Excitement for the Current and Teal are rising in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The thrill and anticipation is rising in Kansas Metropolis.

It is rising for the Present – with Kansas Metropolis’s girls’s soccer membership one win away from an unbelievable state of affairs that the majority followers would not have believed only a yr in the past

“This staff, was on the backside of the barrel final yr and so they’ve simply labored so arduous this yr and now they’re taking part in for the championship,” stated Ben Aken, the staff’s vp for group relations.

The Present took its Teal Cell throughout city Friday, stopping at Boulevard Brewing on the eve of the NWSL Championship.

The match can be performed Saturday night time in Washington, D.C. between the Present and Portland Thorns.

Followers, younger and outdated, have been lining as much as gear as much as characterize their membership.

“The way in which that Kansas Metropolis has rallied round turning into Soccer Central USA, it is actually particular, and I am excited,” stated Billy Davies, a season ticket holder.

Davies can be seeing new Present followers made in actual time.

“The Present are making it simple for folk to rally round sports activities, which is necessary, it is Kansas Metropolis, proper? Metropolis of champions,” Davies says.

Kelsy Allison and her household simply received season tickets, too.

She’s elevating a trio of Present followers who will watch their squad play for the final word prize on Saturday.

“We’ve got three women who’re large soccer followers, and we simply love the issues that the possession group is doing right here in Kansas Metropolis, and what’s to not love about what is going on on this yr?” Allison says.

That reflection on a turnaround season now turns to at least one match, with a whole area rallying to at least one staff’s aspect.

“You consider Fridays as Pink Fridays and the Chiefs are off this weekend,” Aken says. “Now we will take into consideration not simply purple, however purple and teal.”

The Teal Cell can be at Messenger Espresso Saturday morning, and can then submit up at Union Station, the place the staff will host a big watch occasion for the NWSL Championship.

The match kicks off at 7:00pm.