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Sporting Kansas City

Major League Soccer club that plays in Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Organization association_football_club Q329812
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Summary

Sporting Kansas City is an association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,967 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Home venue: Children's Mercy Park[4]
  • League or competition: Major League Soccer[5]
  • Headquarters location: Kansas City[6]
  • Head coach: Kerry Zavagnin[7]
  • Commons category: Sporting Kansas City[8]
  • Inception: 1995[9]
  • Sport: association football[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: Major League Soccer[11]
  • Official website: https://www.sportingkc.com/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sporting Kansas City[13]
  • Described at URL: https://www.mlssoccer.com/meta/club/sporting-kc[14]
  • Participant in: MLS Cup 2004[15], MLS Cup 2013[16], MLS Cup 2000[17], 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final[18], 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final[19], 2004 U.S. Open Cup[20], 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final[21]
  • Topic has template: Q25883729[22]
  • Official name: Sporting Kansas City[23]
  • Competition won: MLS Cup 2000[24], MLS Cup 2013[25]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Sporting Kansas City players[26], Category:Kansas City Wizards players[27]
  • Social media followers: 391,142[28], 22,700[29], 393,447[30], 395,216[31], 23,400[32], 24,900[33], 388,266[34], 26,000[35]

Why It Matters

Sporting Kansas City has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . sportingkc.com. sportingkc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . mlssoccer.com. Retrieved . mlssoccer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Logo image → SKCWordmark-DarkIndigo.svg, Kansas City Wizards logo (2006–10).svg
    Participant in → MLS Cup 2004, MLS Cup 2013, MLS Cup 2000 +4
    Parent org → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: MLS crest logo RGB - Sporting Kansas City.svg, Removing [[:c:File:MLS_crest_logo_RGB_-_Sporting_Kansas_City.svg|MLS_crest_logo_RGB_-_Sporting_Kansas_C"
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