Across State Lines: Groom Continues to Impress

The NWSL Challenge Cup continues in suburban Salt Lake City this past week with every team now having played two to three games. One of the players that has been impressive for their team in the tournament so far is Kansas City native Shea Groom. Groom was acquired by the Houston Dash in February of this year from Reign FC (now OL Reign). It was her third team in the three years since FC Kansas City had their franchise rights purchased and the team moved to Utah. In the 2018 and 2019 seasons with Sky Blue FC and Reign FC, Groom scored just two goals a piece. For the Dash though Groom has had a good start to the Challenge Cup as she scored in their opener against the Utah Royals and continued that good run of form in the club’s second game, recording an assist on the Dash’s first goal and scoring the second as they topped OL Reign 2-0 in their second game of the tournament.

Elsewhere this week, two KC natives, Steven Enna and Kyle McLagan both scored in losing efforts for their clubs in the Danish First Division (the country’s second division). Here’s the rest of this week’s update.

Key

SKC - former Sporting KC players

ACA - former Sporting KC academy players

KC - Kansas City area players

Note: Players under contract to Sporting Kansas City at this time are not included on this list, the exception being players loaned outside of Kansas City.

International

Korede Aiyegbusi (SKC) - Amical Saint-Prex - Switzerland - Offseason.

Ever Alvarado (SKC) - Olimpia - Honduras - Out injured.

Emiliano Amor (SKC) - San Martin Tucuman - Argentina - Offseason.

Bernardo Anor (SKC) - Caracas - Venezuela - Offseason.

Stefan Antonijevic (SKC) - Oygarden - Norway - Did not dress in either of Oygarden’s games.

Emmanuel Appiah (SKC) - AC Kajaani - Finland - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Kajaani’s 2-0 win over Musa.

Sagir Arce (KC) - Mazatlan - Mexico - Did not dress in either of Mazatlan’s games.

Will Bagrou (SKC) - Stadl-Paura - Austria - Offseason.

Federico Bessone (SKC) - FC Andorra - Spain - Offseason.

Sunil Chhetri (SKC) - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.

Jorge Claros (SKC) - Real Espana - Honduras - Offseason.

Yohan Croizet (SKC) - OH Leuven - Belgium - No game until 8/2.

Daneil Cyrus (SKC) - Mohun Bagan - India - Season postponed.

Marcel de Jong (SKC) - Pacific FC - Canada - Season postponed.

Amer Didic (SKC) - Edmonton - Canada - Season postponed.

Toni Dovale (SKC) - Navy FC - Thailand - Season postponed.

Steven Enna (ACA) - FC Fredericia - Denmark - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Fredericia’s 2-1 loss to Hvidovre. Started and played 90 minutes in Fredericia’s 1-0 loss to Skive.

Pablo Escobar (SKC) - Real Cartagena FC - Colombia - Season postponed.

Luis Gil (SKC) - FK Viktorie Zizkov - Czech Republic - Did not dress in Viktorie’s 1-0 loss to Vlasim.

Nicholas Gioacchini (KC) - Caen - France - Offseason.

Nicolas Hasler (SKC) - Thun - Switzerland - Started and played 90 minutes in Thun’s 3-2 win over Zurich. Started and played 64 minutes in Thun’s 3-0 loss to Luzern.

Peterson Joseph (SKC) - Hang Yuen - Taiwan - Defeated NTUPES 3-2.

Igor Juliao (SKC) - Fluminense - Brazil - Dressed but did not play in either of Fluminense’s games.

Igor Kostrov (SKC) - Slavia-Mozyr - Belarus - Started and played 90 minutes in Slavia’s 3-1 win over Slutsk.

Cristian Lobato (SKC) - UE Cornella - Spain - Offseason.

Kyle McLagan (KC) - FC Roskilde - Denmark - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Roskilde’s 3-1 loss to Vendsyssel. Started and played 90 minutes in Roskilde’s 4-1 loss to Vejle.

