Sporting Kansas City II
Sporting Kansas City II | |
Basic data | |
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Surname | Sporting Kansas City II |
Seat | Kansas City , Missouri , USA |
founding | 2015 |
owner | Sporting Club |
Website | www.sportingkc.com/sportingkcii |
First soccer team | |
Head coach | Paulo Nagamura |
Venue | Children's Mercy Park , Kansas City , Kansas |
Places | 18,467 |
league | USL Championship |
2019 | 18th place, East Play-offs: Not qualified |
Sporting Kansas City II , formerly Swope Park Rangers , is a franchise of the USL Championship professional soccer league from Kansas City , Missouri .
history
On August 11, 2015, the MLS franchise Sporting Kansas City and its owner group, Sporting Club, announced that they would start their own franchise in the United Soccer League in the 2016 season. On October 22, 2015, Sporting Club was licensed to operate a USL franchise and founded Swope Park Rangers. At the same time, the team becomes the official MLS partner of Sporting Kansas City. These dissolved their previous partnership with Oklahoma City Energy . The name Swope Park Rangers goes back to the nickname of the 2008 reserve team of the Kansas City Wizards (former name of Sporting Kansas City).
On November 20, 2015, the Canadian coach Marc Dos Santos was signed.
On September 30, it was announced that the 2020 season franchise would be named Sporting Kansas City II.
Stadion
- Swope Soccer Village ; Kansas City, Missouri (2016-2017)
- Children's Mercy Park ; Kansas City, Kansas (2018-)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jonathan Lintner: Cincy club to join LCFC's Eastern Conference . The Courier Journal. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ Sporting Kansas City Awarded USL's 30th Franchise . United Soccer League . October 22nd, 2015. Archived from the original on October 22nd, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ USL expands to Kansas City in 2016 with debut of Swope Park Rangers . October 22, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2015.
- ^ Dos Santos Introduced as Swope Park Rangers' Coach . United Soccer League (USL). Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ Sporting Club's USL Championship team to become Sporting Kansas City II . Sporting Kansas City. September 30, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.