THE STARTING 11: Rejected Kansas City Stadium Names
Mar21

THE STARTING 11: Rejected Kansas City Stadium Names

When the good folks of Kansas decided that they just couldn’t get behind Lance Armstrong’s pro-syringe agenda, they ditched their ground’s name of Livestrong Sporting Park. For a while after their flirtation with performance enhanced stadia ended, it was just plain old Sporting Park. However, that just sounded too much like a place for wealthy fox hunts. This year SKC have gone with the guilt-inducing...

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South Couch Report : Kansas City v Toronto
Mar20

South Couch Report : Kansas City v Toronto

Stupid Sporting KC Wiz. Their stupid home graph paper kits and their stupid team with Dom Dwyer. So much stupid here. Toronto is in Children Mercy Park, which is a terrible name that is supposedly known as “The Blue Hell”. Any park for a kid’s mercy it probably a shade of hell. The good news : Altidore isn’t starting but he’s available. Giovinco hasn’t been chosen for Italy exhibitions. Cheyrou is starting. The bad news : Moor is out...

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Toronto FC vs Sporting KC: Will TFC Be In Heaven, Or Blue Hell?
Mar20

Toronto FC vs Sporting KC: Will TFC Be In Heaven, Or Blue Hell?

Sunday March 20 – TSN2 – Children’s Mercy Park – 7pm ET  Can Toronto FC’s dream start to the season continue this evening in Kansas City?  Unlikely – but then again I’d have called you crazy two weeks ago if you said that TFC would be undefeated at the moment; including a 2-0 win over last year’s Supporter’s Shield winner, and a come from behind draw in the house that Villa built....

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Episode 128 – 16/03/17 #TinySwitchblade #HandGestures #MoreBadAccents
Mar17

Episode 128 – 16/03/17 #TinySwitchblade #HandGestures #MoreBadAccents

The gang is all intact for this one as they review the game and tiny pitch of NYCFC, look ahead to Sporting KC *spit*, and partake in the usual malarkey. In this episode, Kristin secretly wants the ant to dance, Mark defends his best buddy BennyBalls (TM), Tony invokes a rare biblical text and Duncan absolutely crushes his spanish. #BitchyBlanks for this week : Sporting KCs park is nicknamed “the blue hell”. BMO Field should be called...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Kansas City away
Feb21

Kit Nerd Corner : Kansas City away

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : The nicest kit in MLS. The inside collar says : nothing The outside back collar has : SKC The jock tag position has : nothing The side Adidas stripes are : a deep sky blue (it seems) I thought Vancouver or DC might have locked up this ‘best new kit’ thingie, but this. THIS. First off, f*** you Sporting Kansas City Wiz. I don’t like your team, I don’t like your name, I...

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