Mike
@mikedkuhn.bsky.social
Soccer, Sporting KC specifically, and everything else as well. I write over at the KC Soccer Journal. @downthebyline on the Bird app
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Going a different route here, I'll still be mostly Sporting KC and soccer, but trying just 1 account this time. So it won't be almost all soccer here.
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According to Futdasminass , Bia Zaneratto could be back with Palmeiras for the next season. Her contract with Kansas City Current runs until the end of the year. Palmeiras are said to be working hard to sign her, although meeting her current NWSL salary won't be easy.
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
According to Futdasminass , Bia Zaneratto could be back with Palmeiras for the next season. Her contract with Kansas City Current runs until the end of the year. Palmeiras are said to be working hard to sign her, although meeting her current NWSL salary won't be easy.
Kansas City included.
The 2031 women’s World Cup bid book is now public.
“For the purposes of technical bid evaluation, our submission includes 20 venues that represent the tournament's diversity in geography, scale, and infrastructure readiness.”
Philadelphia is not among them, but…
inside.fifa.com/tournament-o...
“For the purposes of technical bid evaluation, our submission includes 20 venues that represent the tournament's diversity in geography, scale, and infrastructure readiness.”
Philadelphia is not among them, but…
inside.fifa.com/tournament-o...
inside.fifa.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kansas City included.
Eric Dick won the USL Championship final MVP. Here's this week's Across State Lines. kcsoccerjournal.com/11/26/2025/a...
Across State Lines: Eric Dick Wins MVP as Pittsburgh Wins USL Championship
The USL Championship season came to an end this past weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma where FC Tulsa hosted the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the championship game. After both teams went the entire playoffs wit...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Eric Dick won the USL Championship final MVP. Here's this week's Across State Lines. kcsoccerjournal.com/11/26/2025/a...
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NWSL top local viewership markets for championship game on CBS platforms:
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
NWSL viewing record:
An average of 1.184 million on CBS/Paramount+ for championship match between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit.
It was a 22 percent increase over 2024.
An average of 1.184 million on CBS/Paramount+ for championship match between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit.
It was a 22 percent increase over 2024.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NWSL top local viewership markets for championship game on CBS platforms:
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
1) Washington, DC
2) Kansas City
3) Portland, OR
4) Tulsa
T5) Baltimore
T5) Buffalo
7) Albuquerque-Santa Fe
T9) New Orleans
T9) Hartford & New Haven
T9) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
T9) San Diego
Baird should get a yellow for that.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Baird should get a yellow for that.
Football lines on the field for a playoff game. Ah these are the MLS playoffs I remember from my youth.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Football lines on the field for a playoff game. Ah these are the MLS playoffs I remember from my youth.
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This post by the USLPA needs to be seen and read.
The league withheld the materials from the USL Championship trophy celebration in retaliation for the players walking out in their USLPA shirts along with cutting out broadcast angles with that message.
www.instagram.com/p/DRcyNEdkhPs/
The league withheld the materials from the USL Championship trophy celebration in retaliation for the players walking out in their USLPA shirts along with cutting out broadcast angles with that message.
www.instagram.com/p/DRcyNEdkhPs/
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This post by the USLPA needs to be seen and read.
The league withheld the materials from the USL Championship trophy celebration in retaliation for the players walking out in their USLPA shirts along with cutting out broadcast angles with that message.
www.instagram.com/p/DRcyNEdkhPs/
The league withheld the materials from the USL Championship trophy celebration in retaliation for the players walking out in their USLPA shirts along with cutting out broadcast angles with that message.
www.instagram.com/p/DRcyNEdkhPs/
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Every time I think this league’s management can’t get any worse…
🏆⚽️✈️ After winning the NWSL championship Saturday night, Gotham FC have just departed San Jose on board the very same all-white Avelo jet (N805VL) that lost cabin pressure with shackled ICE abductees aboard two weeks ago and had to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas 😬
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Every time I think this league’s management can’t get any worse…
And just think, Miami has Luis Suarez on the bench if they needed a goal still...
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
And just think, Miami has Luis Suarez on the bench if they needed a goal still...
Had an indoor game tonight, missed most of the game, but what I did catch was exciting. BTW, may be a hot take but I have no problem with the 2nd yellow on Blackmon, little to no attempt to play the ball, plays the man. You put it in the ref's hands there.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Had an indoor game tonight, missed most of the game, but what I did catch was exciting. BTW, may be a hot take but I have no problem with the 2nd yellow on Blackmon, little to no attempt to play the ball, plays the man. You put it in the ref's hands there.
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Guys the trophy is broken
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Guys the trophy is broken
Why'd a Tulsa player run in there with the Pittsburgh players?
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why'd a Tulsa player run in there with the Pittsburgh players?
