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Sporting Kansas City was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1995. The team played its first game on the 13th of April 1996, defeating the Colorado Rapids 3-0 at Arrowhead Stadium under the original name Kansas City Wiz.
Sporting Kansas City has won two MLS Cup titles, in 2000 and 2013. The 2000 championship was won at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., against the Chicago Fire, and the 2013 title was decided by a 7-6 penalty shootout against Real Salt Lake after a 1-1 draw.
Sporting Kansas City has won the U.S. Open Cup four times, in 2004, 2012, 2015, and 2017. The club became only the second franchise in Open Cup history to win four finals in as many appearances.
The club rebranded from Kansas City Wizards to Sporting Kansas City in November 2010, coinciding with the move to a new stadium. The name Kansas City Wizards was itself adopted in 1997 after legal action from the now-defunct electronics retailer The Wiz forced the original name Kansas City Wiz to be dropped.
Sporting Kansas City plays home matches at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The stadium opened as Livestrong Sporting Park in 2011, was briefly called Sporting Park after the Livestrong name was dropped, and was renamed Children's Mercy Park on the 19th of November 2015 in a ten-year deal with Children's Mercy Hospital.
Preki holds the MLS regular season records for both goals (71) and assists (98) for Sporting Kansas City. He was also named MLS MVP in 1997 and was inducted into the club's Sporting Legends program in 2013.