Sporting KC: Top 10 Moments of the Decade

By Nathan Dunn | Dec 28, 2019

Sporting KC head coach Peter Vermes, right, joins the team in celebrating in the locker room after defeating Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Sporting won on penalty kicks. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) /

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05 May 2010: Kansas City’s Chance Myers. DC United defeated the Kansas City Wizards 2-1 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC in a regular season Major League Soccer game. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images) /

3. KC Wizards rebrand

After nearly being relocated, the club’s new owners had other ideas. They decided to rebrand. Everyone knew of a new, soccer-specific stadium, but nobody knew of a full rebrand until a rally on November 17th, 2010.

The rebrand, which changed the club’s crest and name from the ‘Kansas City Wizards’ to ‘Sporting Kansas City’ was not met well by many throughout the city, especially the media. It was largely seen as a step backwards for a team on the verge of relocation.

But four trophies later, Robb Heineman and company have proven to do what many thought was impossible and make Kansas City a hotbed of success for American soccer. Most of the other memories in the past decade don’t happen without a rebrand.

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