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KANSAS CITY (March\u00a013,\u00a02026) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0Kansas City Current\u00a0will make its highly\u00a0anticipated\u00a0return\u00a0to the pitch on Saturday, March 14, to kick off the 2026 National Women\u2019s Soccer\u00a0League\u00a0regular season.\u00a0The Current will host the Utah Royals\u00a0at CPKC Stadium\u00a0at\u00a03 p.m. CT\u00a0for the home opener presented by CPKC.\u00a0Fans in attendance will receive an exclusive CPKC-themed\u00a0pin.\u00a0Saturday\u00a0will\u00a0also\u00a0mark\u00a0the NWSL coaching debut for\u00a0Chris Armas, who was named the Current\u2019s head coach in January.<\/p>\n The match will broadcast on\u202fION with\u202fJP Dellacamera and Jill Loyden on the call as well as on the World Feed with\u202fJoe Malfa and Kika Toulouse. Dave Borchardt and Jillian Carroll\u202fLetrinko\u202fwill have the action on 90.9 The Bridge and fans can also tune in to hear the match in English, Spanish or Portuguese on the KC Current App.\u202fFans in Kansas City can\u00a0catch a simulcast on\u202fThe Spot, Kansas City 38 with\u00a0a pregame show, KC Current Matchday, at 2:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n Single match tickets can be\u00a0purchased\u202fHERE<\/a>\u202fand single-match\u00a0parking is available\u202fHERE<\/a>.\u202fMulti-match ticket packages\u202fare available\u202fHERE<\/a>\u202fand limited season ticket inventory can be found\u202fHERE<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0The best way to ensure you\u202fwon\u2019t\u202fmiss a second of the action at CPKC Stadium is by joining the Current Club, the Current\u2019s trailblazing fan membership experience.\u00a0Click\u202fHERE<\/a>\u202ffor\u202fmore information about\u00a0joining\u00a0the Current Club.<\/p>\n MATCH INFO<\/strong> TEN THINGS TO KNOW<\/strong> 2.\u00a0After starting the\u00a0year\u00a0on the road in the club\u2019s first three seasons,\u00a02026\u00a0is the third straight year the Current will open at home.\u00a0Kansas City is 2-2-1 all-time in season openers and is unbeaten in its last two\u00a0at CPKC Stadium.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0For the third consecutive year, Kansas City was named The Most Ambitious Club by\u00a0ESPN<\/a>, which\u00a0noted how\u00a0the Current is \u201cplaying chess while most of the league plays checkers.\u201d<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Chris Armas will make his NWSL head coaching debut on Saturday. Armas, who was named\u00a0KC Current\u00a0head coach on\u00a0Jan. 7, is the second former Major League Soccer player in a non-interim\u00a0NWSL\u00a0head coaching role.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Among the 19 returners from last year\u2019s historic regular season\u00a0are\u00a0back-to-back MVP and Golden Boot winner Temwa Chawinga, Goalkeeper of the Year Lorena, Best XI First Team selections\u00a0and Defender of the Year finalists\u00a0Izzy Rodriguez and Kayla Sharples as well as Midfielder of the Year finalist\u00a0Debinha.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0Five\u00a0rookies\u00a0joined the squad\u00a0from the collegiate ranks:\u00a0forward Gianna Paul from Alabama, defender Laney Rouse from Virginia, defender Kolo\u202fSuliafu\u202ffrom\u00a0Washington\u202fand forward Amelia White from Penn State.\u00a0Defender Meila Brewer \u2013 an Overland Park native who previously played for\u00a0KC\u00a0Current II\u202f\u2013 signed her first\u00a0pro\u00a0contract after one season at UCLA.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0Midfielder Croix Bethune, the 2024 NWSL Midfielder\u00a0of the Year and Rookie of the Year who won gold with the U.S. at the 2024 Olympic Games,\u00a0joined the Current from the Washington Spirit in one of the biggest transactions\u00a0in league history.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Other\u00a0new faces\u00a0include forward Penelope Hocking\u00a0from Bay FC\u00a0and\u00a0goalkeeper Marisa Jordan from the North Carolina Courage.\u00a0Forward Kyra\u00a0Carusa\u00a0is currently\u00a0in Kansas City\u00a0on loan from HB\u00a0K\u00f8ge\u00a0Women and goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti signed a short-term contract\u00a0with the club.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0Forward\/midfielder\u00a0Ally\u00a0Sentnor\u00a0recently won the 2026 SheBelieves Cup with the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team\u00a0and\u00a0scored the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Canada\u00a0on\u00a0March 4. It was her seventh career international goal and her\u00a0USWNT\u00a0team-leading third of 2026.<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0The Kansas City Current has removed forward\u00a0Michelle Cooper\u00a0from the season ending injury (SEI) list.