Are Swope Park Rangers the Sporting KC “B” Team?

The short answer to that question is “yes!”

As a Sporting Kansas City fan, I could not be more thrilled with the addition of the USL team, Swope Park Rangers. (“USL” stands for “United Soccer League”. Most people view it as the 3rd highest soccer league in the U.S.) In the past, Sporting would loan out players like Dom Dwyer, Mikey Lopez, and Jon Kempin to USL clubs in other states because they weren’t necessarily going to get ample amount of playing time with Sporting and those clubs could use someone like them.

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