Sporting KC Preseason 2013

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  1. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Less than a month away from players reporting. The team departs for Tucson on Jan. 20th, so they'll probably have training in KC starting around the 16th or 17th. They're in Tucson for 2 weeks and play in The Desert Friendlies. Vs Houston on the 29th and Portland on the 1st. They return to KC on the 2nd and are in KC for a little less than a week then head to Orlando.

    In Orlando they play in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic vs Montreal on the 9th, DC on the 13th, and Tampa on the 16th. They'll have a fourth game on the 23rd vs someone from the other group.
     
  2. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I imagine there's not gonna be much of a way to watch these things televised...
     
  3. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    televised, no. Streams online, probably, especially the Disney tournament, that one has been streamed the last few years.
     
  4. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Okay, well, streams are definitely good. Since I currently have no tv. Are we talking officialish streams, like on youtube? Or the kind of crap you have to hunt and watch and be unable to tell who any players are?
     
  5. KCRovert

    KCRovert BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 17, 2004
    Overland Park
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Previously they've been streamed through the teams YouTube channel. Not fantastic, but decent enough.
     
  6. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    As long as that's the case, I am strongly looking forward to February.

    Having not paid attention to the preseason before, do we expect to get much time with the new guys, like Bieler and Feilhaber?
     
  7. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually they'd previously been streamed on ESPN, at least the Disney ones had.
     
  8. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Likely yes, top minutes last year in preseason went to Myers, Besler, and Kamara. As long as they're healthy they'll get plenty of time.

    If Vermes follows his history, any trialists will do most of their impressing in training.
     
  9. TheSmokingPun

    TheSmokingPun Member

    Mar 31, 2010
    Kansas City, MO
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Desert Cup was streamed on Youtube from their people at least two years ago, might have been last year. Disney games are already confirmed for Watch ESPN/ESPN3 online.
     
  10. UnionFreak1

    UnionFreak1 Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Tucson, Baja AZ
    Club:
    FC Tucson
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Desert Diamond Cup will be streamed on MLSSoccer.com, but KC isn't participating in that. KC is in the Desert Friendlies. I would be shocked if they streamed those matches.
    & here's a link for tickets.
    https://fctucson.ticketsocket.com/
    $15 for FC Tucson vs. KC (doubleheader) & $10 for KC vs. Portland
     
  11. Howard the Drake

    Feb 27, 2010
    the Disney championship/consolation matches were on ESPN3 last year. the group stage matches were on MLSSoccer.com. I would assume the same with this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Desert Friendlies streamed since MLS is making a pretty clear effort to make the preseason more organized (with the Tuscon and Orlando hubs) and more accessible (more matches have been streamed each year).
     
  12. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Preseason starts tomorrow officially. Today was physical day out at Swope.
     
  13. kcscsupporter

    kcscsupporter Member+

    Apr 17, 2002
    D17
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    hey i saw convey running there. he's not injured yet!!! woohoo!
     
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  14. Jough

    Jough Member+

    Jul 30, 2007
    Kansas City
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Several moments later Convey tripped over a folding chair which closed quickly around his left leg, severing it from just above the knee and showering several neaby teammates in gallons of blood.

    He's expected to miss four to six weeks.
     
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  15. lukeD

    lukeD Member+

    Jul 7, 2011
    Olathe
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is today the beep test? :eek:
     
  16. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably, yes.
     
  17. ryanhetu

    ryanhetu Member

    May 16, 2011
    Kansas City
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From the looks of the video shot at the training facility that sporting released today, bieler now wears #16 and sinovic #15.
     
  18. aletheist

    aletheist Member+

    Nov 17, 2010
    Olathe, Kansas, USA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I predicted a while back that Sinovic would switch to #12, which he had at Creighton, so that Bieler could take #16. Lopez would actually make more sense as #15, since he was #5 at North Carolina and apparently has some significant similarities to Espinoza. The team's website still shows Sinovic as #16 and no number assigned yet for Bieler and Lopez.
     
  19. Felixx219

    Felixx219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 8, 2004
    Kansas City, MO
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sporting KC just hosted a happy hour, introduction thing at my work for the jersey sponsorship. I talked to Vermes and he said Seth and Michael Thomas has the best showing in the beep test and that the team is at an overall higher fitness level than they were last year.

    Jimmy tried really hard to convince me he won the beep test.

    Jimmy, Seth, Chance, and CJ were there today signing stuff and taking pictures with people.
     
  20. aletheist

    aletheist Member+

    Nov 17, 2010
    Olathe, Kansas, USA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is very good news, and impressive. There was a lot of buzz during the last offseason about how hard many of the players were working to stay fit, with several remaining in KC rather than scattering as usual. Starting with seven straight wins seemed to validate such an approach. However, I have not seen anything to that effect this time and was a little worried that there might be a bit of complacency. Guess not!
     
  21. Oobers

    Oobers Member+

    Oct 17, 2011
    Boise
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Convey getting fourth was a pleasant surprise. Or maybe not.
     
  22. UnionFreak1

    UnionFreak1 Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Tucson, Baja AZ
    Club:
    FC Tucson
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    KC should be arriving in Tucson this week.
     
  23. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They leave tomorrow. First training session is Monday.
     
  24. UnionFreak1

    UnionFreak1 Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Tucson, Baja AZ
    Club:
    FC Tucson
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  25. UnionFreak1

    UnionFreak1 Member+

    Oct 14, 2009
    Tucson, Baja AZ
    Club:
    FC Tucson
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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