For the Glory KC is back with the 112th episode of the show.

While there weren't any signings (don't worry, we address that too), Sporting Kansas City did have a fairly big week. The 2025 MLS schedule came out, Sporting KC had a rumored signing, they drafted three players and announced a section of preseason is open to the public with a couple games that you can actually go watch.

On the schedule front, Sporting KC open their season on the road against Austin FC before returning home to face the San Jose Earthquakes on March 1st (good to catch them before Bruce Arena rights that ship). The Quakes game will actually be their fourth game in all competitions when they play four times in 12 days with two Inter Miami games sandwiched around the Austin game for CONCACAF Champions Cup competition.

While that's a tough schedule, it's not nearly as bad as the month of May. Sporting KC play seven times in May, including two stretches of three games in eight days. It's by far their busiest month of the season, pending US Open Cup involvement. One of those stretches is three straight road games, a trip to Portland, a trip to St. Louis and then back to the west coast to face San Diego FC for the first time in Cali. The schedule makers clearly hate KC. Honestly, it's probably just incompetence.

Sheena and I weigh in with our best road trips for our family and yours. Sheena had a top trip, but then a bunch of reasons to basically go see any other team in the league. I was a little narrower in my focus. What we could both agree on, was that going to the first game at an opponent's stadium is always exciting. There is one chance to do that this year, San Diego FC. They topped both lists, with a few other key games standing out for us too. The game we are likely making our annual road trip to a new stadium to is the Houston Dynamo (I guess).

Then we get into the Geronimo Rivera rumor, those preseason details and the three SuperDraft picks.

Finally, we turn our attention to a team making actual roster moves. The KC Current made two more signings with a third on the way. The team traded for midfielder Rocky Rodriguez and signed free agent Laurel Ivory. On top of that, our own Thad Bell confirmed Brazilian National Team goalkeeper Lorena will be announced soon.

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

SKC U-13s success
Netflix is the home of the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups
Former KC Current players on the move
Becky Sauerbrunn retired
NWSL Expansion

Here is a rundown of topics (and approximate start times):

Sporting KC get their 2025 Schedule - 5:56
Another SKC Rumor: Geronimo Rivera - 42:15
Some of SKC’s preseason is open to the public - 50:33
Three new Sporting KC Draft Picks - 56:26
KC Current keep making moves - 1:10:34
Digital Crawl - 1:19:01

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