Remember in MLS when the WIZARDS became SPORTING KANSAS CITY
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- They began as a team with consistently sparse crowds in an extremely oversized football stadium, and transformed into a team that consistently sells out their state of the art soccer specific stadium. Sporting Kansas City is one of the most impressive success stories this league has seen. But how did they do it? That's discussed in the video.
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They also had Chad Ochocinco try out for them once. I can’t believe I forgot to include that!
Chad Ochocinco was originally a soccer player and had wanted to play soccer over football, but obviously MLS pay back in the late 1990s wasn't exactly great (I think the top salary back in 99 was around 30k) so he chose to play in the NFL instead. Ochocinco still loves the beautiful game!
@S.F.C. United Yeah, same guy.
S.F.C. United He did a video with KSI th-cam.com/video/OnqPumvKQX4/w-d-xo.html
I remember reading this story on 1 of those fat iMac blue computers in school lol
I wish he could be used by FC Cincinnati for promotions
The Wizard's identity was based on the Wizard of Oz. And fun fact, a lot of SKC fans still lovingly refer to our boys in sky blue as the Wizards. We even have a tradition where before each home match we sign "When The Saints Go Marching In" but we replace the word "Saints" with "Wiz"
We do still use the "wiz" name but it's funny because everyone in Kansas HATES wizard of oz jokes and whatnot
I miss the good old days before every team was 'city' or 'united'.
Love that 😂
I know this is late but its actually more based on the Movie "The Wiz" which is the Michael Jackson version of Wizard of Oz.
I drove with four others from Toronto to KC to watch TFC play the Wizards at the old CommunityAmerica ballpark back in 2009.
GREATEST ROADTRIP EVER!
Had a great time in KC the whole weekend. Amazing food and drinks, and very friendly people. I hope to go back soon!
Your content is so good that you've made an RSL fan somehow sit through a Kansas video
His content is good regardless of what team you root for
@@oyaml1211 that's literally what I said
How does he do it!?!?!
And a AUSTIN FC fan
Me rn
Where the Kansas City wizards named after the wizard of oz because that movie took place in Kansas for about 5 minutes
So, a bit that was missed. A contest was run in 1995 and someone named Sarah Starr won with the name "Wizards." Adidas got their hands on it and changed it to Wiz, but after the aforementioned lawsuit, they reverted back to Wizards.
Avi Serig did not know that! Thank you for the info! Makes a lot more sense now
@@dannytradio Weird knowledge that sticks in your head 😂😂 keep up the great vids man!
Really
@@biglittlestinker2844 www.allstarrsports.com/m/index.php/kansas-city-sports/80-kansas-city-soccer-team-nicknames
As a kc fan this was a great video to watch. Overall I think that children’s mercy park is still the best stadium in mls. Yes some new stadiums have massive supporters stands, like lafc and Atlanta, but sporting was really the original stadium with a supporters stand.
Make a video about the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL team that was better than most MLS teams, reaching tue semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League in 08-09 and eliminating Toronto FC and LA Galaxy in the next seasons.
All while having one of the most inept logos in all of sports
Seriously That's not even a high school design course That's an after school club design course
Man it’s crazy from seeing them empty seats to now full.
Coming from Nebraska and the Midwest I support Kansas City Sporting and us folks in the Midwest love to support our teams even we lose
It’s tough to nail a rebrand, but Kansas City did a great job.
I remember watching a full MLS game on TV for the first time back in 2011 when Sporting KC was playing RSL. I spent the first half trying to figure out what cities RSL and SKC represented, LOL. I thought SKC was Saskatchewan at first. 😂
Michael Stein yea but it started an ugly trend. Every mls team has a basic name now like city name followed by “sporting , inter, united, fc or sc etc which is fucken annoying they lack creativity now in the expansion teams
Victor A Hopefully, if Phoenix Rising and the Las Vegas Lights get into MLS, which I think they will in the next 5 years or so, they keep their unique names instead of going to something generic.
I don’t mind one of each Euro-style name, for the most part, but it’s pretty ridiculous to have multiple of them. There shouldn’t be 3 teams with United in MLS, and 2 teams with City. And Real Salt Lake is just an awful name.
Supposedly Charlotte is just gonna be Charlotte FC or something bland like that. I really hope they change their mind and become something cool and unique like the Charlotte Monarchs.
