Sporting KC celebrates the club's 25th season this year as one of 10 original teams when Major League Soccer kicked off in April 1996. SportingKC.com is looking back at 25 moments that led up to our inaugural match in a seven-part special series: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V.
January 5-15, 1996
“It's very challenging and very rewarding to put a team together from scratch,” Ron Newman remarked.
The Kansas City Wiz head coach was off to a strong start with U.