Other Sports **2012 Sporting Kansas City\Soccer Thread** - Page 25

|Zach| · 04:13 PM

Sporting Kansas City was eliminated from MLS Cup contention after losing to Houston 2-1 aggreagate over the span of two games. They finished the year as US Open Cup Champions and a Kansas City team record of 63 points.

MLS Cup Final | LA Galaxy vs Houston Dynamo | December 1st, 3:30 CT

Final Regular Season Eastern Conference Standings
Full MLS standings here.

2012 US Open Cup Champions.

Demonpenz · 02-24-2012, 01:32 PM

Sweet I plan on hooking it up to my TV and it look horrible!

CHENZ A! · 02-24-2012, 01:41 PM

Well I think I'll skip the gym today, pick up a sixer on the way home and watch our boys kick Houston's ass then.

|Zach| · 02-24-2012, 01:42 PM

Yea for as good of a season as he had last year and as big of part of our team he is Kei had a pretty crappy post season last year.

SKC's Kamara still bitter over playoff loss to Houston

ORLANDO, Fla. – The opener of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic on Friday night will give Sporting Kansas City the opportunity to exact a dose of revenge on the Houston Dynamo (6 pm ET live stream on MLSsoccer.com Channel 2).

The Orange registered the upset of the 2011 postseason by defeating Sporting KC 2-0 at Livestrong Sporting Park in the Eastern Conference Championship. And that loss still dwells with Sporting KC’s Kei Kamara to this day.

“Houston won, they went to the final – fortunately for them – but I won’t say that the better team won that day,” Kamara told MLSsoccer.com after practice on Thursday afternoon at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. “Kudos to Houston for winning that [match] but definitely at that point of the season we were playing some of the best soccer in the league.”

MLSsoccer.com caught a glimpse of the group that is expected to form the starting XI against Houston in the first match of a Friday doubleheader which will also feature the Montreal Impact taking on the Vancouver Whitecaps (left to right): Jimmy Nielsen – Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurélien Collin, Chance Myers – Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Luke Sassano – Bobby Convey, C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara.

The only new face in that group is Convey, who made the move from the San Jose Earthquakes during the offseason. Kamara expects the continuity to benefit SKC entering the new MLS season.

“It’s definitely good for this team to see this many guys in the club return,” he said. “We have the chemistry that we had last year. We have been keeping things pretty much the same for the last two years, but it’s all about the new guys coming in like Convey and [Paulo] Nagamura and even the rookies for them to kind of adjust to the way we play here. Once they understand that we will be good to go.”

The 27-year-old Kamara ranks among the veterans of this 2012 SKC squad and it sounds like it.

With elder statesmen Davy Arnaud, Jack Jewsbury and Omar Bravo departing the club in recent months, the Sierra Leone winger, who is entering his seventh MLS season, will be counted on to lead the charge … to MLS Cup.

“This year this team is definitely a championship contender,” Kamara said. “We can definitely take ourselves there. There are not many changes we have to do from last year. We have to pick up from where we left off coming into this season.”

Demonpenz · 02-24-2012, 02:56 PM

Kamara seems like an idiot. Him and Chapoli

|Zach| · 02-24-2012, 05:11 PM

Playing a preseason game against Houston right now. Looking pretty good. Keeping possession well.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/live/channel2

Demonpenz · 02-24-2012, 07:32 PM

|Zach| · 02-24-2012, 10:52 PM

Both teams looked pretty good for preseason. SKC's defense was really good and they held possession but were just a bit rust on finishing.

|Zach| · 02-24-2012, 11:02 PM

The case of the missing Major League Soccer Cup trophy has been solved, thanks in no small measure to the power of social media.

Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt reached out to Sporting Kansas City’s ownership group in response to a recent Twitter campaign by Sporting KC fans, who had hoped to see the championship hardware won in 2000 handed over to the franchise, which until last year was known as the Wizards.

