The plans were unveiled publicly for the first time in July 2014, with businessmen and politicians backing a proposal to build a National Training and Coaching Development Center for U.S. Soccer in Kansas City, Kan. Their grandeur was illustrated with an artist rendition sitting on an easel inside Children’s Mercy Park.
For nearly two years, that picture has provided the best representation of the group’s vision.
But that begins to change this weekend.
Sporting Club, in conjunction with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Children's Mercy Hospital, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the state-of-the-art soccer facility at 5 p.