The Blue Testament: for Sporting KC fans

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - Home opener fallout Mar 07, 2018

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No goals, VAR controversy, new players! Cody Bradley, Robert Rusert, Aly Trost and Thad Bell get together to break down Sporting KC's loss to NYCFC. The team recaps the loss, talks about the lineup and chats about the next match in Chicago. Thad and Robert disagree about the penalty call. Cody goes nuts on Melia's kit color, Aly thinks a new formation is in order. Sitting Espinoza was even floated as an idea.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - Sporting KC 2018 preview Mar 01, 2018

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Bob Rusert, Cody Bradley, Aly Trost and Thad Bell from The Blue Testament break down the 2018 Sporting Kansas City news. Incoming and outgoing players mean new position battles for the SKC squad and we take a look at each one of them and the depth at each position. Also, some crazy predictions to round out the podcast. A new group of podcasters, a new location so some preseason work for us as well. Let us know what you think and where we can improve

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - SKC Open Cup Champs and so much more 17-3 Sep 27, 2017

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Bob Rusert and Thad Bell discuss Sporting Kansas City's US Open Cup win, the Galaxy game and Sporting Kansas City's offense. We have some sound bites from Peter Vermes, Ilie Sanchez and Daniel Salloi as well. Also a little talk about the upcoming Vancouver game and cover the latest FC Kansas City, Swope Park and Kansas City Comets news also.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show 17-2 The post Dwyer era Jul 28, 2017

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Cody and Thad get together in the studio to discuss all things soccer in Kansas City. First up is the U.S. win in the Gold Cup an how tthe Sporting KC players performed. Then the biggest news of the summer, the trade of Dom Dwyer to Orlando for a record setting amount of Garber bucks. Next on the agenda is who might replace Dwyer and the issues that are preventing bringing in certain players. Throw in some breakdown of the upcoming Chicago match, the Swope Park Rangers and even a little FC Kansas City to round out the podcast.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 2017 Sporting Kansas City preview Feb 28, 2017

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Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.Com and Thad Bell of TheBluetestament.com finally get back together to discuss the off season for Sporting Kansas City. Lots of changes took place and we will break it all down. New players, youth, speed all make a difference and SKC manager Pater Vermes did not hesitate t shake it up a bit. Might even get in a little discussion of the change for SKC's minor leageue team in the USL, the Swope Park Rangers.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 10/12/16 Oct 13, 2016

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Steve Brisendine (MLSSoccer.com beat writer, poet and foodie) joins Thad to discuss the magnificent run of Swope Park Rangers, the not so magnificient form of Sporting Kansas City, the great Besler mystery and former Kansas City Wizard Preki's new job and maybe a little more....

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 4/21/16 Up next is San Jose Apr 22, 2016

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Thad is joined by Steve Brisendine of MLSSoccer.com and they discuss the last few matches, who is in form, what the team can and should do to get back to winning ways and the upcoming match in San Jose. Player rumors and MLS expansion might get some time as well. IF time permits, we will chat about Swope Park Rangers and FC Kansas City as well. We may have a chance to take questions via twitter and will answer the best we can.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 4/12/16 interview with SKC's Rob Thomson Apr 12, 2016

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Rob Thomson is Sporting Kansas City's Executive Vice President of Communications and Digital. He has been one of the people that has seen the huge surge in popularity and interest in soccer in Kansas City. Robo as he is known to many was one of the early employees of the Wizards and has been a part of the organization when they have won most of their titles. Hopefully Robo will let us know some of the stories behind the scenes as the Wizards became Sporting KC and one of the powerhouses in MLS.

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 3/9/16 - Seattle tears taste sweet Mar 10, 2016

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Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament is joined by Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame and Steve Brisendine, Sporting KC's beat writer for mlssoccer.com to discuss the latest news regarding Sporting Kansas City and the area. First up we will discuss the Sporting KC win over the Seattle Sounders Sunday. Lots of rain, a red card and a 1-0 victory started the season off well for the boys in blue. The most recent news, the official signing of Diego Rubio on loan to give some depth at center forward. Next up we will chat about the upcoming match at Children's Mercy Park against Vancouver. Another bit of news is Davy Arnaud's retirement and we will take a moment to discuss. If there is time left we hope to give the latest news about the Missouri Comets, Swope Park Rangers and FC Kansas City as well

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Shades of Blue Soccer Show - 2//23/16 SKC and Swope Park Rangers preseason Feb 24, 2016

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Thad Bell from TheBlueTestament and Mike Kuhn of Downthebyline fame are joined by Sporting Kansas City assistant Technical Director Mike Jacobs to chat about preseason in general and specifically Swope Park Rangers. The Rangers are Sporting KC's USL team and got off to a dream start when they played the Colorado Rapids in the Desert Diamond Cup and beat them 3-1 in the first ever match. Sporting KC has played twice in the Desert Diamnd Cup with two draws as a result.

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