The Blue Testament: For Sporting Kc Fans

The crew are back at it again as Cody, Aly, Bob and Thad get together to discuss and be amazed at the 6-0 thrashing of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Sporting Kansas City's Johnny Russell had a hat trick, Vancouver enjoyed a pair of red cards and Yohan Croizet notched hid first goal for SKC. For Russell it was the eigth hat ttrick in SKC history.  Is Sporting KC that good? Are they really potential Supporters Shield winners?    Thad is the final regular that has to endure an introduction  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Conrad joins us in studio (ok, it was just a bobblehead) to discuss Sporting KC's draw against Seattle. Has the shine wore off on Khiry Shelton? Is there a clamor for Diego Rubio to get the start?  Will it all be better when Felipe Gutierrez is healthy? Hear what Peter Vermes had to say about the Fernado Torres and Bobby Wood rumors. We introduce the third member out of four from our little cast, this time Cody gets grilled.  The upcoming match with Vancouver is discussed of course.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob, Aly, Cody and Thad back at it again to discuss all things Sporting Kansas City. SKC went to LA amidst all the Zlatan-Mania and came home with an important three points. Daniel Salloi scored and Johnny Russell made the Galaxy defense look silly as he scored again. Fans and media raved about Tm Melia's game but was it that good? Was Croizet's game good or just better? Some mutual hatred of Seattle was shared amongst the group and some fun segments. This weeks cast introduction: Robert Rusert     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gang is back together to discuss all things Sporting Kansas City and soccer. We have a guest as Cosmo the dog joins us, he doesn't say much but had the best thoughts. SKC's defense finally comes through with a shutout. Was the defense better or just lucky? We have a few fun challenging segments. We also start introducing our staff and Aly Trost is our first victim to be interviewed. Of course we have to discuss the next match with Zlatan and the Galaxy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Rusert, Aly Trost, Thad Bell and Cody Bradley get together again to discuss all things soccer in Kansas City. Sporting KC's defense, offense and striker situation are still topics after they gave up two goals in the first eight minutes in Colorado but then coming back to equalize in stoppage time. Has Tim Melia become mortal again? Can the offense keep this pace up? Throw in some conversation about Swope Park Rangers, Jack Dempsey, observations from training and much more.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sporting Kansas City's offense is tops of the league at the moment but the defense has been leaking. Aly Trost, Bob Rusert, Cody Bradley and Thad Bell get together to discuss all things SKC, offense, defense and more. Who should be the striker for SKC, We get in a little Swope Park Rangers discussion, Thad and Bob talk about what they saw at practice. Who should replace Danial Salloi while he is gone? Weird things from the St. Patrick's day match and have  lot of fun along the way.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shades of Blue Soccer Show comes back again to cover Sporting KC's dramatic win in Chicago over the Fire. The SKC offence woke up notching a pair in the first half before giving up the lead and in spectacular fashion retakes the lead. The team breaks down the goals, the good and the bad, disccusses the offense and what is going wrong with the defense. Lot's of love in the studio for Daniel Salloi (and some for Johnny Russell and Felipe Gutierrez as well of course). Lot's of discussion, debate and a quick preview of San Jose game as well.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No goals, VAR controversy, new players! Cody Bradley, Robert Rusert, Aly Trost and Thad Bell get together to break down Sporting KC's loss to NYCFC. The team recaps the loss, talks about the lineup and chats about the next match in Chicago. Thad and Robert disagree about the penalty call. Cody goes nuts on Melia's kit color, Aly thinks a new formation is in order. Sitting Espinoza was even floated as an idea.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Rusert, Cody Bradley,  Aly Trost and Thad Bell from The Blue Testament break down the 2018 Sporting Kansas City news. Incoming and outgoing players mean new position battles for the SKC squad and we take a look at each one of them and the depth at each position. Also, some crazy predictions to round out the podcast.  A new group of podcasters, a new location so some preseason work for us as well. Let us know what you think and where we can improve Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Rusert and Thad Bell discuss Sporting Kansas City's US Open Cup win, the Galaxy game and Sporting Kansas City's offense. We have some sound bites from Peter Vermes, Ilie Sanchez and Daniel Salloi as well. Also a little talk about the upcoming Vancouver game and cover the latest FC Kansas City, Swope Park and Kansas City Comets news also.