Sporting Kansas City

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Major League Soccer club association football club

Sporting Kansas City is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, known for its strong fan culture and multiple MLS Cup titles.

Aliases (3)

Kansas City Wizards ×22
Sporting KC ×1
Sporting Kansas City supporters community ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Soccer club → association football club →
basedIn	Kansas City metropolitan area →
chairman	Cliff Illig →
competitionWon	MLS Cup → Supporters' Shield → U.S. Open Cup →
conference	Western Conference →
country	United States →
firstMLSSeason	1996 →
formerConference	Eastern Conference →
formerName	Kansas City Wiz → Kansas City Wizards →
founded	1995 →
headCoach	Peter Vermes →
homeCity	Kansas City, Kansas →
homeStadium	Children's Mercy Park →
homeState	Kansas →
knownFor	multiple MLS Cup titles → strong fan culture →
league	Major League Soccer →
MLS CupTitles	2 →
MLS CupTitleYear	2000 → 2013 →
MLSClubAbbreviation	SKC →
nameChange	rebranded as Sporting Kansas City in 2010 →
nickname	SKC → Sporting →
notableCoach	Peter Vermes →
owner	Sporting Club →
playsInCompetition	CONCACAF Champions Cup → Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup →
region	Midwestern United States →
rival	Houston Dynamo → Real Salt Lake → St. Louis City SC →
sport	soccer →
sportingDirector	Peter Vermes →
stadiumCapacity	approximately 18,500 →
stadiumLocation	Kansas City, Kansas →
supportersGroup	La Barra KC → South Stand SC → The Cauldron →
SupportersShieldTitles	1 →
SupportersShieldTitleYear	2000 →
teamColors	dark indigo → sporting blue →
USOpenCupTitles	4 →
USOpenCupTitleYear	2004 → 2012 → 2015 → 2017 →

Referenced by (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Claudio López ("Kansas City Wizards") → Peter Vermes → Peter Vermes ("Kansas City Wizards") → Servando Carrasco →	memberOfSportsTeam
Kansas City Wiz ("Kansas City Wizards") → Kansas City Wiz ("Kansas City Wizards") → Kansas City Wiz → Kansas City Wizards →	renamedAs
Sporting Kansas City ("Kansas City Wizards") → Sporting Kansas City ("Kansas City Wizards") → Sporting Kansas City ("Kansas City Wizards") →	formerName
2005 U.S. Open Cup ("Kansas City Wizards") → Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2016 →	defendingChampion
MLS Cup 2000 ("Kansas City Wizards") → MLS Cup 2013 →	homeTeam
FC Dallas → Houston Dynamo →	rival
KC metro → Kansas City, Missouri →	sportsTeam
Kansas City Wiz ("Kansas City Wizards") → Kansas City Wiz →	successorClub
La Barra KC → South Stand SC →	supports
MLS Cup 2000 ("Kansas City Wizards") → MLS Cup 2004 ("Kansas City Wizards") →	team
MLS Cup 2000 ("Kansas City Wizards") → MLS Cup 2013 →	winner
The Cauldron →	associatedWithClub
MLS Cup 2004 ("Kansas City Wizards") →	awayTeam
Children's Mercy Park →	category
La Barra KC ("Sporting Kansas City supporters community") →	clubRelationship
Peter Vermes →	coachOfSportsTeam
MLS Cup 2000 ("Kansas City Wizards") →	conferenceChampion
Peter Vermes →	employer
2007 Major League Soccer season ("Kansas City Wizards") →	FairPlayAwardTeam
2006 Major League Soccer season ("Kansas City Wizards") →	fairPlayAwardTeam
South Stand SC →	fanBaseOf
Sporting Kansas City →	fullName
Kansas City metropolitan area →	hasProfessionalTeam
Kansas City, Missouri →	hasSportsTeam
MLS Cup 2013 →	homeTeamFullName
Kansas City, Kansas →	homeTo
Children's Mercy Park →	homeVenueOf
MLS Cup 2004 ("Kansas City Wizards") →	loser
Children's Mercy Park →	operator
Lamar Hunt ("Kansas City Wizards") →	owned
Sporting Club →	owns
Sporting Club →	parentOrganizationOf
MLS Cup 2000 ("Kansas City Wizards") →	seasonChampion
Sporting Kansas City ("Sporting KC") →	shortName
SKC →	standsFor
South Stand SC →	supportedClubFullName
The Cauldron ("Kansas City Wizards") →	supportsClubFormerName
The Cauldron →	supportsTeam
2006 Major League Soccer season ("Kansas City Wizards") →	teamParticipated
Children's Mercy Park →	tenant