U13s & U14s at Midwest Kickoff Classic

The Sporting Kansas City Under-13 and Under-14 Juniors will compete at the Midwest Kickoff Classic  this weekend at the Overland Park Soccer Complex. Both teams will compete in the Under-14/Under-15 Gold Boys age division, the highest level offered at the tournament. Their schedules are as follows (subject to change):

Under-13 Sporting KC Juniors

• vs. MYSA KC Fusion Fury Academy at 8:45pm tonight on Field 7
• vs. Sporting BVSC 98/99 at 6:45pm on Saturday on Field 6
• vs. Columbus 97/98 Chaos at 10:00am on Sunday on Field 6
• Click here for Results and Standings 

Under-14 Sporting KC Juniors

• vs. KC United Galaxy at 8:45pm tonight on Field 3
• vs. Sporting BVSC 97/98 at 5:30pm on Saturday on Field 2
• vs. Cholita Strikers 98 at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday on Field 4
• Click here for Results and Standings

Good luck Juniors!

KCW Juniors are on Fire!

So much to talk about, I don't even know where to start....maybe with a simple Congratulations to the KCW Juniors U19, U16 and U14 teams.

The U19s played the Kansas State cup final on Thursday, June 10th and beat KCFC 4-0. We had goals by: Christian Duke, Tom Stroh and Alex Sweetin (2). The team which is coached by Paul Rideout and Nate Houser will head to Regionals in Dayton OH the weekend of June 26th.

The U14s, coached by Daouda Kante, played Kansas Rush in the State Cup final also last Thursday and came away with a victory of 3-0. Goals came from Jo Jo Piatczyc, DeBray Hollimon and Cole Stevenson. So they too will be headed to Regionals. Schedules for Regionals are released this Friday, we will will keep you updated on who both teams will be facing!

U14 in Action....

The only Juniors team that will be in action this weekend in Daouda Kante's U14 Team. They play at 5:15pm vs.OP Alliance at Heritage Soccer Park. So in honor of the U14's, we should get to know one of their players...Jake Wood answers a "Quick 5" for us.

All teams in Action this Weekend

Come on out and support. All of our Juniors Teams (U14, U16 & U18) will be in action at the Overland Park Sports Complex.

The U18s and U16s will face FC Milwaukee on Saturday and Sockers FC who are out of Chicago on Sunday. FC Milwaukee are coming to town with a 0-2-0 record in the U16s division and a 1-1-0 record in the U18s. Sockers FC are a 1-1-0 record in the U16s and a 0-2-0 record in the U18s.

The U14s will be playing their first league game in the U15 division against Prodigy who are out of Topeka KS.

Games Times:
Saturday
U14 vs Prodigy @11am on Field #2
U16 vs FC Milwaukee @11:15sm on Field #5
U18 vs FC Milwaukee @1:15sm on Field #5

Sunday
U16 vs Sockers FC @8:30 on Field #5
U18 vs Sockers FC @10:30 on Field #5

U14's Faced Tough Competiton

The U14 team, coached by Daouda Kante (former MLS player) played in the local Border Battle tournament last weekend. They played in the U15 age group and faced some tough competition. The tournament started on Friday against local rival KCFC United at 5pm. It was a very even match-up with both teams playing end to end. We had a few opportunities, but were not able to finish our chances. Andre Kodanaz played in goal for us and made some fantastic save. The match ended 0-0.

On Saturday we played BGFC (Billy Goats) and it was much of the same as Friday's match...even ending in a 0-0 tie. The 3rd and final match was a hard loss against BVSC-Boca. The boys played well and unfortunately got scored on in the 2nd half on a questionable goal...could have/should have been called a hand ball?!?! We lost that game 0-1.

The U14 will play in the Heartland league in the U15 division and also compete in MRL this season.