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody and Thad get together in the studio to discuss all things soccer in Kansas City. First up is the U.S. win in the Gold Cup an how tthe Sporting KC players performed. Then the biggest news of the summer, the trade of Dom Dwyer to Orlando for a record setting amount of Garber bucks. Next on the agenda is who might replace Dwyer and the issues that are preventing bringing in certain players. Throw in some breakdown of the upcoming Chicago match, the Swope Park Rangers and even a little FC Kansas City to round out the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.Com and Thad Bell of TheBluetestament.com finally get back together to discuss the off season for Sporting Kansas City. Lots of changes took place and we will break it all down. New players, youth, speed all make a difference and SKC manager Pater Vermes did not hesitate t shake it up a bit.    Might even get in a little discussion of the change for SKC's minor leageue team in the USL, the Swope Park Rangers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Brisendine (MLSSoccer.com beat writer, poet and foodie) joins Thad to discuss the magnificent run of Swope Park Rangers, the not so magnificient form of Sporting Kansas City, the great Besler mystery and former Kansas City Wizard Preki's new job and maybe a little more.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad is joined by Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and they discuss the last few matches, who is in form, what the team can and should do to get back to winning ways and the upcoming match in San Jose. Player rumors and MLS expansion might get some time as well. IF time permits, we will chat about Swope Park Rangers and FC Kansas City as well. We may have a chance to take questions via twitter and will answer the best we can.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Thomson is Sporting Kansas City's Executive Vice President of Communications and Digital. He has been one of the people that has seen the huge surge in popularity and interest in soccer in Kansas City. Robo as he is known to many was one of the early employees of the Wizards and has been a part of the organization when they have won most of their titles. Hopefully Robo will let us know some of the stories behind the scenes as the Wizards became Sporting KC and one of the powerhouses in MLS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament is joined by Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame and Steve Brisendine, Sporting KC's beat writer for mlssoccer.com to discuss the latest news regarding Sporting Kansas City and the area.  First up we will discuss the Sporting KC win over the Seattle Sounders Sunday. Lots of rain, a red card and a 1-0 victory started the season off well for the boys in blue.  The most recent news, the official signing of Diego Rubio on loan to give some depth at center forward.  Next up we will chat about the upcoming match at Children's Mercy Park against Vancouver.  Another bit of news is Davy Arnaud's retirement and we will take a moment to discuss.  If there is time left we hope to give the latest news about the Missouri Comets, Swope Park Rangers and FC Kansas City as well  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament and Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame are joined by Sporting Kansas City assistant Technical Director Mike Jacobs to chat about preseason in general and specifically Swope Park Rangers. The Rangers are Sporting KC's USL team and got off to a dream start when they played the Colorado Rapids in the Desert Diamond Cup and beat them 3-1 in the first ever match.  Sporting KC has played twice in the Desert Diamnd Cup with two draws as a result.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament is joined by Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame and Steve Brisendine, Sporting KC's beat writer for mlssoccer.com to discuss the latest moves by Sporting Kansas City. A lot of fans are not happy with some rcent moves.  First up, Krisztián Németh and SKC seemed to have parted less than amicably. Was it money for Nemeth? Was it oil dollars for SKC? Time to train for the Euros? Not enough chicken paprikash?  The other big move sees homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown sent on loan to Porto FC in Portugal. Money, experince? Roster room?  Squeezed in between all the controversial player moves the first preseason scrimmage took place.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament.com is joined by Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and Mike Kuhn from Downthebyline.com to discuss Sporting Kansas City's most recent signing of Nuno Andre Coelho. We will also take a look at the crowded roster for Sporting Kansas City and discuss how the Swope Park Rangers (SKC's USL team) might affect that. With any extra time we will chat about the midfielder that Robb Heineman tweeted about, preseason and whatever else we can fit in.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Davis played for the Houston Dynamo for ten years but Sporting Kansas City picked him up for a pair of draft picks. Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and Thad Bell fromTheBlueTestament.com talk about Brad Davis joining Sporting Kansas City and how Davis and Mapp will fit in and be used.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices