The Blue Testament: For Sporting Kc Fans

Cindy Lara and Thad Bell finally get to discuss an actual game. KC NWSL played their first match in history at Portland and there was no shortage of topics. Players missing for International duty, injuries and then the match itself. A record setting four red cards were handed out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shades of Blue Season Preview continues with Part 3 from a current player's perspective. Jaylin Lindsey tells us what it's like in Peter Vermes' classroom, and which of his teammates are good students. Fresh off his 21st birthday, he is expecting to take on a larger role with more minutes this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have more evidence and new testimony regarding tacos & burritos. What does a burrito mean to you? Aly weighs in and we learn she's not normal when it comes to food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After looking ahead to the Sporting KC & MLS season through the eyes of a former player in the last episode, it's time to hear a preview from the media's perspective. That means it's time for a reunion! 810 Sports Radio's Aly Trost returns to her KC roots to provide some much needed professionalism on Shades of Blue. The whole gang is back together! How does the media view this upcoming season? What major storylines will drive the talking heads in 2021? Which new SKC player will make a splash off the field? We analyze the roster line by line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sporting KC Legend Jimmy Nielsen joins the show to kick of our MLS Season Preview series! We look at the season from the perspective of a former player in this episode. We talked good centerback pairings, time wasting, and the dynamics of putting a young player like Gianluca Busio in such an important role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's the difference between a taco & a burrito? Does mowing the lawn bring you moments of clarity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're just 10 days from the start of the MLS regular season! Are you tingly yet? We talk (tried to) KC Women's Soccer which kicks off this weekend and wrap up the preseason for you. Thad gives a Sporting KC injury update as well. Plus Kaveh Rad's first team contract & the newly released retro gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talking about two industries struggling to stay afloat, radio & indoor soccer. Would pads & checking save arena soccer? Thad thinks cryptocurrency is a scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting KC have kicked off preseason! We can't watch it but still.. it's soccer you know? We're joined by Mike Kuhn so he can run through all the numbers and analyze the 2021 Major League Soccer schedule. Only six Saturday home games? Plus, SKC will have to squeeze in the Leagues Cup as well. Which is sure to create a few issues along the way. It's international soccer time right now with Olympic Qualifying for the United States U-23's and the USMNT warming up for World Cup Qualifying. That means new music from The Vandon Arms! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We continue our conversation with Sporting KC Creative Director Chad Reynolds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined by Chad Reynolds, Creative Director for Sporting KC, to discuss the new kit release. He gives us some really great insight into the long and difficult process of kit design in Major League Soccer. Chad is always a great guest as a KC native that's been with the team for over a decade now. We could - and did - talk with him for hours. Make sure to check out the 'extra time' from our talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Sporting KC players are back together this week for unofficial preseason and we got to hear from them for the first time this year. Peter Vermes doesn't sound overly optimistic that a we'll see a new signing on the front line before the regular season begins. But Gianluca Busio sounds ready to step up and THAT dude for SKC. We also talk about all the new kits being released around Major League Soccer. Why are they all so plain? Is Sporting KC waiting to be the grand finale? We'll have the club's designer on the show next week to talk about his team's newest creation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Peter Vermes & Co. have brought in new players in the midfield and the defense, the departures of Felipe Gutierrez, Gerso Fernandes, & Erik Hurtado mean Sporting Kansas City has a lot of questions on the front line beyond the three starters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amy Rodriguez has returned to Kansas City with the return of the NWSL. She spoke with Thad Bell about her time with the now disbanded FC Kansas City, as well as her excitement about being back with KC WOSO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women's soccer is BACK in KC! The newest contributor to The Blue Testament, Cindy Lara, joins Thad Bell for a brand new show covering KC WOSO. She is our resident expert on the NWSL and we're very happy to have her on board. The team may not have a real name yet, but we're very excited for the inaugural season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After talking with the newest addition to to coaching staff in Benny Feilhaber, Cody, Robert, & Thad discuss the recent signing of centerback Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, youngster Travian Sousa, and rumors of another centerback out of Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's one of those guys you love if he's on your team, but you hate him if he's not. Peter Vermes once said he had the biggest mouth in the league so we were very excited to have him join the show. The one and only Benny Feilhaber joined Cody, Thad, and Robert this week! We cover a range of topics from Tom Brady vs Patrick Mahomes as Super Bowl LV approaches, the angriest he's ever seen Peter Vermes, all the way to more serious topics like the Major League Soccer CBA debate & potential lockout. If you have somehow been missing out, make sure you subscribe to Benny's pod with Sal Zizzo & Ike Opara, BSI The Podcast. Follow Cody @ThatCodyTho, Thad @TheBackpost, & Robert @SpKCLife. And of course Benny @b_feilhaber22. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We kick off Season Four of the Shades of Blue Soccer Show with pressing topics like how to pronounce the word wash. Is there an 'r' in there somewhere? Is our nation's capitol in 'Warshington D.C'? Thad is always full of surprises. It's a time for new beginnings in this world! Sporting Kansas City signed three new Homegrown Players and picked up two more in the MLS (not so) SuperDraft. But head coach Peter Vermes recently held a press conference and the updates weren't quite as optimistic as fans would have hoped at this point in the offseason. Are Gerso Fernandes & Erik Hurtado gone? Will a deal get done with Felipe Gutierrez? PV just simply didn't inspire the same confidence we are used to hearing. Is he growing frustrated with his search to add players to the roster? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shades of Blue is back for the first offseason podcast and there is already plenty to talk about. A complete season wrap-up is coming soon, but first we talk rumors and renegotiations that are on the minds of Sporting Kansas City fans. FC Barcelona have joined Bayern Munich, among other clubs, with interest in youngster Gianluca Busio. What league around the world best suits the 18-year-old? How much money is he actually worth? Is it possible he leaves for free like Erik Palmer-Brown? So many questions. Sporting KC declined the option of their #10 Felipe Gutierrez, but he isn't gone just yet. The two sides are renegotiating the contract and we discuss the likelihood the Chilean will return for the 2021 season. Roger Espinoza is also in the same situation, although his contract had expired. This show is pretty confident a deal with get done for Roger, but what would the team look like without these two? In other earth shattering news, the MLS Re-Entry draft took place and Sporting picked up a goalkeeper after

The ridiculous 2020 season has come to an end for Sporting Kansas City. But the SOB crew is here to help you work through those confusing feelings during this troubling time. There are plenty of positives we can choose to focus on and be hopeful for seasons to come. Women's soccer is returning to KC! A show of their own is coming soon, but we briefly discuss the good news for the local soccer community. The loss to Minnesota United FC became almost painful to watch. So we won't dwell on it, but there are points to discuss. The absence of Alan Pulido is on the minds of most SKC fans, the header from Roberto Puncec may have actually crossed the line but went mostly unchallenged, and Kansas City was undoubtedly missing the veteran experience of Matt Besler and Graham Zusi. Peter Vermes and Co. need to make decisions on 15 players. Most of those decisions have already been made, but we won't hear official word just yet. That is a big number, but many fans would like to see turnover anyway. We look around at some