Hey Danny , big fan of yours . I am a Liga Mx fan but always keep up with MLS. I loved your concacaf champions league documentaries and hope you do more concacaf champions league content in the future.
Are there any good channels or podcasts that cover Liga MX in English? I'd be interested in following the league
@@alternatehistorysports Not any one that does it consistently, altough I am going to start one before the league resumes. I will let you know if the time arrives. The league is covered on ESPN , FOX , and Univision. However all are spanish.
@@mexicanass10 I don't understand Spanish, although that could be a fun way to learn! If you start a podcast reply here to let me know! :)
@@alternatehistorysports it definitely could lol and will do 👍
@@alternatehistorysports CantniaMX podcast and Mexican soccer show are two podcasts that cover all of LIga MX in english. Each individual team has a english podcast coverage and is more detailed.
Danny! You should really do a rewind of when the Wizards beat Manchester United!
I like the new intro and love the channel! Constructive criticism: frame your shirts and hang them on the wall behind you and your set will look considerably better 👍
I think he doesnt frame then because he still wears them
I finally found an MLS focused TH-cam channel! Great video!
I visited their stadium back in 2014 when they played my team Cruz Azul in Concacaf Champions League. The atmosphere was amazing felt like I was in a game in the EPL.
Great content man👍🏼 I binged watched all your videos during quarantine 😬
Hey Danny! KC Season Ticket Holder here (apart of that beautiful Blue Hell baby!!!). Have to say, that was awesome! I've been a fan since the Wiz (I was only in sixth grade at the time and didn't really follow all the games until I got older). Arrowhead is a great stadium, it's just not for soccer. Community America is now on default with a loan and might not be around much longer (if they can't agree on money). Children's Mercy Park (formerly known as Livestrong Park) is wonderful! I would love to have you join us (whenever this damn virus moves on).
Much love Danny! Keep up the great work! Hope to see you at a game!
Arrowhead when it has around 30,000 in it for Northwest Missouri vs Pitt St looks very empty, with 10,00 it had to be awful. Although, I have no doubt that Arrowhead will be a great venue for the World Cup.
Lowkey the MLS shootout was way better than PKs
Thanks for the great MLS content hope to see the channel blow up as our league grows!
Hey Danny, love the hell out of your content. Do a video on the history of soccer specific stadiums!
Video idea: finishing the MLS season in FIFA 20
Please try this I really want to see it
Stumbled across this and was happy. Great video man
Awesome video, would love to see more vids like this talking about other MLS teams and USL maybe too
With Major League Rugby’s current success I’d find it interesting if SKC decide to apply for an expansion team. Just something they could or should think about.
I love your channel so much! Keep your content coming!
You are one of my favorite youtubers and your documentary are amazing
Literally any team do this again I love when u makes these
Danny, another awesome video! I love learning about the backstory of MLS teams like this and your format is very entertaining. As for what I would like to see you do a video on how bonkers MLS roster rules are, including GAM/TAM/DPs/Gen Adidas/INT slots/Senior slots/etc and maybe sprinkle in some new CBA stuff 🤷 Keep up the great videos man!
That would be a long video! But super well worth it!
@@kevinfischer2924 I'm not sure TH-cam is ready for it 😂😂
@@kvalukis Oh man, I don't think most of us could actually follow it! We'll need flowcharts. Lots and lots of flowcharts.
greetings from a SKC Supporter from germany! :D
The Wiz was the "modernized" movie version of The Wizard of Oz released in 1978 starring Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Richard Pryor.
So when bunch of designers, many of whom had probably never been to Kansas, but who watched the Wiz as teenagers a decade and a half before MLS launched, get to design the team for state they've never been to, this is what happens.
Well it was either that or: "We're not in Kansas anymore FC"
I remember going to arrowhead and t bone stadium to see the wizards play ever week.
14:46 I also had a reason in addition to for their fans' sake to support #savetheCrew. When all this expansion is done and Nashville switches conferences (from their wonky current alignment in the West despite being southeast of Chicago), that will *double* the number of Eastern Conference teams outside of the Eastern Seaboard since the league announced intentions to expand to 28 teams. From 2 to 4. I figured the conference needed more teams in that area, not fewer.
Also, nice new intro.
