For the Glory KC is back with the 163rd episode of the show and the second show of 2026!

Sporting Kansas City had a pretty big week. No, they didn't do much to fill out their miniscule roster, but it's almost certainly bigger than that. On Friday, news broke that Sporting KC minority owner Peter Mallouk was taking over as majority owner, holding an estimated 80 percent of the team. Sheena and I get into what this means for the team this season and beyond. Sam McDowell from the KC Star got an interview with Mallouk and we discussed several of his big quotes:

• “What you’re going to see next season is a big, big financial commitment,” he said, “to do whatever it takes to build upon what we’re building upon this season. "
• "I really would say 99.5% of the metric I’m going to care about is winning. And 0.5% will be everything else.”
• “The fans are incredible,” Mallouk said. “They deserve a competitor all the time.”

There was actual movement on the roster with the signing of Calvin Harris. We got an inside take from the Burgundy Wave's Matt Pollard who has covered the Colorado Rapids for years. Sheena and I discuss the rumor that Cesar Inga is on his way to Kansas City. And we can't leave out the weird and wild Rogers Mato story. It doesn't stop there though, as SKC won their first preseason game and we have updates on Roger Espinoza, Willy Agada, Robert Voloder, Mason Toye, Paulo Nagamura, Alenis Vargas and Ramiz Hamouda.

The KC Current also had a fairly big week with the announcement of their schedule, the trade of Nichelle Prince and some unfortunate injury new for Michelle Cooper and Temwa Chawinga.

In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:

• England, Netherlands and Argentina are all rumored to want to do World Cup base camp in KC
• Lindsey Heaps is coming to the NWSL
• KC Comets pick up two big wins

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Sporting KC sold! - 9:14
• SKC Sign a Player and lots of other stories - 25:11
• KC Current Schedule, Prince trade and more - 54:16
• Digital Crawl - 1:11:58

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For the Glory KC is back with the 160th episode of the show and the first of 2026!

Sporting Kansas City officially had a relatively quiet week. Unofficially, they have a coach they are set to announce on Monday. Tom Bogert is reporting it, and the team was already teasing an announcement before he broke the story. It looks like it's long rumored Raphael Wicky, who we learned about over a month ago. We give our initial reactions to the news.

While that's unofficial, the team did make one official move this week. Sporting KC traded with the Chicago Fire for 21-year-old right back Justin Reynolds. Couple that with the rumored transfer for Cesar Inga and suddenly Sporting KC nearly have enough defenders to actually play a soccer match.

Sheena and I weigh in on all the news with preseason set to start next weekend. We recap the offseason and the state of the roster, coaching staff and all things Sporting KC headed into the 2026 season. There is still a lot of work to be done and hopefully it's a very busy week of announcements and press conferences to come.

The KC Current got only bad news this week with the announcement that Mary Long tore her ACL. It makes the departure of Alex Pfeiffer even more stunning since the forward depth is nonexistent for the Current. That said, Bia Zaneratto remains available to sign according to her agent. Plus, we talk about happy news for several players who got married or engaged recently.

In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:

• The Columbus Crew hired a coach (only SKC are unofficially left without one)
• LA Galaxy's Puig has another knee surgery
• USL Championship have labor problems

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Sporting KC have their coach, right? - 4:53
• SKC signing and rumor - 15:51
• Where do things stand with SKC? - 26:59
• KC Current injury - 54:02
• Digital Crawl - 1:04:57

As a special gift to For the Glory KC listeners and KC Soccer Journal readers, Backheeled dot com is giving away 30 days of their amazing, independent American soccer coverage for free. If you decide you want to turn that into a paid membership, they'll give you 10 percent off too. Just follow this link!

Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.