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Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast

Drew VanderPloeg and Cody Welton

A conversation on topics involving the MLS club Sporting Kansas City. Tactical breakdowns of match performances, discussion around personnel and their usage, and previews of upcoming matches. Some additional content around other USMNT and MLS news as appropriate. Want to participate in the discussion? Join us on the Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/pkg4S85qR2

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01:36:19

Episode 123 - Greek transfer combo meals, Iraola's...

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2025/01/30

The combo meal of transfers appears to have developed in Thessaloniki as Sporting KC work to close the transfer of Spanish Attacking Midfielder Manu Garcia and appear to be close to acquiring his Aris teammate Right Winger Shapi Suleymanov as well. We have a few reported details on the structure of this deal and why it’s happening in this manner, even if it caused one member of this podcast to get pre-emptively grumpy about what could appear to be a bulk discount strategy for player acquisition by

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01:40:38

Episode 122 - SKC's potential #10, possible tactical...

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2025/01/24

Finally, after almost a year of saying it was the position of highest priority, Sporting KC have been reportedly in negotiations with a DP #10 target, Manu Garcia of the Greek Super League club Aris. SKC fans have to feel like the old lady titanic gif that says “It’s been 84 years…” upon hearing this report. There is obviously work yet to be done to get this deal completed, but it is finally a clear sign of intent from a club that has until now, only been capable of relaying promises without

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01:41:52

Episode 121 - Flexibility is the word of the week

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2025/01/16

Peter Vermes and Mike Burns convened for their first press conference of the year and it was rife with news and details about a number of changes we’ve been discussing over the past several weeks, as well as some new information that we had not yet heard from the club. We learned the details of the Pulido transfer to Chivas, a new signing at center forward to spell William Agada now that Pulido is gone, and the revelation that anyone that becomes the team’s captain this season needs to have the

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01:42:32

Episode 120 - Cody's back, Pulido is not, and roster...

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2025/01/09

Out of seemingly nowhere, Alan Pulido completed his oft rumored, but rarely taken serious return to Chivas de Guadalajara, the club from which Sporting KC acquired him back in 2020, and seemingly couldn’t go a single offseason without being linked back to. We considered this to be a contract that Sporting KC would not be able to reasonably get out of, and had resigned ourselves to the fact that his presence would be a significant portion of the rebuild planning Mike Burns and Peter Vermes are

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01:45:47

Episode 119 - Sperry joins the pod, SKC offseason...

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2024/12/21

Cody got knocked out by some kind of virus that destroyed his vocal cords, so I was able to scour the transfer market for a short term loan from Daniel Sperry with the KC Star to join the pod this week.The MLS and Concacaf Champions Cup schedules have been released, and a certain Argentinian World Cup winner is returning to Kansas City, this time to the friendly confines of Children’s Mercy Park. MLS did make some needed adjustments to their TV schedule meaning we do have a couple Sunday evening

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01:31:14

Episode 118 - SKC/MLS Hot Stove, Building the GK...

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2024/12/05

It is officially the “Hot Stove” portion of the year and the rumors and announcements are starting to pour in around MLS and Sporting KC has even been mentioned in one or two. With most of the teams in MLS having publicly announced their roster decisions we have the opportunity to look with in the league and see if there are any players standing out that SKC may potentially want to look at to solidify a few areas of need within the roster. As usual, I have gone deep down a rabbit hole of

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01:47:44

Episode 117 - SKC Roster moves are official, the...

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2024/11/22

Sporting KC announced their long awaited roster decisions last week, moving on from 8 of the 16 players eligible for an exit at the end of this season. This created quite a stir as a couple of the players leaving have legitimate shouts to be SKC Legends one day. It is never easy to make changes like this but it is the type of change both of the proprietors of this podcast have asked for as well as fanbase at large. Mike Burns met with the media last Friday to discuss these changes, plans for the

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01:37:10

Episode 116 - Mailbag, analyzing The Current, and MLS...

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2024/11/14

We will be mostly focusing on topics around the world of Sporting Kansas City soccer this week, because candidly that is the only place where anything of note is currently happening. Both MLS and NWSL have begun their playoffs and there have been a number of interesting stories emanating from those matchups that caught our eye.The USMNT is convening for their first meaningful matches under Mauricio Pochettino as they take on Jamaica in a home-home series in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations

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01:43:59

Episode 115 - MLSPA Salary Dump, Option Year...

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2024/10/31

The offseason has well and truly begun and given the length of time before SKC plays another meaningful game, the feelings of malaise and cynicism regarding the future prospects of the club seem to be permeating the fan base. We spent a fair amount of time talking about the amount of work that Peter Vermes and Mike Burns have in front of them and the length of that timetable was predictably frustrating.We also briefly discussed the comments Vermes made in the press just prior to our recording last

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01:41:59

Episode 114 - Bring on the Rebuild

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2024/10/23

Sporting KC went out with a whimper as they traveled to Frisco TX on Saturday night to close out a fairly forgettable season against FC Dallas. Much of how the game went was a microcosm of the season as a whole, including giving up a bad goal, making ridiculous mistakes due to poor communication, and Willy Agada being the only one creating chances of any significance in the game. While we may have expected it to be a curtain call for a number of players on the team, most of them didn’t even make

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01:40:37

Episode 113 - SKC lacks quality, how to use a modern...

