The Swope Park Rangers will kick off the club’s 2018 USL campaign against Reno 1868 FC at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday at Greater Nevada Field in a clash between two of the top four teams in the Western Conference a year ago. The match will be streamed live on SportingKC.com and USLsoccer.com.
The Rangers, led by new head coach Paulo Nagamura, return six players from last season’s squad which won a second straight Western Conference championship, including Sporting Kansas City Academy products Felipe Hernandez, Will Little and Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal. The roster is also bolstered in 2018 by the addition of nine newcomers, highlighted by club captain and Guatemala international Rodrigo Saravia.