Sporting

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Major League Soccer club association football club

Sporting is the commonly used short name for Sporting Kansas City, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Aliases (1)

Sporting Kansas City ×45

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Soccer club → association football club →
abbreviation	SKC →
basedIn	Kansas City metropolitan area → Kansas City, Kansas → Kansas City, Missouri →
chairman	Cliff Illig →
cityDerivation	named for Kansas City metropolitan area →
competition	CONCACAF Champions Cup → U.S. Open Cup →
confederation	CONCACAF →
conference	Western Conference →
country	United States →
formerName	Kansas City Wizards → Wizards →
founded	1995 →
fullName	Sporting Kansas City →
gender	men's professional team →
governingBody	United States Soccer Federation →
headCoach	Peter Vermes →
homeCapacityType	soccer-specific stadium →
homeStadium	Children's Mercy Park →
homeState	Kansas → Missouri →
joinedLeague	Major League Soccer 1996 season →
kitType	away kit varies by season → home kit primarily sporting blue →
league	Major League Soccer →
managerRole	sporting director and head coach combined under Peter Vermes →
nickname	SKC → Sporting →
owner	Sporting Club →
professionalStatus	professional →
rebrandedAs	Sporting Kansas City in 2010 →
region	Midwestern United States →
rival	Houston Dynamo FC → Real Salt Lake → St. Louis City SC →
shortName	Sporting →
sport	soccer →
stadiumLocation	Kansas City, Kansas →
supportersGroup	The Cauldron →
teamColors	dark indigo → sporting blue →
website	https://www.sportingkc.com/ →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sporting Kansas City → Sporting Kansas City → Sporting Kansas City →	nickname
Sporting Kansas City →	shortName