The 200 Day Winless Streak Ends for Sporting KC

For the Glory KC is back with the 127th episode of the show!

Our long national nightmare is over! Sporting Kansas City have finally won a game. New interim coach Kerry Zavagnin is a perfect 1-0-0 and he got the best of Sporting KC's rival, St. Louis City SC. It put an exclamation point at the end of a tumultuous and emotional week for anyone in and around Sporting KC.

Sheena and I work through the big moments of the game. From our pre-game emotions and expectations to Dejan Joveljic's breakout performance. We also talked about John Pulskamp stepping up on the night Tim Melia retired. There were post-game antics with Jake Davis and the St. Louis players as well as Jansen Miller shushing the road support. Considering he's from STL, it's even more endearing to local fans.

The week wouldn't be complete without going back and reflecting on all the change and the news we got from Mike Illig and Kerry Zavagnin's pressers. Weaved into that conversation is a mini dive into my editorial about how ownership may have still botched the Peter Vermes firing.

We honor Tim Melia on the week of his retirement (listen to Thad's exclusive podcast with Melia) and discuss a trade that snuck under the radar potentially for Sporting KC fans.

Finally, the KC Current had the week off, but still made a bit of news on the international front and with five (!!) of the 11 players of the month coming from KC: LaBonta, Temwa, Cook, Debinha and Lorena.

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

• The future of the Women's World Cup (USA & UK)
• The Des Moines Menace being bounced from the US Open Cup
• And FC 25 jersey updates for SKC and the Current

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

• Sporting KC finally win, and soccer is fun again! - 6:46
• Mike Illig and Kerry Zavagnin pressers - 40:19
• SKC Round-up - 1:08:33
• KC Current Round-up - 1:13:44
• Digital Crawl - 1:16:04

Upcoming Games

• USA vs. Brazil, Tues. April 8th at 9:30PM CDT
• SKC II vs. Minnesota United 2, Wed. April 9th at 6:00PM
• KC Current @ San Diego Wave, Sat. April 12th at 9:00PM
• Sporting KC vs. Portland Timbers, Sun. April 13th at 1:15PM

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