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With the Wall Street Journal highlighting Kansas City as America’s Soccer Capital earlier this week, we found it fitting to include a few soccer-related stories in today’s newsletter.
🩵 The inaugural Teal Rising Week is here
🏠 Building houses in KCMO just got easier
⚽️ Free entry for Sporting KC first-timers
📊 POLL: Have you attended a professional soccer game?
Events
It’s Teal Rising Week in Kansas City
KC Daily
The Kansas City Current is hosting the inaugural Teal Rising Week presented by Visit Missouri starting today, packed with elite matches, a skills challenge, a youth tournament, and more at CPKC Stadium and beyond.
Centered on Soccer: The centerpiece of the week is a four-team international club tournament at CPKC Stadium on April 9 and 12, featuring the KC Current alongside Club América, Corinthians SC, and SE Palmeiras. Both days are doubleheaders: buy one ticket and catch both matches. On April 11, the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team faces Brazil U-20 at CPKC Stadium at 6:30pm, with a second match at Riverside Stadium on April 15. Teal Rising Cup ticketholders can claim free tickets to both U-20 matches.
More Than Matches: The inaugural Teal Rising Skills Challenge on April 10 pairs professional and youth players for crossbar, first-touch, shooting, and Teqball competitions at Riverside Stadium. The free Teal Rising Futures Cup youth tournament runs April 10 to 12 at the KC Current Sports Complex, featuring 32 teams across four age groups from 10 regional clubs.
Get your tickets to the Teal Rising Cup matches HERE.
Community
Kansas City is Offering Free Pre-Approved Home Plans to Residents
Kansas City, MO
The City of KCMO has made seven pre-approved home plans available for free to residents, removing a major barrier to new housing construction.
Choose Your Home: The free plans include a duplex, a two-story home, a two-story home with a garage, a bungalow, a courtyard cottage, an additional dwelling unit with a garage, and a tiny house. Residents simply choose a plan, select a plot, submit a site plan and survey, and apply for permits, no design/architect fees required.
Housing for All: The initiative aligns with Kansas City's Housing and Healthy Communities goals, focused on increasing housing supply and making safe, quality housing more accessible and affordable for all residents.
Learn more about the program and download house plans HERE.
Sports
Never Been to a Sporting KC Game? Your First One is Free!
KC Daily
For the remainder of the 2026 season, fans who have never attended a Sporting KC match can claim up to two free tickets through the club's First Game On Us program.
Pick Your Section: Tickets are available in either the Supporters Section for fans who want the most electric atmosphere in the stadium, or the South Stand for a more family-friendly experience. Whether it's a night out with friends or a day with the family, the goal is simple: get you through the gates for the first time.
Butts in Seats: Fans can fill out the online form to claim their free tickets. Availability is limited per game and is first-come, first-served, so don't wait too long.
Check out Sporting KC’s remaining schedule HERE, and get a date on the calendar to visit Sporting Park!
📊 Poll
Have you attended a professional soccer game in Kansas City?
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In Other News…
🍻 Patio Party: Patio season is officially on at 30hop. Two KC locations, cold local beers, and a menu built for everything from brunch to late-night hangs. Find them in Merriam & Lee’s Summit all summer long!*
🛫 LA or Bust: United Airlines now offers a nonstop flight between KCI and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). United now offers nonstop flights between KCI and all seven of its U.S. hubs.
⛺️ Camp Out: TimberNook, an outdoor play program focused on child-led adventures, is opening near Clinton Lake this summer with three weeks of day camp on five acres of native forest.
🥎 Coming to the Diamond: With the Royals season underway, it has us thinking about the Diamond. The KC Diamonds, that is. Kansas City’s professional softball team kicks off its season on June 11th.
💸 Saving Season: Missouri's annual "Show Me Green" sales tax holiday is back April 19-25, waiving state sales tax on ENERGY STAR certified appliances. The exemption applies to the first $1,500 of each qualifying purchase.
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— Nick Hageman | Co-Founder @ KC Daily
