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Sporting Kansas City and partners break ground on $62 million soccer training complex

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The shovels lined across a patch of dirt, and six men in hard hats used them to dig into the ground as they posed for cameras. Construction equipment and more piles of dirt served as the backdrop in Kansas City, Kan., providing the feel of a typical groundbreaking ceremony.

But for an atypical project.

Sporting Club, U.S. Soccer and Children’s Mercy Hospital broke ground Sunday on the National Training and Coaching Development Center, a concept they are calling one of a kind in the country.

The $62 million development will serve as a home base for Sporting Kansas City and as a training and education center for U.