Home and Away - A Sporting KC Podcast

Episode 71 - SKC Return to Earth(why were we surprised?), what are the benefits of the 4-4-2, and the Days of our Lives in New England


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Sporting KC did a lot of the things we have come to expect from them the past couple years when playing on the road: Had veterans make significant mental errors, played soft in the midfield, and showed a complete lack of urgency attacking in transition until they were down multiple goals. We shouldn't be surprised by this, but it still is very frustrating to watch.

We discuss the structural issues with the club and staff, and the somewhat disenchanting feeling that nothing significant could really happen to change it even next season.

A "Major Player Announcement" is coming from the club tomorrow(may have already happened by the time you are listening to this), and we suspect it is the contract renewal of Alan Pulido. We discuss the pros and cons of this potential decision, and what it means for SKC going forward.

Gadi Kinda made the news this week for taking a call up to the Israeli National Team. While he was an unused sub in both of the matches, his injury situation made for a pretty terse press conference with Peter Vermes regarding both the Israeli Federation requesting his presence and Kinda's interest in going.

The New England Revolution have a borderline soap opera going on in their clubhouse as Bruce Arena recently resigned after allegations of "inappropriate and insensitive remarks" that were the subject of an MLS investigation. Apparently some of those allegations were found to be credible and he has given up his position at the club as a result. There have been a number of dramatic twists in this story since doing so and we try to give a brief primer on them all.

The USMNT played two friendlies vs. Uzbekistan and Oman winning them by a combined 7-0. We try to ascertain what exactly can be learned from both, other than the team is still struggling to find a legitimate backup for Tyler Adams.

Finally a quick preview of SKC's upcoming match this weekend at Minnesota.

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