Sporting Kansas City will host the Seattle Sounders FC at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Children's Mercy Park as the club celebrates Soccer For All with Sporting KC players wearing the Pride Pre-Match top during warm-ups as part of a league-wide collection during Pride Month.
Tickets for Saturday's showdown with Seattle are available online via SeatGeek, including the Sporting U Pass offering $15 Supporters' Stand tickets for college students. The Western Conference clash will be available to watch on Apple TV for MLS Season Pass subscribers and radio coverage will air locally on Sports Radio 810 WHB in English and La Grande 1340 AM in Spanish with live audio streams available in the Sporting KC App. In addition, Pub partners in the Sporting Pub Network will also show all of the action including a watch partiy at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power and Light District with food and drink specials for fans.
APPLICATION CLOSES TODAY FOR COACHING COURSES
The application window for U.S. Soccer's A-Youth Coaching Education Courses will close at 5 p.m. CT today via the U.S. Soccer Learning Center. Compass Minerals National Performance Center in Kansas City, Kansas will host three of the upcoming courses.
20% OFF AT MLSSTORE.COM ENDS TUESDAY
Fans can take advantage of 20% off all orders at MLSstore.com until 10:59 p.m. CT on Tuesday with the code 20MLS (terms and exclusions apply), including Sporting Kansas City's recently released Pride pre-match top in men's, women's and youth sizes.
SKC ACADEMY HOSTS PATTERSON CUP
The Sporting KC Academy will host the Patterson Cup from June 5-9 at Swope Soccer Village featuring 17 MLS academies in three different age groups. The Sporting Kansas City Academy under-12 team will play twice on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, while the Sporting Kansas City Academy under-13 and under-14 teams will each play twice on Wednesday and Thursday with placement matches on Saturday and Sunday. Fans can follow @SKCAcademy on Twitter for updates.
VANvSKC AWAY TICKET REQUESTS OPEN WEDNESDAY
Sporting Kansas City Season Ticket Members and members of Sporting KC supporters groups are eligible to receive complimentary tickets for Sporting away matches. Requests are currently open for Sporting's match at the San Jose Earthquakes on July 13 while supplies last. Away ticket requests for Sporting's match at the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on July 17 will open this Wednesday.
NEW BEHIND THE SHIELD PREMIERES ON THURSDAY
New in 2024, Behind the Shield presented by Audi will be available after every match this season with the video series - produced by Sporting's full-time digital storytellers - providing fans with an immersive viewing experience highlighted by exclusive interviews and all-access footage from SKC players, trainings and matchdays. This week's BTS captures the sights and sounds from two Western Conference clashes and will premier at noon CT on Thursday on SportingKC.com and Sporting Kansas City's YouTube channel.
SKC II HOSTS HOUSTON ON FRIDAY
Coming off a late 4-3 win over Minnesota United FC 2 on Sunday, Sporting KC II will continue the MLS NEXT Pro campaign against Houston Dynamo 2 at 6 p.m. CT on Friday at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas. Tickets area available via SeatGeek and the Frontier Division match-up will be streamed live on MLSNEXTPro.com. Fans can also follow @SportingKCII on Twitter for updates.
SPORTING KC SHOW AIRS ON FRIDAY
A new episode of The Sporting KC Show will air from 7-8 p.m. CT this Friday on Sports Radio 810 WHB with co-hosts Jon Kempin and Blake Aerni previewing Saturday's match-up with Seattle. 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.
NEW SESSIONS START SATURDAY FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS
New spring sessions of Sporting Stripes and Sporting Stars, early childhood soccer programs for 2-8 year olds, will start on Saturday at The Soccer Lot (2525 Jefferson St.) in Kansas City, Missouri, and Homefield (2115 E. Kansas City Rd.) in Olathe, Kansas. The programs are offered on Saturday mornings for four weeks. For more information, visit SportingKCYouth.com.
SPORTING KC TO PARTICIPATE IN PRIDE PARADE ON SATURDAY
Together with jersey-front partner Compass Minerals, Sporting Kansas City will participate in the KC Pride Community Alliance's 2024 Pride Parade as an event sponsor in support of the LGBTQ community. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday as part of KC PrideFest at Theis Park.
ACADEMY CONTINUES UNBEATEN UPSL SPRING SEASON
The Sporting KC Academy U-19s will continue their unbeaten UPSL spring campaign with a road match at the Dodge City Toros FC at 4 p.m. CT on Saturday. The U-19s are in first place in the Midwest South division with a 7-0-1 record with two matches remaining in the season. Fans can follow @SKCAcademy on Twitter for updates.
