Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal is joined by Daniel Sperry from the KC Star for a new episode of Keeping Current with Kansas City. The Current and all of the NWSL took part in the 2024 NWSL College Draft. Kansas City selected three players. A defender and two keepers were drafted by the Current. We discuss the strategy with the selections and what it means for the free agents as well as other potential moves.

Sadly, we also have to address what the other team in town did when they hired their new sporting director.

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We recorded an emergency pod to share our complete disdain for Sporting KC's new Sporting Director, Gavin Wilkinson.

The last couple years fans have felt the club stopped caring about them. On Thursday, SKC confirmed it. They knew the reaction this would get, and they did it anyway.

We talk about the Yates Report and all the different allegations against him, listen to the press conference, and try to make sense of the club's responses.

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Erik Bergrud from the Kansas City Comets broadcast team and Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal recorded the latest episode of The Blue Turf for the 2023-24 season and this time we were not at the now "World Famous" Kansas City Soccer Dome.

We discuss the win over Harrisburg, the three-star voting, and why Nacho Flores should have more love from the media.

Next up the Comets face Utica on Friday the 14th before going on the road in Mexico at Monterrey on the 14th and 16th and then Chihuahua on the 19th. Not an easy stretch for Kansas City.

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We kick off season SEVEN (!) of the show with the news from The Athletic that a work stoppage for PRO Referees is "imminent". A group everyone hates is threatening to leave? Cool. But be careful what you wish for...

MLS teams are making moves all around the league, but all is silent on the Sporting KC front. Will we have to wait until the summer for a third DP?

We look through the schedule for potential road trips. Plus we come up with our biggest wishes for KC soccer in 2024.

The Comets & Zach Reget are on fire. The Current just signed the woman who scored more goals than any other human in 2023.

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Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal is joined by Daniel Sperry from the KC Star for a new episode of Keeping Current with Kansas City. The Current recently signed Malawi National Team captain Temwa Chawinga. We break down where she will play and much more. We discuss the Gotham FC signings and what winning the off-season means.

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Erik Bergrud from the Kansas City Comets broadcast team and Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal recorded the latest episode of The Blue Turf for the 2023-24 season at the now "World Famous" Kansas City Soccer Dome. It was the first pod of 2024 and is fresh off a pair of wins over the cross-state rival St. Louis Ambush. The Comets are 6-1 after the double-win weekend. It was not easy for the Comets.

Of course, there is a little discussion about St. Louis and the rivalry but talk moves to the next match this weekend with the Harrisburg Heat. How will the Comets approach a home game versus a winless team?

After the first two pod segments with Erik, Thad has a third pod segment with head coach Stefan Stokic. Coach talks about the two wins, what he wanted to be better, and how they are working on improving. Coach talks about how important this month will be and also his growth as the head coach.

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Erik Bergrud from the Kansas City Comets broadcast team and Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal recorded the latest episode of The Blue Turf for the 2023-24 season at the now "World Famous" Kansas City Soccer Dome. The Comets are 4-1 after a doubleheader versus Texas. Both teams won on the road as they fought to establish a good start.

After the pod with Erik, Thad has post pod interviews with Phillip Ejimadu and head coach Stefan Stokic.

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Sporting KC have already signed two new players this offseason. 20-year-old Alenis Vargas has only been playing competitively for four years but already has us excited.

David beat Tom Bogert to the report on Gadi Kinda. How will Sporting KC replace him if he doesn't return?

MLS made the huge announcement that first teams would not be playing the 2024 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. We try to make sense of this really disappointing decision.

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Erik Bergrud from the Kansas City Comets broadcast team and Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal recorded the latest episode of The Blue Turf for the 2023-24 season at the now "World Famous" Kansas City Soccer Dome. The Comets are 3-0 after going on their first road trip of the year and the first with coach Stokic in charge.

It was a good result at the Harrisburg Heat with multiple goals scorers, a Zach Reget hat trick, and rookie Mikey Lenis scoring his first goal.

Up next for the Comets is two games versus the Texas Outlaws. On the road in Texas on Saturday and back in Kansas City on Sunday for the return leg. The Outlaws are expected to be a good team.

A pair of bonus interviews after the normal Blue Turf. First up is head coach Stefan Stokic talking about the 3-0 start, the defensive pairings, and how he approaches the two-game weekend versus the Outlaws.

After that is rookie Mikey Lenis talking about why he joined the Comets, his teammates, and the "walk of shame" in the first match.

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Thad Bell from the Kansas City Soccer Journal is joined by Daniel Sperry from the KC Star for a new episode of Keeping Current with Kansas City. The expansion draft, protected lists, and teams trading for protection from the expansion draft have all been a big topic of controversy recently. With the NWSL Expansion draft coming up quickly, teams were scrambling to determine their protected lists or make deals.

The Current made a deal with Bay FC to send Alex Loera there in exchange for allocation money and protection. Then Utah acquired Kate Del Fava, the Current's first-round pick and Kansas City received protection and $75, 000 in allocation money.

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