The 2021 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-sixth season of the team's existence in

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and the eleventh year played under the

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...

moniker. The season began on April 17.

Summary

Preseason

Sporting KC players reported for a seven day quarantine period involving medical exams and testing on March 1. The team then trained for six weeks beginning on March 8 before the season started on April 17. Sporting KC began a one week voluntary training on March 1 before heading to Arizona on March 7. The team then began preseason training and played 4 preseason matches on March 13, March 20, March 24 and April 3 before returning to Kansas City on April 3.

Roster

Player movement

In

''Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.''

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of

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will be listed in the notes.

Out

Competitions

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CDT ( UTC-05) unless shown otherwise Preseason schedule announced on March 1, 2021.

MLS

Standings

= Western Conference

= Overall table

= Results by round

Match Results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Leagues Cup

Player statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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References

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