\u00a0She\u00a0was placed on SEI after sustaining a foot injury at the end of the 2025 regular season.\u00a0Since joining the club in 2023,\u00a0Cooper\u00a0has totaled\u00a012 goals\u00a0and six assists\u00a0in\u00a062 regular season appearances, including\u00a0six goals and three assists in\u00a020 regular season matches last year.<\/p>\n AVAILABILITY REPORT<\/strong> PARKING & TRANSPORTATION UPDATES\u00a0<\/strong> Be sure to check in at\u202fcpkcstadium.com<\/a>,\u00a0download the KC Current App\u202f\u2013 and turn on push alerts \u2013 and follow along on\u202fthe club\u2019s social media channels\u202ffor the most up-to-date\u202fcommunication\u202fand updates\u202fregarding\u202fmatchday\u202flogistics.\u00a0Fans can find the comprehensive plan and\u202fupdated\u202fmaps with the most effective ways to get to CPKC Stadium on the Parking and Transportation Hub\u202ffound\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n KC CURRENT 50\/50 RAFFLE\u00a0<\/strong> KC CURRENT\u00a0TEAM STORE HOURS<\/strong> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kansascitycurrent.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KANSAS CITY (March\u00a013,\u00a02026) \u2013\u00a0The\u00a0Kansas City Current\u00a0will make its highly\u00a0anticipated\u00a0return\u00a0to the pitch on Saturday, March 14, to kick off the 2026 National Women\u2019s Soccer\u00a0League\u00a0regular season.\u00a0The Current will host the Utah Royals\u00a0at CPKC Stadium\u00a0at\u00a03 p.m. CT\u00a0for the home opener presented by CPKC.\u00a0Fans in attendance will receive an exclusive CPKC-themed\u00a0pin.\u00a0Saturday\u00a0will\u00a0also\u00a0mark\u00a0the NWSL coaching debut for\u00a0Chris Armas, who was named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1950140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2327395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Match-Preview-Kansas-City-Current-Travels-to-Utah-Royals-for.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327396,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327395\/revisions\/2327396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Who:\u00a0Kansas City Current vs. Utah Royals
What:\u00a02026 NWSL\u00a0Home Opener,\u00a0presented by CPKC
Where:\u00a0CPKC Stadium
When:\u00a0Saturday, March 14
Kickoff:\u00a03:04 p.m. CT
TV:\u00a0ION, World Feed
Radio:\u00a090.9 The Bridge
Pregame Show:\u00a0The Spot,\u00a0Kansas City 38<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The 2026 campaign marks the third year playing at CPKC Stadium, the first stadium in the world purpose-built for a women\u2019s professional team. The Current owns a record of 20-1-5 for regular season matches played at CPKC Stadium.<\/p>\n
OUT: Alana Cook (SEI-Knee), Clare Gagne (SEI-Head), Temwa Chawinga (SEI-Hip), Mary Long (D-45), Meila Brewer (Knee), Rocky Rodriguez (Lower Leg),\u00a0Lo’eau\u00a0LaBonta\u00a0(Knee), Vanessa DiBernardo (Maternity Leave)
QUESTIONABLE: Michelle Cooper (Foot)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: None<\/p>\n
Transportation to and from the downtown stadium\u202fis\u202fan important component\u202fof the fan\u202fjourney,\u202fand\u202fthe Current is committed to providing the best fan experience at CPKC Stadium from start to finish on match day.\u202fDue to continued exciting developments around CPKC Stadium and at Current Landing, matchday parking and transportation plans will be affected.\u202fFans are strongly encouraged to\u00a0plan ahead\u202fand arrive early.\u202f<\/p>\n
The Kansas City Current is pleased to announce the return of the 50\/50 Raffle supporting United Way of Greater Kansas City. During each KC Current 50\/50 Raffle drawing period, half of the jackpot goes to one lucky winner while the other half goes back into the Kansas City community. Raffle tickets can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0at designated kiosks at CPKC Stadium or online, and you must be 18 or older to buy a ticket and\u00a0be\u00a0located\u00a0in\u00a0Missouri or Kansas at time of purchase. The raffle period will take place over several days, and the winner will be announced\u00a090 minutes\u00a0post-match of the final raffle-ending match at CPKC Stadium. Click\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0to access the 50\/50\u00a0raffle and\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n
The KC Current Plaza Shop \u2013\u00a0located\u00a0at 302 Nichols Road, Kansas City, MO 64112 \u2013 will remain open\u00a0from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. CT\u00a0through\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0March 14. The grand reopening of the KC Current Team Store at CPKC Stadium will be on Saturday, March 14, at 10 a.m. for the season opener.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n