Great video! The badge is based off the state line with the dark blue and light blue stripes representing a team based style for 11 players instead of one big star player. They were going to make it off a fountain since KC is the city of fountains but our kit design team said in a interview they couldn't get it to work in a badge so they went with the state line. Which is a big thing in kc with KCK and KCMO. And many dont know the badge includes the kansas missouri state border going back to the civil war jayhawks and the KU MU rivalry. Also we are the third most succesful mls team with the 3rd most trophies in MLS history besides DC united and La Galaxy. And wizards name celebrated based of Wizards of OZ and thats what the cauldron supporters section is based off of with the blue hell to this day.,
And boyyyyy was is great standing in The Cauldron singing "Oh when the WIZZZZ...." back in March with that GLORIOUS 4-1 victory over Houston. An SKC fan for 8 years (lived in Vegas when I became a fan..just moved here to KC last year), opening night back in March was my first ever SKC match in person......and damn was it worth it!!! 🔷💙🔷 #ForGloryForCity #OneSportingWay
Thank you for doing this video on my club.
Hey Danny love the content I was wondering if you could do a video on how the old earthquakes left to Houston to become the Houston dynamo
DannyT is going to get me into MLS I can feel it
I remember going down to Kansas city that weekend for my mom's work (she owns the H&R block in my city). My family got to Kansas City on a Sunday when NASCAR was in town. We decided to eat at Applebee's right by the stadium. We see this stadium that has banner's everywhere promoting their first game (June 9th vs the Chicago Fire). Me as a 10-year-old who doesn't even know the team name wanted to go to the game. My parents got tickets (for me and my dad) at the hotel. What we did not know it was the opening night of the stadium.
I guess I have a good reason to support Sporting Kansas City. The only thing I remember from that game was a drunk fan dressed up in a cow costume decided to jump onto the field. If I remember he also scored a goal for Chicago.
One thing I'd love to see is the MLS experiment with if FIFA allow it is more substitutes to be allowed. IMO it would turn the game from a marathon into a sprint. Or more accurately a relay, but you get the point.
Great vídeo. Thanks!
Great video! Sporting Kansas City is one of the most consistent MLS franchises of the past decade.
Make a video about the top five Americans who have never played a World Cup.
My list
Ante Razov
Jason Kreis
Sacha Kljestan
Chris Armas
Joe Cannon
The only thing that sucks about the rebrand is that you have a team that should be on the Missouri side of KC on the kansas side.
Might just be the petty Mizzou fan in me.
Another odd bit of Wizards history, or at least it was an "Urban Legend" back in the day. Their mascot, "Chopper The Dragon" was also a full time Kansas City, Missouri Police Officer. I remember going to the games back in the day (1998 to 2001). Even with 15,000 fans in Arrowhead it still just looked like some of the friends and family of the team showed up. I believe I remember one game with over 20,000 fans (on the lower level only), during the 2000 season, and it just seemed crazy in comparison to most of the games.
As a LA Galaxy fan I always though Kansas City Wizards had the coolest name in the league.
NICE VIDEO THANK YOU
Hey danny, in your Austin fc video, you talked about making a saved the crew video and i would still like to see a video like that
The first MLS game I ever attended was the Wizards vs. Galaxy at the Rose Bowl in a 0-0 tie.
You can not tell me MLS did not pick wizards because of wizard of oz with its iconic “you’re not in Kansas anymore”. Like if Houston would of been part of the original MLS I could see the league naming the team the “Houston problems”
Hey some of my best memories were sitting on that grass... it was janky and I loved it...
Great video!
Ranking of MLS match balls!
YES
Can you please either do a ranking or some sort of breakdown of all if the stadiums.
Can you please do a video on Toronto fc and how Sebastian giovinco and tim bas( he is the GM at Columbus crew now. Really long last name) transformed Toronto fc
Hey man love the channel and the deep dives you do. Wondering what your thoughts are about proreg, the number of us soccer organizations like MLS USL NISA NPSL, and MLS wanting to keep a lot of USMNT stars in the league instead of persuading them to go to Europe. Thanks! Keep up the good work
5:00 That Soccer Ball And The Coloured Stripes On The Wizards Logo Looks Like Sonic The Hedgehog
I would love to see a video of DC United: first dynasty history, current state and potential future, please 😊
1:11 I want to see a video on Pro Rel like you did with the 30 team schedule
I'd love to see them use some of those old designs as alternates for more than just one match.