“When I heard about the fans’ concerns regarding the whereabouts of the 2000 MLS Cup championship trophy, I reached out to (OnGoal principal investor) Cliff (Illig) and (Sporting KC CEO) Robb (Heineman) to offer to display the trophy at Livestrong this season before it goes on permanent display at Arrowhead,” Hunt said.

The Hunt family owned the MLS franchise when it won the championship in 2000, beating the Chicago Fire 1-0 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and retained possession of Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy after selling the team to OnGoal 2006.

“That trophy was very, very important to my father (the late Lamar Hunt),” Hunt said. “Of course, it was his first trophy in MLS and first professional trophy since the Dallas Tornado (won the North American Soccer League) in 1971, except for the (Chicago) Bulls’ championships.”

Lamar Hunt was one of the Bulls’ founding investors and remained a part-owner of the team until his death, so he no doubt took satisfaction in their six NBA championships of the 1990s. But keeping the MLS Cup was important enough to Hunt that it emerged as a central part of negotiations when ownership changed hands.

“It was a key deal for Lamar when we bought the team to retain the Cup,” Heineman said. “For us, as much as we wanted it, we completely respected that Lamar (would want it). He valued that trophy as much as his Super Bowl trophy and wanted to keep it. For us, the profound respect we had for Lamar Hunt made it more or less fine that he keep the trophy.”

Speculation swirled that the trophy was on display in Dallas at the headquarters of the Hunt Sports Group, which owns MLS franchises FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew, but Hunt denied that the spoils had ever left Kansas City.

“It went into storage during the renovation of Arrowhead and hasn’t been anywhere except in storage,” Hunt said.

Moreover, Hunt understands the fans’ interest in the trophy’s whereabouts, which is why he said he’ll loan the trophy to Sporting KC for the entire 2012 season.

“I wasn’t really surprised, because trophies are important for anybody who calls themselves a fan of a team,” Hunt said. “I totally understand the fans wondering what happened to the trophy from the 2000 championship, and I’m glad we’re going to be able to put it on display somewhere the fans can see it.”

Fans should be able to sneak a first peek during Sporting KC’s home opener on March 17 against the New England Revolution. Heineman indicated that the trophy’s likely home for the season would be Livestrong Sporting Park’s Members’ Club.

“That’s where I’d like to see it,” Heineman said. “What we may do for this loan period is to display it all over the stadium so that fans can interact with it in a match environment. I think we may try and make it accessible to fans when we aren’t playing games. We have a lot of visitors and it’s a special trophy and I think trophies belong to the fans. The Members’ Club is the right spot for that.”

After the season, the trophy will be returned to the Hunt family and go on display permanently in the Lamar Hunt Gallery at Arrowhead Stadium’s Chiefs’ Hall of Honor presented by Time Warner Cable.

A replica will be made for permanent display at Livestrong Sporting Park.

“We’re sizing the trophy case so that we can fit three or four of ours in there too,” Heineman said.

Full 90 blogger Charles Gooch contributed to this report. To reach Tod Palmer, sports reporter for The Star, call 816-234-4389 or send email to tpalmer@kcstar.com

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/24...#storylink=cpy

WoodDraw · 02-24-2012, 11:34 PM

Trophies belong to the club and fans, not the past owner.

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 02:58 AM

Not Sporting but how perfect is this goal from Messi my god.

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 03:09 AM

There's a bit more buzz building this year about the CONCACAF Champions League, in which three MLS teams have reached the final eight: Seattle, Los Angeles and Toronto (the latter two of which meet each other in another quarterfinal). The Galaxy's stellar offseason has some pundits thinking L.A. can win it all and become the first MLS team to play in the FIFA Club World Cup, which takes places in Japan in December.