Congrats to KC born and former #SportingKC goalkeeper Eric Dick as he pitches a playoff shutout and helps the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to the USL Championship 0-0 (5-3) in PKs.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congrats to KC born and former #SportingKC goalkeeper Eric Dick as he pitches a playoff shutout and helps the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to the USL Championship 0-0 (5-3) in PKs.
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Players from FC Tulsa and Pittsburgh Riverhounds walk onto the field for the USL Championship final wearing shirts saying “USL HQ: Pro Rel? Try pro standards first.”
USL HQ has announced a new first-division league including promotion & relegation in 2028.
USL HQ has announced a new first-division league including promotion & relegation in 2028.
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Players from FC Tulsa and Pittsburgh Riverhounds walk onto the field for the USL Championship final wearing shirts saying “USL HQ: Pro Rel? Try pro standards first.”
USL HQ has announced a new first-division league including promotion & relegation in 2028.
USL HQ has announced a new first-division league including promotion & relegation in 2028.
KC bring home some silverware in the NWSL's end of season awards. #KCBaby kcsoccerjournal.com/11/21/2025/c...
Current Well Represented in Year End Awards
This week the NWSL held their awards ceremonies for the 2025 season. The Kansas City Current were well represented in the list of finalists with Rookie of the Year being the only category where KC did...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
KC bring home some silverware in the NWSL's end of season awards. #KCBaby kcsoccerjournal.com/11/21/2025/c...
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Sources: MLS has drastically scaled back its hiring policy around front office and coaching positions. The league has eliminated its minority interview requirements and many of the enforcement mechanisms surrounding those mandates. More details here.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Sources: MLS trims 'Rooney Rule' hiring policies
Major League Soccer has drastically altered its hiring policy around front office and coaching positions by eliminating its minority interview requirements and many of the enforcement mechanisms surro...
www.espn.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sources: MLS has drastically scaled back its hiring policy around front office and coaching positions. The league has eliminated its minority interview requirements and many of the enforcement mechanisms surrounding those mandates. More details here.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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If you include the World Cup break in the 2026 MLS schedule, 84% of the full capacity match-weeks line up with the new summer-to-spring calendar they'll start using in 2027.
It's essentially the same schedule already.
It's essentially the same schedule already.
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If you include the World Cup break in the 2026 MLS schedule, 84% of the full capacity match-weeks line up with the new summer-to-spring calendar they'll start using in 2027.
It's essentially the same schedule already.
It's essentially the same schedule already.
Fun fact, 2026 is Cincinnati's 8th MLS season, #SportingKC have played them 3 times, all on the road. Hopefully the next schedule for 27-28 actually alternates the home games...
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fun fact, 2026 is Cincinnati's 8th MLS season, #SportingKC have played them 3 times, all on the road. Hopefully the next schedule for 27-28 actually alternates the home games...
Both #SportingKC games against St. Louis being on a week night is a scheduling fail. www.sportingkc.com/news/mls-ann...
MLS announces 2026 regular season schedule | Sporting Kansas City
Major League Soccer announced today Sporting Kansas City’s full 34-match schedule for the 2026 regular season, which will kick off in San Jose with the earliest regular season match in club history on...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Both #SportingKC games against St. Louis being on a week night is a scheduling fail. www.sportingkc.com/news/mls-ann...
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Hearing that the MLS could be released as soon as today. Sounds like it will be almost a preview of the new calendar with long summer break and a very late MLS cup.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hearing that the MLS could be released as soon as today. Sounds like it will be almost a preview of the new calendar with long summer break and a very late MLS cup.
After the other awards I was ready for this one to be wrong too, but they got it right.
The league’s most unstoppable force. ⚡️
Temwa Chawinga is the 2025 Most Valuable Player.
Presented by ATT
Temwa Chawinga is the 2025 Most Valuable Player.
Presented by ATT
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
After the other awards I was ready for this one to be wrong too, but they got it right.
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THE Best of the best 💪
Your Best XI First and Second Teams presented by Amazon Prime.
Your Best XI First and Second Teams presented by Amazon Prime.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
THE Best of the best 💪
Your Best XI First and Second Teams presented by Amazon Prime.
Your Best XI First and Second Teams presented by Amazon Prime.
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….your 2025 NWSL best XI
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
….your 2025 NWSL best XI
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Coach takes a team from next-to-last place and creates the best offense of all time, but the knock is the defense is bad. So he creates the best defense of all time (and still a pretty great offense) and he gets NOTHING? Be serious right now.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Coach takes a team from next-to-last place and creates the best offense of all time, but the knock is the defense is bad. So he creates the best defense of all time (and still a pretty great offense) and he gets NOTHING? Be serious right now.
Laughable
Leading Louisville to their best year yet. 🔥
That’s 2025 Coach of the Year Bev Yanez to you.
That’s 2025 Coach of the Year Bev Yanez to you.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Laughable