SKC Juniors Conclude Showcase

Sporting Kansas City's U16 and U18 Juniors concluded their six-day trip to Florida with a win and a tie respectively on Tuesday. The Juniors accumulated a combined record of 4-1-1 with the U18's going 3-0 on the week and the U16's finishing with ones across the board.

Both squads faced the Oakwood Soccer Club in the last match of the three-game road voyage. Tuesday's match for the U18's concluded 2-1 in Sporting Kansas City's favor with Eduardo Moreno and Clay Stewart both contributing second-half goals.

The under 16's contest versus Oakwood ended in a 2-2 draw. Seo-in Kim and Julian Ramirez each added tallies for Sporting Kansas City while Thomas Parisis and Timothy Edward Mines notched goals for Oakwood. To view a more detailed account on the Juniors trip to Florida check out Sportingmembership.com.

Here is a direct link to the recap from the DA Winter Showcase Day 3 as well as a photo gallery. Sporting Kansas City Juniors will continue to train outside for the next couple of weeks and prep for futsal during the winter months before resuming play in March.

Seo-In Kim at FC Barcelona Camp

Sporting KC academy player Seo-In Kim recently returned from an elite training camp at FC Barcelona in Spain. See a few pics from his time at the famed Nou Camp training ground below and read the report on SportingMembership.com for more details.

Click here to read what Kim had to say about the experience...

Juniors cruise past Chicago in 3-0 win

The Sporting Kansas City U-17s finished up the Generation adidas Cup with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Fire Juniors on Sunday at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX. At the half, the guys were up 1-0 off of a Steven Enna goal in the 20th minute.

The second half was all Sporting Kansas City, as Nate Opperman scored on a penalty kick following a foul on Seo-In Kim, who was again involved in the third and final goal as he provided the assist for Cole Stevenson's strike to earn the team a 3-0 victory prior to their flight back to KC on Sunday night.

Six Juniors Appear in Reserve League

Sporting Kansas City played their first MLS Reserve League match at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on Tuesday morning and six of our Juniors players got onto the field alongside academy products Jon Kempin and Kevin Ellis and the rest of the Sporting KC squad. Congrats to Eric DeJulio, Paul Oliver, Derek Schrick, Jacole Turner, Nate Opperman and Seo-In Kim for the call-ups!

Read the full recap on SportingKC.com and check out the slideshow below for dozens of photos of the Juniors in action, courtesy of Taylor Allan.


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U15s get a promotion

The U15s finished out Midwest Regional League play over the weekend in Illinois with more wins, more points and a promotion. They beat Chicago Fire 3-2 and drew with SC Waukesha 1-1 on Saturday, but settled on top of the standings with a 2-0 win against FC Milwaukee on Sunday. Having dominated the division with a goal differential of +15, the SKC U15s will be promoted to the Premier Division.

Goals were scored by forward Cole Stevenson (one in each game), Joey Piatczyc (two) and Mason Leonard (one).

The U13s, the youngest of the Junior clubs was also in action in St. Louis with a few friendlies. They beat the SLSG Metro U13s 3-1, but lost to the two SLSG U14 clubs in their other matches. Nevertheless, it was a good challenge for the team and the kids played well against the older boys.

Don’t forget to check out the SKC Reserves match at Swope Park this morning at 11:30 a.m. CST. Two Juniors, Seo-In Kim and Wes White are in the lineup, so make sure to catch the young guys in action.

Six Juniors to participate in reserve match

Six Juniors will participate in the Sporting Kansas City reserve match later today (Monday) at 3:30 p.m. CT. It is not open to the public, but it can be streamed online at Sporting85.com. The reserves will compete against the Kansas City Brass, a local USL Premier Development League club who play in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference.
Three U18s (Ray Lee, Michael Oakley, Jordan Rideout) and three U16s (Wes White, Derek Schrick, Seo-In Kim) will get a chance to play alongside Chad Ochocinco and the rest of the SKC reserve squad.

Check back here or at The Sporting Way to see how the Juniors and reserves fared.