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3 unusual facts about Sporting Kansas City


Blackpool Lights

In 2007, their song "Ain't Nobody Gonna Stop Us Now" was chosen as the official anthem for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer.

Livestrong Foundation

The foundation was a title sponsor of Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City's home stadium from March 2011 to January 2013, when the naming agreement was terminated after Armstrong admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

Shawnee Mission District Stadium

Sporting Kansas City, then called the Kansas City Wizards, played at the stadium in a match against the Colorado Rapids during the 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.


Piper, Kansas

ft. of retail and warehouse space on 88 acres (360,000 m2) of land drawing visitors all over the United States, Great Wolf Lodge, the Kansas Speedway, the Legends at Village West, Hollywood Casino, MLS record holding soccer team Sporting Kansas City using Sporting Park stadium, and the CommunityAmerica Ballpark which is the stadium of the Kansas City T-Bones.


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Neal Patterson

On August 31, 2006, Patterson and five other individuals purchased the Kansas City Wizards(Sporting Kansas City), a Major League Soccer team, from Lamar Hunt.