilhaber and assistant coach Ike Opara, the team is finishing up the preseason and rounding out the roster ahead of the season opener later this month. In their most recent preseason match, SKC II defeated FC Tulsa on the road off a 90th minute, Mataeo Bunbury game-winning goal.
Sporting KC II Roster as of March 9, 2022
• Goalkeepers (1): Ethan Bandre
• Defenders (5): Joseph Addo Tetteh, Aljaz Dzankic, Spencer Glass, Coby Jones, Cole McLagan
• Midfielders (4): Collin Fernandez, Curtez Kellman, Jahon Rad, Cade Thomson
• Forwards (7): Paul Atta Agyei, Bakary Bagayoko, Josh Coan, Tijani Fatah, Rauf Salifu, Julian Vazquez, Dembakwi Yomba
SKC II has two more preseason matches, the first of which is this Saturday against 2021 USL League One champions Union Omaha. The match will take place at Swope Soccer Village at 2 p.m. CT and is open to the public.
