Sporting Kansas City II

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Sporting Kansas City II
File:Sporting Kansas City II logo.svg
NicknamesRangers, SPR, SKCII
FoundedOctober 22, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-10-22) as Swope Park Rangers
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Missouri
Capacity3,500
OwnerSporting Club
Head coachIstván Urbányi
LeagueMLS Next Pro
20233rd, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals
Websitewww.sportingkc.com/skcii
File:Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. They were formerly known as the Swope Park Rangers. The club is headquartered alongside Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.[1]

History

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On October 22, 2015, the team was officially announced as the USL's 30th franchise, as were the Swope Park Rangers name, color scheme and logo. The Rangers replaced Oklahoma City Energy FC as SKC's USL affiliate, and was named after a nickname for SKC reserve squad in 2008.[2][3] The team is Sporting Kansas City's third USL affiliate in the team's history, after previously having partnered with Orlando City SC and Oklahoma City Energy FC.[4] Canadian Marc Dos Santos, who led Ottawa Fury FC to the NASL Soccer Bowl in 2015, was named the first head coach of the Rangers on November 20, 2015.[5]

The Rangers finished their inaugural season in 2016 with a 14–10–6 record and finished fourth in the Western Conference. The side advanced to the 2016 USL Cup Final, becoming just the second team in USL history to do so in its inaugural season. The Rangers beat LA Galaxy II, Orange County SC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 en route to the final where the side eventually fell 5–1 to New York Red Bulls II at Red Bull Arena. Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas and winger Tyler Pasher were each signed by parent club Sporting Kansas City at the end of the season.

Following the conclusion of the 2016 season, Marc Dos Santos departed to take over at newly founded NASL club the San Francisco Deltas. His assistant for the 2016 campaign, Nikola Popovic, took the reins ahead of the 2017 season. The side continued to have success as Popovic led the team to a 17–8–7 record in the West and another fourth-place finish. Sporting KC also signed four more players from SPR during 2017 in Amer Didic, James Musa, Kharlton Belmar and Kevin Oliveira. Popovic resigned as head coach on November 17, 2017, after leading Swope Park to their second consecutive conference championship.[6]

On September 30, 2019, the club announced that it would re-brand as Sporting Kansas City II ahead of the 2020 USL Championship season.[7]

MLS Next Pro

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The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022.[8] Former Sporting Kansas City player Benny Feilhaber was named the team's head coach for the 2022 season.[9]

Location

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The team is headquartered out of Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. For the 2022 and 2023 seasons, they split matches between Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri.[2][3][1]

When the team was known as Swope Park Rangers they played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri as permanent home venue for the 2016 and 2017 USL seasons, although occasional matches were played at Children's Mercy Park during those first two seasons. For the 2018 season, the Rangers moved to Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park, Kansas for home USL matches. The move to Shawnee Mission South District Stadium was in response to new USL stadium standards, requiring seating for at least 5,000 fans, that were not met by Swope Soccer Village. The 7,500-seat Shawnee Mission South District Stadium had received $6 million in improvements between fall 2016 and spring 2017. After just two home matches into the season, the Rangers announced that all home matches would be moved to Children's Mercy Park for the remainder of the 2018 USL season. The move came just days after allegations were reported that there had been issues with the quality of the artificial-turf field at Shawnee Mission South.[10][11][12][13]

Players and staff

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Roster

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As of February 3, 2025[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  USA Ian James ([A])
12 GK  USA Jack Kortkamp ([A])
16 DF  USA Jacob Bartlett ([A])
30 FW  CAN Stephen Afrifa ([A])
33 DF  USA Nati Clarke
35 MF  USA Bryan Arellano
36 GK  USA Ryan Schewe ([A])
38 FW  USA Maouloune Goumballe
40 DF  USA Hal Uderitz
44 MF  USA Gael Quintero
45 DF  USA Anthony Samways
47 FW  CAN Massud Habibullah
48 MF  USA Blaine Mabie
49 DF  USA Zane Wantland ([B])
52 MF  USA Cielo Tschantret
57 DF  USA Kashan Hines ([B])
60 DF  USA Nate Young ([B])
67 GK  USA Kael Taylor ([B])
70 DF  USA Jack Francka ([B])
75 MF  USA Zamir Loyo Reynaga ([B])
76 MF  USA Johann Ortiz
77 FW File:Flag of Mexico.svg MEX Juan Zavala
80 MF  USA Makhi Francis ([B])
84 MF  USA Luis Cruz-Ayala ([B])
85 DF File:Flag of France.svg FRA Pierre Lurot
88 MF  USA Shane Donovan
89 DF  USA Leo Christiano ([B])
90 FW  CAN Medgy Alexandre
91 GK  USA Jacob Molinaro
97 MF  USA Carter Derksen ([B])
99 MF  USA Beckham Uderitz
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Sporting Kansas City.
    2.
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    Sporting Kansas City Academy player.
    3.

Technical staff

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Year-by-year

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As of September 18, 2022
Year USL Championship Position Playoffs Top Scorer 1
P W L D GF GA Pts Conf. Overall Player Goals
2016 30 14 10 6 45 36 48 4th, Western 9th Runners-up Canada Mark Anthony Gonzalez 9
2017 32 17 8 7 55 37 58 4th, Western 5th Runners-up United States Kharlton Belmar 15
2018 34 15 11 8 52 53 53 7th, Western 11th Conference semifinals Error creating thumbnail: Hadji Barry 17
2019 34 6 20 8 46 80 26 18th, Eastern 36th Did not qualify United States Wilson Harris 12
2020 16 5 10 1 21 30 16 12th, Eastern
4th, Group E 		23rd Did not qualify United States Wilson Harris 8
2021 32 4 20 8 31 64 20 15th, Eastern 30th Did not qualify Error creating thumbnail: Enoch Mushagalusa 8
Year MLS Next Pro Position Playoffs Top Scorer 1
P W D L GF GA Pts Conf. Overall Player Goals
2022 24 9 3 12 31 38 31 8th, Eastern 15th Did not qualify Error creating thumbnail: Rauf Salifu 6
2023 28 13 6 9 59 41 49 3rd, Western 7th Conference quarterfinals Spain Pau Vidal 11

^ 1. Top Scorer includes statistics from league matches only.

Head coaches

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  • Includes USL regular season, USL playoffs
Coach Nationality Start End Games Win Loss Draw Win %
Marc Dos Santos  Canada November 20, 2015 November 21, 2016 34 17 11 6 050.00
Nikola Popovic[16][17] File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia November 21, 2016 November 17, 2017 36 20 9 7 055.56
Paulo Nagamura[18] File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil December 4, 2017 November 18, 2021 87 27 43 17 031.03
Benny Feilhaber  United States January 12, 2022 November 14, 2024 24 9 12 3 037.50

Average attendance

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Year Reg. Season Playoffs
2016 1,753 2,329
2017 1,015 1,724
2018 881 —
2019 505
2020 N/A
2021
2022

Honors

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