SportsBeat KC #480: Staying hot (or getting hot) is shared aim of Sporting KC, KC NWSL clubs

Kansas City’s professional soccer teams, Sporting KC and KC NWSL, are moving in opposite directions. Sporting is on fire, winners of three straight and climbing into second place in the MLS Western Division standing. KC NWSL is struggling. Winless in its four regular-season games, the expansion team has been held without a goal in three. Two draws means they’re only one victory away from moving up in the standing. Perhaps it comes on Sunday at Legends Field against Houston. Shaun Goodwin, who covers soccer for The Star discussions the fortunes of the two teams with host Blair Kerkhoff on today’s SportsBeat KC. Story links: Soccer moms: How KC women’s pro soccer players with kids balance duties of life, work https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/fc-kansas-city/article251834548.html Busio’s goal provides the spark for Sporting in KC’s home victory over the Houston Dynamo https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article251748718.html More from The Kansas City Star: Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FDe1zT Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCStar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kansascitystar/ Website: https://www.kansascity.com/ Digital news subscription: http://bit.ly/2CDAZoD