Good content as usual, I live in the Uk and I’d have to argue the Wizards name had more possibilities Internationally and domestic than the sporting branding it was just mishandled and you’re spot on to be called sporting you normally have multiple sports teams as an organisation, tacking it on just seems forced which is what puts some overseas fans off about the MLS alongside a few other things.
Same here. I've actually grown to love the MLS for doing things differently, team names like 'Real' and 'Sporting' feel contrived, names like City and United are just a bit boring imo. I love the original names like Galaxy and Fire. I do like the branding of Internacional Miami, it makes a lot of sense given a massive Latin American population as well as a diverse range of nationalities in Miami. Sporting could still redeem themselves by starting a Major League Rugby team, yes that's a real thing.
@@alternatehistorysports I didn't have a clue about the MLR that could easily redeem them for using that name along with purchasing the indoor soccer team. The one thing missing from the city from my brief checks is an NBA franchise but of course the investment needed would have to be substantial.
I disagree about "Inter Miami" because that's basically saying that unless a team has some Spanish term in the title, Hispanic fans will somehow not understand what's going on and stay away...
Hispanic fans are like any other sports-loving fans in any given city... they will pay to watch quality games, regardless of the team name or which players wear the jerseys.
For example, the Texas Rangers (MLB) and the Dallas Cowboys have really big Hispanic fan bases... when they broadcast the games in Spanish, the announcers call the teams "Los Vigilantes" (Rangers) or "Los Vaqueros" (Cowboys).
It wasn't necessary for either team to use a gimmick in the title to lure Hispanic fans... soccer should be the exact same.
@@davepazz580 I see your point it could feel a bit condescending, but I still personally like the name. However 'Real' feels so wrong, clubs named 'Real' have a connection to the Spanish Monarchy, it might almost make sense for a former Spanish colony in the USA, with a Spanish name like San Diego, but for Utah it makes no sense. In Salt Lake's case they actually have a good excuse to go with the boring 'City' title as it's widely known as Salt Lake City, so SLCFC works fine. In general though when they try to copy European teams with 'Real' or 'Inter' or 'United' or 'City' it feels a bit contrived to me. I prefer the names like 'Galaxy' and 'Wizards', I don't want another EPL or La Liga, I watch the MLS and love it for being different.
That team should really just be re-named the "Salt Lake City Royals"... they have absolutely no reason to call themselves "Real", plus it sounds silly and only creates confusion among most.
Talk about the Houston Dynamo and their relocation
The ending, mentioning thats the correct way to rebrand (which it is) Chicago could take a few pointers and rebrand a bit differently then how they did
You got remember. Around the time MLS started, that time in the 90s was all about being “EXTREME” and clothing, tv shows, food and even sports were all about capitalizing on that.
Rebranding to “Sporting” was the best move they ever made.
So the state of Kansas has the recession to thank for giving SKC the honor of the only major professional team in the state!
great content, go fire
I'm from Lithuania, and the first thing I imagine when hear about Kansas - is obviously Wizard of Oz :) so I think the old name of the club was reasonable
I remember watching that 2004 Western Conference Final game live on TV. So glad KC moved on from the cringeworthy Wizards brand to Sporting KC.
It was live on fox sports world now fxx
Can u do a video on the Dynamos fall from glory :( from a Dynamo fan
New intro nice
I like your new logo
Plz do what the hell happened to Orlando city. I am a City fan ever since their first season in MLS
can you do a video on the hudson river derby
Early gang
Ps. Nice new Intro
Opinion on what essentially is their reserve/development team in USL Championship doing their own rebrand from "Swope Park Rangers" to "Sporting Kansas City II"?
You should make a vid explaining rivals
DannyTRadio had a rebrand as well
A video on the relationship between mls and nwsl
Please make a San Jose quakes video :)
Do a vid on the sounders!
Do a brief history of the Legendary LA Galaxy
I like the rebrand
"Wizards" makes far more sense...
As an FC Bayern fan: What do you think about Alphonso Davies?
1.) I like the old MLS colour scheme. Its different to what we see with other major sporting leagues in the US, in a sense that it doesn't use the red/white/blue colour scheme.
2.) "Kansas City Wiz". Ha! Were they taking the piss?!
3.) Kansas City should drop the "Sporting", and replace the word with "SC" (Soccer Club)
4.)Winning the MLS Cup and the Supporters' Shield should not constitute as a "double"...
