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1. The Road Starts Here
Sporting Kansas City’s 25th season as a founding member of Major League Soccer will begin in earnest Saturday when the club visits Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place. The long-awaited Week 1 clash will kick off at 9:30 p.m. CT with three hours of live coverage starting at 9 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Kansas City, FOX Sports Midwest Plus and FOX Sports GO. Listeners can also catch the action locally on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish),…