KC Reporter

Sporting Kansas City is preparing for a home match against Austin FC on Sunday at Children's Mercy Park. The event will feature the club's annual Kick Childhood Cancer theme night. Tickets are available through SeatGeek, with a special Coca-Cola Family & Friends 4-Pack that includes four seats in the Price Chopper South Stand, four 20-ounce Coca-Cola drinks, and four hot dogs for $100.

The Western Conference game will be broadcast on MLS Season Pass via Apple TV. Fans can also watch at Sporting Pub Network locations, including a watch party at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power & Light district. Specials at the watch party include $4 domestic drafts, $5 wells, and half-price nachos for those wearing Sporting KC gear starting at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Sporting KC forward Daniel Salloi has been nominated for AT&T Goal of the Matchday after scoring a tying goal in the team's recent 4-2 win over Colorado. Voting is open to fans on X (formerly Twitter), with Major League Soccer set to announce the winner on Wednesday.

A promotion offering a 20% discount on tickets to upcoming Sporting Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City II home matches ends tonight. The promo code LABORDAY25 can be used on SeatGeek until midnight, providing up to $25 off one purchase.

Children's Mercy Park will host a funeral service for Kansas City, Kansas Police Officer Hunter Simoncic at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The public may attend; parking opens at 7:30 a.m., stadium gates open at 8 a.m., and the service will be streamed live on the Unified Government's YouTube channel.

Free shipping is available for orders over $49 at MLSstore.com until Thursday evening using code MLS49. This offer includes new merchandise such as the Sporting Kansas City Gaming pre-match top.

Two players from Sporting KC are away this week during FIFA’s international window. Defender Ian James has joined the United States Under-17 Men's National Team for a friendly against the Netherlands on Friday, while midfielder Zorhan Bassong is with Canada’s Men’s National Team facing Romania that same day.

Late registration closes Friday for Pre-K division participation in this fall’s Sporting Rec League season at Central Bank Sporting Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, and Compass Minerals Sporting Fields in Kansas City, Kansas.

The annual youth soccer tournament known as the Sporting Classic will take place from Friday through Sunday across two venues: Central Bank Sporting Complex and Compass Minerals Sporting Fields. Nearly 200 boys’ and girls’ teams from six states will compete in U-9 through U-15 age groups.

The Sporting KC Academy begins its 2025-26 MLS NEXT campaign this weekend by hosting SC Wave on Saturday and St. Louis Scott Gallagher on Sunday at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. Matches begin Saturday morning with U-15 and U-18 teams playing first; Sunday features doubleheaders starting at 1 p.m.

Sporting KC II continues its MLS NEXT Pro regular season Saturday against Real Monarchs at Swope Soccer Village with kickoff scheduled for noon CT. Tickets are available via SeatGeek and coverage is provided by MLS Season Pass on Apple TV; updates are also shared by @SportingKCII on X.