Michal Mravec (SKC) - TJ Jednota Banova - Slovakia - Offseason.

Soni Mustivar (SKC) - Neftchi Baku - Azerbaijan - Offseason.

Krisztian Nemeth (SKC) - DAC 1904 - Slovakia - Did not dress in either of DAC’s games.

Pablo Punyed (SKC) - KR - Iceland - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in KR’s 2-0 win over Vikingur Reykjavik.

Erik Palmer-Brown (SKC) - Austria Wien (Manchester City) - Austria - Did not dress in Wien’s 1-0 win over Mattersburg.

Jordi Quintilla (SKC) - FC St. Gallen - Switzerland - Started and played 90 minutes in St. Gallen’s 2-1 win over Neuchatel Xamax. Did not dress in St. Gallen’s 2- win over Sion.

Soony Saad (SKC) - Ansan Greeners - South Korea - Did not dress in either of Ansan’s games.

Peter Schmetz (SKC) - SSVg Velbert 02 - Germany - Offseason.

Nansel Selbol (SKC) - NK BSK Bijelo Brdo - Croatia - Offseason.

Yann Songo’o (SKC) - Scunthorpe United - England - Offseason.

Martin Steuble (SKC) - Port - Thailand - Season postponed.

Milos Stojcev (SKC) - FK Vozdovac - Serbia - Offseason.

NWSL

Dorian Bailey (KC) - Washington - Started and played 90 minutes in Washington’s 2-0 loss to North Carolina. Came off the bench and played 20 minutes in Washington’s 1-1 draw with Portland.

Shea Groom (KC) - Houston - Started and played 82 minutes recording a goal and an assist in Houston’s 2-0 win over OL Reign.

Haley Hanson (KC) - Houston - Came off the bench and played 8 minutes in Houston’s 2-0 win over OL Reign.

Maegan Kelly (KC) - Houston - Dressed but did not play in Houston’s 2-0 win over OL Reign.

CeCe Kizer (KC) - Houston - Dressed but did not play in Houston’s 2-0 win over OL Reign.

Addisyn Merrick (KC) - North Carolina - Started and played 90 minutes in North Carolina’s 2-0 win over Washington. Dressed but did not play in North Carolina’s 1-0 win over Chicago.

Sinclaire Miramontez (KC) - North Carolina - Dressed but did not play in either of North Carolina’s games.

MLS

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SKC) - Cincinnati - No game until 7/11.

Jalil Anibaba (SKC) - Nashville - No game until 7/8.

Nick Besler (KC) - Salt Lake - Nogame until 7/12.

Latif Blessing (SKC) - LAFC - No game until 7/13.

Teal Bunbury (SKC) - New England - No game until 7/9.

Aurelien Collin (SKC) - Philadelphia - No game until 7/9.

Dom Dwyer (SKC) - Orlando - No game until 7/8.

Kortne Ford (KC) - Colorado - No game until 7/12.

Kei Kamara (SKC) - Colorado - No game until 7/12.

Alec Kann (SKC) - Atlanta - No game until 7/11.

Jon Kempin (SKC) - Columbus - Loaned to San Diego.

Jimmy Medranda (SKC) - Nashville - No game until 7/8.

James Musa (SKC) - Minnesota - No game until 7/12.

Ike Opara (SKC) - Minnesota - No game until 7/12.

Tony Rocha (SKC) - New York City - No game until 7/9.

Oriol Rosell (SKC) - Orlando - No game until 7/8.

Kelyn Rowe (SKC) - New England - No game until 7/9.

Diego Rubio (SKC) - Colorado - No game until 7/12.

Abdul Rwatubyaye (SKC) - Colorado - Loaned to Colorado Springs.

CJ Sapong (SKC) - Chicago - No game until 7/8.

Seth Sinovic (SKC) - New England - No game until 7/9.

Gedion Zelalem (SKC) - New York City - No game until 7/9.

