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Sporting Kansas City began play in 1996 as a charter team in the league, then named Kansas City Wiz. The team was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1995. Starting in 1997, the franchise was named Kansas City Wizards. The team rebranded in November 2010, coinciding with its move to its new home stadium, Children's Mercy Park.
The stadium is Sporting Kansas City's third home venue; then known as the Kansas City Wizards, the team played in Arrowhead Stadium from 1996 to 2007 and CommunityAmerica Ballpark from 2008 to 2010. In 2013, the stadium hosted the MLS All-Star Game , the United States men's national soccer team , and the MLS Cup , and is the only stadium to ...
The friendly between the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City) and Manchester United F.C., July 2010. With the formation of Major League Soccer in 1996, Arrowhead Stadium became home to the Kansas City Wiz, now known as Sporting Kansas City. After the 1996 season, the team was renamed the Wizards.
However, the Wizards logo, which was last used in the 2010 season, and the famous “rainbow,” last seen on a kit in 2000, will make their way onto the soccer pitch in Kansas City once again.
In the 2013 season of the National Women's Soccer League, the stadium served as the home field for FC Kansas City. Sporting Kansas City, then called the Kansas City Wizards, played at the stadium in a match against the Colorado Rapids during the 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. [1] [2] The stadium is one of two in the Shawnee Mission School District.
The Kansas City Current have revealed the naming rights for their new soccer stadium, set to open ahead of the 2024 NWSL season.
The predecessor to the Current, known as FC Kansas City before it folded in 2017, played at various times at a high school football stadium, a college soccer stadium and the training field of MLS ...
The soccer complex is located on land that was the practice field for the Kansas City Chiefs before Arrowhead Stadium opened in 1972. [3] Sporting Kansas City, then known as the Kansas City Wizards, broke ground and dedicated their training facility in Swope Park in 2007, [4] with a second phase of construction completed in 2008.