Exploring Kansas City Soccer History Of FAIL

In this post we share an optimistic report that hopes to build excitement for the World Cup but instead reveals an inconvenient fact.  

SOCCER HAS MOSTLY FAILED TO FIND DECENT CROWDS IN KANSAS CITY!!!

Sporting KC has almost cracked the code with a lively cheering section but a look at player salaries reveals not much demand in the grand scheme of things. 

Meanwhile . . .  

The history of local soccer is filled with missteps and even one franchise that used the theme from a movie about drug smuggling for an over-produced into sequence that was the highlight of their events. 

Of course, we share a more optimistic take . . .  

"Although the city has had a bumpy like-love affair with soccer over the last 50 years, it has never lost its desire for the sport."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC's World Cup Moment

When soccer first came to KC in the 60s, it was not the favored go-to sports entertainment in this football-heavy city.

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