Sporting Kansas City Colors, Facts and History
Sporting Kansas City plays at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, its home stadium since 2011.
- League
- Major League Soccer · Western
- City
- Kansas City, Kansas
- Home
- Sporting Park (18,467 seats)
- Founded
- 1995
- MLS Cups
- 2
- Manager
- Raphaël Wicky (Oct 2026)
Sporting Kansas City history
Lamar Hunt founded the club in 1995, and it played the first MLS season in 1996 as the Kansas City Wiz. A year later it became the Kansas City Wizards. In November 2010 a corporate buyout forced another name change, timed with the move into Sporting Park.
That move took the team across the state line. Since then, Sporting has been the only major pro league club with home games in Kansas, while its business offices stay in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The practice fields and clubhouse are on the Kansas side. On the field, the club owns MLS Cups from 2000 and 2013, the 2000 Supporters' Shield, and U.S. Open Cups in 2004, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The reserve side, Sporting Kansas City II, started in the USL Championship in 2016 and moved to MLS Next Pro in 2022.
Did you know?
- Sporting Park holds 18,467 fans.
- The club began as the Kansas City Wiz in 1996.
- Sporting has won the U.S. Open Cup four times.
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Questions about the Sporting Kansas City
How many MLS Cups has Sporting Kansas City won?
Two, in 2000 and 2013.
Does Sporting Kansas City play in Kansas or Missouri?
Home games are in Kansas City, Kansas, though the offices are in Missouri.
Sources
- Wikidata Q329812, checked October 8, 2026
- Wikipedia: Sporting Kansas City, checked October 8, 2026
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