Adrian Zendejas (SKC) - Nashville - No game until 7/8.

USL Championship

Joe Amico (ACA) - Oklahoma City - No game until 7/13.

Kharlton Belmar (SKC) - Sacramento - No game until 7/13.

Jake Davis (ACA) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Eric Dick (SKC) - Phoenix (Loan) - No game until 7/11.

Christian Duke (SKC) - Kansas City - N game until 7/18.

Tomas Granitto (SKC) - Miami - No game until 7/22.

Kyle Greig (KC) - Saint Louis - No game until 7/11.

Wilson Harris (ACA) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Cyprian Hedrick (SKC) - Tulsa - No game until 7/13.

Cameron Iwasa (SKC) - Sacramento - No game until 7/13.

Ryan James (SKC) - Pittsburgh - No game until 7/13.

Mechack Jerome (SKC) - El Paso - No game until 7/11.

Jon Kempin (SKC) - San Diego (Columbus) - No game until 7/11.

Will Little (ACA) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Mikey Lopez (SKC) - Birmingham - No game until 7/15.

Amobi Okugo (SKC) - Austin - No game until 7/17.

Lawrence Olum (SKC) - Miami - No game until 7/22.

Tyler Pasher (SKC) - Indy - No game until 7/11.

Camden Riley (SKC) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Abdul Rwatubyaye (SKC) - Colorado Springs (Colorado) - No game until 7/11.

Ray Saari (KC) - Oklahoma City - No game until 7/13.

Tucker Stephenson (ACA) - Oklahoma City - No game until 7/13.

Alex Tambakis (SKC) - North Carolina - No game until 7/17.

Brooks Thompson (ACA) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Jaret Townsend (SKC) - Kansas City - No game until 7/18.

Kris Tyrpak (SKC) - Austin - No game until 7/17.

Ciaran Winters (ACA) - Tulsa - No game until 7/13.

Christian Volesky (SKC) - Colorado Springs - No game until 7/11.

Sal Zizzo (SKC) - San Diego - No game until 7/11.

NISA

Michael Kafari (SKC) - New York - No game until 7/28.

Ray Lee (ACA) - Chattanooga - No game until 7/11.

Matt Lewis (SKC) - New York - No game until 7/28.

Wilfred Williams (SKC) - Oakland - Season postponed.

Indoor

Mitchell Cardenas (SKC) - Mesquite - Offseason.

Kevin Ellis (SKC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Adam James (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Mike Jones (SKC) - Mesquite - Offseason.

Robert Kelly (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Nick McDonald (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Lou Misner (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Alex Molano (SKC) - Dallas - Offseason.

Boris Pardo (SKC) - San Diego - Offseason.

Lucas Rodriguez (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Mark Saxby (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Hector Solorio (ACA) - Kansas City - Offseason.

USL1

Brandon Fricke (ACA) - Greenville - Season postponed.

Elvir Ibisevic (ACA) - Omaha - Season postponed.

Ualefi (SKC) - Chattanooga - Season postponed.

Active without a club or unknown

Ezra Armstrong (ACA)

Camilo Benitez (ACA)

Claudio Bieler (SKC)

Servando Carrasco (SKC)

Nuno Coelho (SKC)

Hakim Diaw (ACA)

David Greczek (SKC)

Will John (SKC)

Benji Joya (SKC)

James Kasak (SKC)

Patrick Kelly (KC)

Seo-In Kim (ACA)

Chris Konopka (SKC)

Blake Levine (ACA)

James Marcelin (SKC)

Kamar Marriott (SKC)

Alex Martinez (SKC)

Franky Martinez (SKC)

Yura Movsisyan (SKC)

Kevin Oliveira (SKC)

Max Rugova (ACA)

Alberto Sanchez (ACA)

Colton Storm (SKC)

Rodney Wallace (SKC)

Scout Watson (KC)

Zach Wright (SKC)