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The Kansas City Wizards have come a long way since missing the playoffs in 2010.For starters, the club became Sporting Kansas City prior to the start of the 2011 season, and got a new home in Sporting Park.In the two subsequent seasons, Kansas City has finished on top of the Eastern Conference and has just about completed a successful transition from MLS also- ran to one of the top franchises in the league.But there is still one more hurdle for head coach Peter Vermes and his team to clear.Despite its success in the regular season, Sporting has failed to reach the MLS Cup in each of the past two seasons, something that has not been lost on Kansas City CEO Robb Heineman."This is a time in our organization that it's time to go for it," Heineman said. "And it's a time not to just try to win an Open Cup in a year and say that's great. It's a time to win multiple cups in multiple years and string them together. Now is the time to do that."Sporting did collect its first trophy since 2004 las...
JOHANNESBURG -- David Villa scored two goals to put Spain's World Cup back on track with a 2-0 victory over Honduras on Monday.Villa beat three defenders in the 17th...
U.S. ice dancers Meryl Davis (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Charlie White (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) captured their second world ice dancing title at the 2013 ISU World...
Facing a penalty kick with 15 minutes left in regulation and the game tied, Honduras' Noel Valladares was willing to do anything to distract Alvaro Saborio of Costa ...
For the first time in their short four-year history, the Philadelphia Union will ring in the 2013 MLS season on home soil when they welcome Sporting Kansas City to P...
Sporting KC opens the season Saturday at Philadelphia with a slightly retooled lineup that manager Peter Vermes believes can finally help the club win an elusive MLS...
On most construction projects, workers are discouraged from signing or otherwise scrawling on the iron and concrete. At the skyscraper rising at ground zero, though,...
Premier League club Wigan has signed Honduras midielder Roger Espinoza from Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City.The 26-year-old Espinoza will debut in Saturda...
The United States won three more medals on the final night of the track and field competition at Olympic Stadium, but once again the story was Usain Bolt.The Jamaica...
Sporting Kansas City will look to nail down first place in the Eastern Conference on Wednesday when the club welcomes to the Philadelphia Union to Livestrong Sportin...
The favourites made it through, but it wasn't exactly easy. Brazil twice had to come from behind against Honduras in what was eventually a 3-2 win, and never looked ...
Eddie Johnson lifted his penalty kick over the crossbar, and Seattle Sounders FC turned over the U.S. Open Cup title to Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night.Follo...
It was far from Brazil's best, but the samba boys booked their place in the semifinals of the men's Olympic soccer tournament by claiming a 3-2 win over 10-man Hondu...
Wigan announced Tuesday that Honduran midfielder Roger Espinoza will join the club in January after being granted a work permit.The 26-year-old will move to the DW S...
Honduras coach Luis Suarez on Monday named Wigan pair Maynor Figueroa and Roger Espinoza in his squad for the World Cup qualifier against the United States on Feb. 6...
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza suffered a sprained ankle in his team's 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew on Sunday.Espinoza sustained the injury in sto...
Midfielder Roger Espinoza sprained his right ankle late in Sporting Kansas City's 1-1 draw at Columbus and is expected to miss up to a month.Espinoza hurt his ankle ...
Wigan's hopes of survival took a major hit on Tuesday as the club suffered a 3-2 loss to Swansea City at the DW Stadium to remain in the relegation zone.The loss lea...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Forward Georgie Welcome was called up to replace injured forward Carlo Costly in Honduras' 23-man preliminary World Cup roster.Midfielde...
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — David Ferreira scored on a penalty for his third goal in four games and FC Dallas beat the Kansas City Wizards 1-0 Saturday night.The Wizards ha...