The crux of the long-term plan for Sporting Kansas City, a path toward sustained success, has narrowed in recent years toward amplifying youth soccer in the region. Quantity and quality.
On Thursday, Sporting Club unveiled a completed project that it believes will enhance both.
In conjunction with Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Mark Holland, the club held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for 12 new youth soccer fields — the Wyandotte Sporting Fields— located between State Avenue and Parallel Parkway.
“This will be an anchor piece for us,” Sporting Club CEO Robb Heineman said.