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2024/10/10

Sporting KC welcomed LAFC to Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night for what was billed as a re-match of the US Open Cup final and a final opportunity to close out the home season on a positive note. What it was instead was a stark reminder of how vastly different the trajectories these two teams are at the moment. It was so bad that anyone at the stadium within viewing distance of a television decided to watch the end of the Royals game instead of being subjected to that 2nd half performance.It

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01:45:02

Episode 112 - SKC loses a cup final, JFD asserts his...

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2024/10/04

We are back! After a bit of an extended break due to yours Drew’s visit to Los Angeles for the Open Cup Final, we have returned to find there are 2 games left in a season many people would like to forget.The performance in LA was probably as good as could be expected, with a legit chance to steal the game late on Johnny Russell’s foot. Unfortunately once Extra Time started, the limitations of Sporting KC’s roster began to show through and the candidly much higher quality of LAFC took

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01:09:56

Episode 111 - We've run out of new things to talk about

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2024/09/18

Drew has returned from the Pacific Northwest and while he enjoyed much of his trip to Seattle, the soccer was not a reason why. Sporting KC came away with a pretty lackluster performance and a 2-0 defeat to the Sounders that honestly could have been even worse.The absence of Jake Davis was apparent pretty early in this match, as the Bassong/Walter double pivot struggled to contain the Sounders and often lost central control as has often been an issue with this team when Jake has not been in the

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01:36:41

Episode 110 - A frustrating draw for SKC, and the...

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2024/09/13

If you had told me that Sporting KC was going to head up to New Jersey without a number of players and come away with a 1-1 draw before the game started I’d have probably thought that was a decent result. Unfortunately, the way they went about achieving said draw left a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of fans and was a reminder of how many leads the club has shipped in the 2nd half of games the season. Sporting KC will also be without perhaps the most promising member of the roster, Jake Davis,

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01:49:23

Episode 109 - 2 shutouts for SKC, tactical fluidity,...

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2024/08/30

In the category of “Things I did not expect to open with,” Sporting KC won twice in the last week and maintained shutouts in both games! They had maintained a grand total of 3 shutouts in all competitions this season prior to last Saturday night, so to get two in a row was, shall we say, unexpected. The performances in both games were significant improvements defensively over what we have become familiar with lately, and they also did not get punished for every single mistake like they often have

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01:46:49

Episode 108 - The opposite of absence making the...

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2024/08/21

Leagues Cup has become a bit of an extended break for Sporting KC, and probably one they welcome after the level of schedule density and player availability issues that they had encountered over the past several weeks. The players and staff all got a welcome few days off and hopefully are returning to training this week with a renewed sense of motivation as they look towards the last couple months of the season that hopefully include a legitimate run at the US Open Cup trophy.Unfortunately that

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02:02:34

Episode 107 - SKC crashes out of Leagues Cup, Roster...

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2024/08/14

We’re back! After an inopportune bout of COVID for Drew, we have returned and wow have things gone well for Sporting KC in our absence. Actually, I’m sorry, the exact opposite has happened as their Leagues Cup campaign hit the skids. SKC went down 2-1 at home vs. Toluca in a match they certainly could have gotten a result from had things gone a bit more their way, but perhaps from a quality perspective may not have really deserved. Then they headed to Columbus where the predictable happened,

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01:40:33

Episode 106 - SKC vs Fire recap, Cup vs Cup...

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2024/07/31

It was Sunday Funday(night?) at Children’s Mercy Park as Sporting KC kicked off their Leagues Cup campaign with a win against the Chicago Fire. There were a couple surprises in the gameday roster and starting lineup along with a couple really nice headed goals to get the 2-1 victory. Of course the beginning of Leagues Cup has also reignited the discourse around the tournament, which wasn’t helped by Don Garber’s comments about the Open Cup during all star weekend.Stephen Afrifa was one of the

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01:40:49

Episode 105 - SKC employs some tactical fluidity, and...

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2024/07/25

Sporting Kansas City allowed fans to have hope of a potential turn around for about 3 days after dispatching a terrible San Jose team on the road last Saturday. Unfortunately they followed it up by closing out this very dense stretch of the schedule with a loss in Vancouver and a 1-1 draw at home vs the Pink Dog Food CITY SC team on Saturday night. The good news is, this means Cody is sufficiently grumpy about this team again so you will get the entertainment you expect from this podcast.The

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01:30:52

Episode 104 - 3 games in 7 days, rain delays, and...

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2024/07/12

Sporting Kansas City’s performances were apt to be described best by Genarro Gatusso over the past week, but did reside mostly in the “sometimes maybe good” department, getting 2 consecutive wins at home over FC Dallas including a weather-interrupted Open Cup quarterfinal last night that went the full 120 minutes. This had the effect of somewhat washing out the sour taste of a frustrating final 30 minutes in Colorado on the 4th of July that erased what was a fairly well executed, if unexpected,

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