Just before the kick-off of the penultimate home game of the season for the Swope Park Rangers the team announced the name would be no more come 2020. Starting with the 2020 USL Championship season SPR will be known as Sporting Kansas City II. Not ‘2’ but as the Roman numeral “II.”
As can be expected, the announcement was met by derision from the fans on Twitter. My favorite exchange was by friend of The Blue Testament and KC Cauldron member Zach Cobb in response to a fan who named their dog after the team.