For the Glory KC is back with the 122nd episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City played their first game on full rest for the 2025 MLS season, and it seemingly didn't matter. D.C. United pulled off a 2-1 come from behind victory at home. Maybe it's rest plus chemistry that Sporting KC need. Plus, Jake Davis in the midfield. Plus... something else?

Sheena and I open the episode looking for positives from Saturday's game before inevitably turning to the negatives. One list did outweigh the other, sadly.

In a more fun story, we spend some time talking about what's happening at our neighbors to the north. The Des Moines Menace are signing all kinds of retired MLS players to bring some positive attention to the 2025 US Open Cup. Among those signings is Sporting KC legend and former SKC II coach, Benny Feilhaber. He'll be joined by at least eight other retired MLS players as they take on Sporting KC II in the opening round of the US Open Cup on March 19th.

After that, we blitz through the Sporting KC round-up which includes an injury update for Andrew Brody, last week's SKC penalty maybe being the wrong call and why Erik Thommy is only the captain "right now," according to Peter Vermes.

Finally, the KC Current get to bring us some joy with their season getting started next week. We take a quick look ahead to the season opener against the Portland Thorns.

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

• MLS Next Pro looking for more teams out of their primary markets ("2" teams included)
• Chris Rindov finds a new club
• Sophia Smith Wilson is pregnant
• and upcoming goalkeeper rule changes

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

• Sporting KC lose their 10th straight - 1:35
• Benny Feilhaber is back (sort of) - 28:56
• SKC Round-Up - 41:10
• KC Current season is starting - 48:29
• Digital Crawl - 56:17

Upcoming Games

• SKC II vs. STL City II - Fri. March 14th at 6:00PM CST
• KC Current vs. Portland Thorns - Sat. March 15th at 11:45AM
• Sporting KC vs Minnesota United - Sat. March 15th at 7:30PM

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Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.