5.) Teams should do throwback kits like LA Galaxy did in 2014.
They should just go back to being the "Wizards" because that name made the most sense...
MLS has *way* too many teams with silly initials already!
Do a video on the rapids please🙏🙏🙏
Sorry for bad English
What city do you want in the MLS other than city that already has MLS team including city that coming to MLS like Austin , Sacramento , San Louis and Charlotte
Redy Phoenix needs one ASAP. Phoenix Rising for MLS!!!
Phoenix is an obvious choice. Arizona is a huge state that doesn’t have an MLS team yet, and Phoenix Rising is trying to join the league. I think it’ll happen in the next few years.
Las Vegas seems another likely addition, and San Diego will also have a chance.
I think MLS will choose two more expansion teams before the new media rights deal is negotiated after the 2022 season. Phoenix and Las Vegas is my guess.
@@michaelstein7510 California and Texas has a lot of team
Make a vid about the timbers history
Maybe try to make a video on some failed USL franchises because there have been quite a few failures in that league and I (and maybe other people) might find that interesting.
The Puerto Rico Islanders are an interesting story.
Rayo OKC was also a crazy story from the NASL a few years ago.
Rochester Rhinos would definitely need a video
They already have one...
Hopefully teams like the Revs follow their footsteps
That'd be a dangerously huge crowd in modern times #ImJustSayin #Rosemont
Can you please do a video on Charlotte's expansion team?
It’ll certainly be an interesting case study on how quickly an ambitious owner can assemble a competitive MLS team. Charlotte will only have about 14 months from being announced to playing their first MLS game, which is the shortest time to prepare for any team in the league’s history.
If David Tepper puts his money where his mouth is, Charlotte can be a great team very quickly, like LAFC and Atlanta have done.
When the rebrand to Sporting happened, half of the people hated it. I liked it because it rolled off the tongue, and it still works.
Do an Atlanta United success story video
Best rebrand in American sports
Everything but the name...
The new Logo isn’t bad.
CAn u do a la galaxy or San jose earthquakes
Do the story of Atlanta united
Do a video on the union
Can you do Chicago fire
What about Real Salt Lake? That team name is inaccurate; great video though!!
Utah gets the worst names! Utah Jazz, wtf does that have to do with anything?
They should rebrand as the Salt Lake City Royals at least!
Alt Football they actually started as the New Orleans Jazz but moved to SLC because they were going under in NOLA. They decided to keep the name because it was too close to the start of the season to get approval from the league to change the name.
La Galaxy or DC United or Columbus Crew video next please
Was there no way they coudlve added the little 🧙♂️ somehow onto the logo even with the sporting name?
Can you make a video about the potential of Promotion/Relegation in the MLS and the effects it can have on US soccer
Pro/rel would make absolutely no sense in MLS because teams are paid franchises, not independent clubs...
DavePazz maybe that’s the problem
It's a problem but unfortunately, not enough people will be willing to pour millions into building soccer teams from scratch with no guarantee of making some money back on a scheduled basis...
When you pay to operate a franchise, you automatically guarantee the person buying into the franchise he has a real shot at it.
Which is why all the top US sports leagues operate in a pretty similar fashion... they wouldn't even exist without it.
*tell that to Real Madrid.*
What does Royal Madrid have to do with anything here?
*they are the wealthiest club in the world and invest more in a single player than your franchises pay for their team.*
They are also based in a country where soccer is the number one professional sport, guaranteed tons of revenue from a name brand which took a hundred years to get to this point... not so here.
*AC have been relegated Rangers have been relegated*
And because those teams are based in countries where there is really only one major sporting obsession, fans have no choice but to largely stay put and keep supporting their team.
Not so here...
*A league without promotion Or relegation is just ridiculous.*
What I find is even more ridiculous is "relegating" the fans to watching inferior teams for an entire season when they personally had nothing to do with the players performance whatsoever.
Only the players and coaching staff should suffer any consequences for bad performances... not the ones actually paying to watch a spectacle.
MLS 2 Indianapolis!!!
One can only dream😔
I think it would be cool to have Indianapolis in the league. But you should rebrand Indy Eleven, it's just a bad name.
Im glad that the Seattle Sounders were not a charter member when the League began. I probably woukd have lost interest, because MLS didnt go by FIFA rules.