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Covering Sporting Kansas City, the KC Current and SKC II for @kcsoccerjournal.bsky.social, Co-host of @fortheglorykc.bsky.social
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Zavagnin on subbing Fernandez for Bartlett, a CB for a d-mid after the game was tied: "Bart's been sick all week." "We were planning on that sub to begin with." #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Zavagnin on how the loss of Gadi Kinda impacted the game: "There was part of that emotion that led to the [second half] outburst." #SportingKC #SKCvNE

This would have been a better tweet with a win. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Full time. 3-3 Draw. Wild night. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Scary moment for Brayan Ceballos as Dejan accidently heads him going for the ball. The way he went down looked bad, but he's back on the field after a lengthy delay. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

10 minutes of stoppage time. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

And New England claw one back... 3-3. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Joaquin Fernandez up. 3rd CB perhaps? #SportingKC #SKCvNE

MASSIVE SAVE by Pulskamp to preserve the lead! #SportingKC #SKCvNE

New England goal taken away for offside. But VAR has intervened. Ganago is definitely off. He may not have needed to touch it, but he did. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Voloder's been holding his collarbone since he was taken down on his attacking run earlier. Rosero subs in to replace him. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Every time Tanner Beason touches the ball boos are coming from the home fans. They think he was flopping earlier. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

New England had only allowed 10 goals all season and they've given up 3 in 16 minutes. Wow! #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Dejan draws the PK on the Salloi rebound and he steps up and drains it. 2-2!! #SportingKC #SKCvNE

For Gadi! #SportingKC

Salloi cleans up the rebound off Thommy's shot and they pull one back! #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Win probability at 2.8% for #SportingKC to start the second half against teh #NERevs #SKCvNE

Thommy, Shelton and Ndenbe on for Shapi, Brody and Leibold off respectively. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Ndenbe, Thommy and Shelton all got personalized halftime warmups. They all look to be coming on at the half. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Boos reign out as Sporting Kansas City go into halftime down 2-0. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Can't tell if Bassong gets Beason, but it's definitely dangerous. The replays are all from the wrong side. No card, just a foul. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Sporting KC are already down 2-0 early. They need offense desperately. It feels like the night for Thommy to return to the midfield. He and Manu together may be a defensive liability, but it doesn't matter at this point. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

Own goal for Bartlett. The pass before the pass from Gil sets everything up. 2-0 New England. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

New England take the lead in the 13th minute. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

The supporters are doing a call and response of GADI KINDA in the 10th minute. #SportingKC

All the #SportingKC players are wearing a "GADI" armband tonight in honor of Gadi Kinda who passed away this week.

SKC are home tonight for the first time in 20 days. They won't be home again until June 14th. They really need all three points. New England are unbeaten in six in MLS play. #SportingKC #SKCvNE

All the #SportingKC players are wearing warm-ups with the #10 on the back in honor of Gadi Kinda. He tragically passed away earlier this week at the age of 31.

Joveljic back from thr birth of his child. Bassong starts with Davis and Radoja out. #SportingKC

Temwa questionable but starting. Ball and Prince for the injured Cook and Debinha. Cooper available on the bench. Image from the KC Current.

It'll be interesting to see how the KC Current react to all their missing stars. That win over Orlando may send shockwaves through the season with all the injuries that resulted. #KCBaby

I missed that #SportingKC released their initial injury report then deleted it. Jake Davis added to the list as OUT. Nemanja Radoja remains out.

Salloi said they wanted to honor Gadi the right way tomorrow. There will be a moment of silence and video content they helped put together for the video board. "I hope his family can see it one day. I hope it puts a smile on their face how much Gadi meant to this organization." #SportingKC

Vlatko says Debinha will be out "a couple months" and that she'll come back when she's ready. #KCBaby

Lots of updates for the KC Current and #SportingKC: - Updates on Debinha, Cook, Temwa and Cooper's injuries - KC Current friendlies - Bassong to miss LAFC match - and a lot more! #KCBaby kcsoccerjournal.com/05/22/2025/k...

Crushing news. #KCBaby

Update on Debinha's injury from her Instagram (with Google Translate laid over it). Confirms @thadbell.bsky.social's reporting yesterday #KCBaby

#SportingKC return home after a long road trip to face the best defensive team in the league. Our preview of the New England Revolution coming to CMP. 👇 kcsoccerjournal.com/05/21/2025/m...

Sources: Any rumor that St. Louis City have parted ways with head coach Olof Mellberg is premature for the moment, but the club's leadership continues to evaluate the team's performance and progress. STL have just 11 points after 14 matches, scoring just 11 goals (28th in MLS).

Kerry Zavagnin said there's a lot of raw emotion at the club with the news of Gadi Kinda's death. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this difficult time. He was such an electric figure in our club and he’s going to be dearly missed.” #SportingKC www.kansascity.com/sports/socce...

We at the KC Soccer Journal send our thoughts and prayers to Gadi Kinda's family, friends, current and former teammates, and anyone whose life he touched during this difficult time. kcsoccerjournal.com/05/20/2025/f...

Lo LaBonta gets her first ever call-up to the #USWNT! Well deserved! She's joined (so far) by 6 other Current players earning call-ups. kcsoccerjournal.com/05/20/2025/l...

Crushing KC Current news! Alana Cook has a long-term injury. Debinha will be out for a while as well. Temwa's status is still unknown. #KCBaby

This is awful. Former #SportingKC midfielder Gadi Kinda has passed away at 31. prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/story/sports...