For the Glory KC is back with the 150th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City didn't play, so they can't break our hearts this week. In fact, it's pretty optimistic with Wednesday's press conference with new President of Soccer Operations, David Lee. He introduced himself to the fanbase and media and made a strong first impression. For a deeper dive on that press conference, we've got that in article form, but we'll take you through the big notes.

Even though Sporting KC have a CSO hired, it won't stop Sheena and I from thinking we know best and deciding the fate of the 17 players who are out of contract, on options years or have loans that include a purchase option. If you prefer nearly 6,000 written words instead of listening to us talk, I joined six other KCSJ colleagues in the written word earlier this week. Sheena did call this "some of her best work," so you should probably listen. It was fun!

As a bonus, even though there are only eight guys on guaranteed contracts, Sheena and I discuss who of those we'd actually like to keep too, with Daniel Salloi and Shapi Suleymanov getting the most attention.

In the Sporting KC round-up we spread that good word that SKC cannot win the Wooden Spoon, Mike Burns is sticking around and vent a little about that silly SKC/Minnesota United game we never talked about.

The KC Current just keep winning. A record-breaking number of wins in fact! And points. And shutouts. They've vanquished a quality Gotham FC squad and Angel City FC since we last spoke, so we catch up on all things Kansas City Current.

In the Digital Crawl, we hit on a few more topics, including:

• AI writing on MLSsoccer.com
• Philadelphia Union win the Shield
• USMNT U-20 World Cup update
• Full USMNT squad looking better
• Kei Kamara retires from international soccer

Here is a rundown of topics and start times:

• Insights on SKC CSO David Lee - 6:45
• We Pretend we’re CSO for a Day - 32:08
• Would you cut any of the eight guaranteed players - 1:38:34
• MLS Wooden Spoon Update - 1:44:32
• KC Current win two more times - 1:49:15
• Digital Crawl - 

Upcoming Games

• USMNT vs. Australia, Tues. Oct 14th at 8:00 PM CDT
• KC Current @ Houston Dash, Sat. Oct 18th at 6:30 PM
• Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo, Sat. Oct 18th at 8:00 PM (Decision Day)

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Big thanks to Splitter Conspiracy (listen to them here) for our theme music made with the permission of the KC Cauldron.