Episode 179 - SKC Struggle in Salt Lake, Temwa makes everything better, and MLS gets drunk for Saturday brunch.

Sporting KC returned to action last Saturday afternoon in Salt Lake City and we all hoped it would provide some levity given the rather dour state of affairs it has been to be a soccer fan in this town of late, and it took all of 3 minutes for those hopes to be dashed and replaced with pessimism and anger.  SKC was pretty comprehensively beaten throughout the first half of the match, and while they did improve in the 2nd, it wasn’t near enough to get a result against a candidly superior opponent, both in talent and execution.

It led to what was probably the most negative presser after the game that I can remember since Rapha Wicky took charge, and unfortunately was a stark reminder of how far this team has to go.  There are…reasons for this performance and we will get into many of them as well as discuss potential ways to rectify the mistakes that this match were riddled with.

Thankfully Temwa Chawinga graced us with her presence on the field for 40 minutes this weekend and it was enough to get an assist and remind us what this team can look like when it starts firing.  The addition seemed to increase the confidence of several players that had not had the best start of the season and as a result the Current came away with their second victory of the year.

We’ve got a number of other topics to discuss, including the dismissal of Mike Burns, what we saw that we liked in MLS this weekend as well as a preview of this weekend’s rematch of the season opener against San Jose back in the friendly confines of Sporting Park.

Music by The Spin Wires