But Santos will have something to say about that. The Torreón-based club, which is 4-1-1 in the Mexican league, will get to play the winner of L.A.-Toronto if it can get past Seattle in the quarters. So those of us on the U.S. side may see Santos a lot in the next couple months. There are some familiar faces, including goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez, and Gómez is competing for playing time on a front line that includes Oribe Peralta, Carlos Quintero and Christian Suárez.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soc...#ixzz1nZVBOT18

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 03:11 AM

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 03:13 AM

Crew has made some nice moves this year...they may be poised for a decent run. Kansas City certainly needs to keep an eye out for them as one of the teams to beat.

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 03:18 AM

So it turns out the drummer of Rancid is a huge RSL fan he created this and is at the start. This is fan made.

|Zach| · 02-27-2012, 04:17 AM

from Nick Stout on Vimeo.

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02-24-2012, 01:42 PM	#363
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	Yea for as good of a season as he had last year and as big of part of our team he is Kei had a pretty crappy post season last year. SKC's Kamara still bitter over playoff loss to Houston ORLANDO, Fla. – The opener of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic on Friday night will give Sporting Kansas City the opportunity to exact a dose of revenge on the Houston Dynamo (6 pm ET live stream on MLSsoccer.com Channel 2). The Orange registered the upset of the 2011 postseason by defeating Sporting KC 2-0 at Livestrong Sporting Park in the Eastern Conference Championship. And that loss still dwells with Sporting KC’s Kei Kamara to this day. “Houston won, they went to the final – fortunately for them – but I won’t say that the better team won that day,” Kamara told MLSsoccer.com after practice on Thursday afternoon at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. “Kudos to Houston for winning that [match] but definitely at that point of the season we were playing some of the best soccer in the league.” MLSsoccer.com caught a glimpse of the group that is expected to form the starting XI against Houston in the first match of a Friday doubleheader which will also feature the Montreal Impact taking on the Vancouver Whitecaps (left to right): Jimmy Nielsen – Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurélien Collin, Chance Myers – Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Luke Sassano – Bobby Convey, C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara. The only new face in that group is Convey, who made the move from the San Jose Earthquakes during the offseason. Kamara expects the continuity to benefit SKC entering the new MLS season. “It’s definitely good for this team to see this many guys in the club return,” he said. “We have the chemistry that we had last year. We have been keeping things pretty much the same for the last two years, but it’s all about the new guys coming in like Convey and [Paulo] Nagamura and even the rookies for them to kind of adjust to the way we play here. Once they understand that we will be good to go.” The 27-year-old Kamara ranks among the veterans of this 2012 SKC squad and it sounds like it. With elder statesmen Davy Arnaud, Jack Jewsbury and Omar Bravo departing the club in recent months, the Sierra Leone winger, who is entering his seventh MLS season, will be counted on to lead the charge … to MLS Cup. “This year this team is definitely a championship contender,” Kamara said. “We can definitely take ourselves there. There are not many changes we have to do from last year. We have to pick up from where we left off coming into this season.”
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02-24-2012, 05:11 PM	#365
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	Playing a preseason game against Houston right now. Looking pretty good. Keeping possession well. http://www.mlssoccer.com/live/channel2
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\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	Both teams looked pretty good for preseason. SKC's defense was really good and they held possession but were just a bit rust on finishing.
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02-24-2012, 11:02 PM	#368
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	The case of the missing Major League Soccer Cup trophy has been solved, thanks in no small measure to the power of social media. Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt reached out to Sporting Kansas City’s ownership group in response to a recent Twitter campaign by Sporting KC fans, who had hoped to see the championship hardware won in 2000 handed over to the franchise, which until last year was known as the Wizards. “When I heard about the fans’ concerns regarding the whereabouts of the 2000 MLS Cup championship trophy, I reached out to (OnGoal principal investor) Cliff (Illig) and (Sporting KC CEO) Robb (Heineman) to offer to display the trophy at Livestrong this season before it goes on permanent display at Arrowhead,” Hunt said. The Hunt family owned the MLS franchise when it won the championship in 2000, beating the Chicago Fire 1-0 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and retained possession of Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy after selling the team to OnGoal 2006. “That trophy was very, very important to my father (the late Lamar Hunt),” Hunt said. “Of course, it was his first trophy in MLS and first professional trophy since the Dallas Tornado (won the North American Soccer League) in 1971, except for the (Chicago) Bulls’ championships.” Lamar Hunt was one of the Bulls’ founding investors and remained a part-owner of the team until his death, so he no doubt took satisfaction in their six NBA championships of the 1990s. But keeping the MLS Cup was important enough to Hunt that it emerged as a central part of negotiations when ownership changed hands. “It was a key deal for Lamar when we bought the team to retain the Cup,” Heineman said. “For us, as much as we wanted it, we completely respected that Lamar (would want it). He valued that trophy as much as his Super Bowl trophy and wanted to keep it. For us, the profound respect we had for Lamar Hunt made it more or less fine that he keep the trophy.” Speculation swirled that the trophy was on display in Dallas at the headquarters of the Hunt Sports Group, which owns MLS franchises FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew, but Hunt denied that the spoils had ever left Kansas City. “It went into storage during the renovation of Arrowhead and hasn’t been anywhere except in storage,” Hunt said. Moreover, Hunt understands the fans’ interest in the trophy’s whereabouts, which is why he said he’ll loan the trophy to Sporting KC for the entire 2012 season. “I wasn’t really surprised, because trophies are important for anybody who calls themselves a fan of a team,” Hunt said. “I totally understand the fans wondering what happened to the trophy from the 2000 championship, and I’m glad we’re going to be able to put it on display somewhere the fans can see it.” Fans should be able to sneak a first peek during Sporting KC’s home opener on March 17 against the New England Revolution. Heineman indicated that the trophy’s likely home for the season would be Livestrong Sporting Park’s Members’ Club. “That’s where I’d like to see it,” Heineman said. “What we may do for this loan period is to display it all over the stadium so that fans can interact with it in a match environment. I think we may try and make it accessible to fans when we aren’t playing games. We have a lot of visitors and it’s a special trophy and I think trophies belong to the fans. The Members’ Club is the right spot for that.” After the season, the trophy will be returned to the Hunt family and go on display permanently in the Lamar Hunt Gallery at Arrowhead Stadium’s Chiefs’ Hall of Honor presented by Time Warner Cable. A replica will be made for permanent display at Livestrong Sporting Park. “We’re sizing the trophy case so that we can fit three or four of ours in there too,” Heineman said. Full 90 blogger Charles Gooch contributed to this report. To reach Tod Palmer, sports reporter for The Star, call 816-234-4389 or send email to tpalmer@kcstar.com Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/24...#storylink=cpy
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02-24-2012, 11:34 PM	#369
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02-27-2012, 02:58 AM	#370
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	Not Sporting but how perfect is this goal from Messi my god.
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02-27-2012, 03:09 AM	#371
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	There's a bit more buzz building this year about the CONCACAF Champions League, in which three MLS teams have reached the final eight: Seattle, Los Angeles and Toronto (the latter two of which meet each other in another quarterfinal). The Galaxy's stellar offseason has some pundits thinking L.A. can win it all and become the first MLS team to play in the FIFA Club World Cup, which takes places in Japan in December. But Santos will have something to say about that. The Torreón-based club, which is 4-1-1 in the Mexican league, will get to play the winner of L.A.-Toronto if it can get past Seattle in the quarters. So those of us on the U.S. side may see Santos a lot in the next couple months. There are some familiar faces, including goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez, and Gómez is competing for playing time on a front line that includes Oribe Peralta, Carlos Quintero and Christian Suárez. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soc...#ixzz1nZVBOT18
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02-27-2012, 03:13 AM	#373
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	Crew has made some nice moves this year...they may be poised for a decent run. Kansas City certainly needs to keep an eye out for them as one of the teams to beat.
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02-27-2012, 03:18 AM	#374
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $5356768	So it turns out the drummer of Rancid is a huge RSL fan he created this and is at the start. This is fan made.
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