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Johnny Russell interview: Home at the five-star House of Blues – Love on arrival for Sporting KC’s super Scot

by Christian BrookesPosted onFebruary 5, 2019

In his first year of Major League Soccer, erstwhile Derby County winger Johnny Russell was a resounding hit, as two-time MLS Cup winners Sporting Kansas City nearly went all the way again. A creative and scoring force in 2018, the…

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Matt Besler interview: Caught in a jam – The crowd-rockin’ throwbacks for U.S. defender

by Christian BrookesPosted onMarch 18, 2015February 3, 2018

On his way from the Overland Park kid to Major League Soccer champion and FIFA World Cup starter, Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler’s composure has served him well, but there was a time when the track was a whole…

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Dom Dwyer interview: Englishman in KC – The MLS champ who’s ‘Born To Do It’

by Christian BrookesPosted onFebruary 23, 2014February 4, 2018

Last December, Sporting Kansas City’s Dom Dwyer was celebrating Major League Soccer glory and just as the English striker is flying the flag of St. George on the field he is proving he can mix it with his multi-national teammates…

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Bobby Convey interview: Hahnemann’s tunes too vicious for match day!

by Christian BrookesPosted onMarch 29, 2012April 2, 2012

  Sporting Kansas City winger Bobby Convey and Everton goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann made history together as Reading’s first ever World Cup players in 2006, although music is an area in which the two former teammates go their separate ways.

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Craig Rocastle interview: Stateside teammates off target says Owls promotion star!

by Christian BrookesPosted onMarch 8, 2012March 30, 2012

  A flawless performer in Sheffield Wednesday’s 2005 League One play-off final success, midfielder Craig Rocastle has ventured as far as Kansas City and Greece in the years since and he can testify that his American colleagues’ musical appreciation was…

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A Beats & Rhymes FC message from Germany midfielder Julia Simic

Beyond just the dance celebrations and headphone-clad emergences from a team bus on match day, there is a whole world more connecting football and music. Beats & Rhymes FC tells the stories of how a song lights the fuse for a player, how bands and artists colourise their lives outside the game, and how music itself can bond an entire team.

The nostalgia of a first album, the weakness in the knees before an initiation song, or even those who’ve swapped the stadium for the studio. Since 2011, the performers and personalities from all around the men’s and women’s game have shared their soundtrack, along with career talk, teammates, memories and lessons learned from a life in the sport.

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