Kansas City, Missouri

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Kansas City}}
Professional sports teams in Kansas City include the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), the [[Kansas City Royals]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) and [[Sporting Kansas City]] in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS).

The following table lists the professional teams in the Kansas City metropolitan area:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! Founded !! League !! Venue
|-
|[[Kansas City Chiefs]]
|[[American football|Football]]
|1960 (as the Dallas Texans)<br />1963 (as Kansas City Chiefs)
|[[National Football League]]
|[[Arrowhead Stadium]]
|-
|[[Kansas City Royals]]
|Baseball
|1969
|[[Major League Baseball]]
|[[Kauffman Stadium]]
|-
|[[Sporting Kansas City]]
|Soccer
|1996
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|[[Children's Mercy Park]] ([[Kansas City, Kansas]])
|-
|[[Sporting Kansas City II]]
|Soccer
|2016
|[[MLS Next Pro]]
|[[Children's Mercy Park]] ([[Kansas City, Kansas]])
|-
|[[Kansas City Current]]
|Soccer
|2018 (as [[Utah Royals FC]])
2021 (as KC NWSL)
|[[National Women's Soccer League]]
|[[Children's Mercy Park]] ([[Kansas City, Kansas]])
|-
|[[Kansas City Mavericks]]
|[[Ice hockey|Hockey]]
|2009
|[[ECHL]]
|[[Silverstein Eye Centers Arena|Cable Dahmer Arena]] ([[Independence, Missouri|Independence]])
|-
|[[Kansas City Comets (2010–)|Kansas City Comets]]
|[[Indoor soccer]]
|2010
|[[Major Arena Soccer League]]
|[[Silverstein Eye Centers Arena|Cable Dahmer Arena]] (Independence)
|-
|[[Kansas City Monarchs (American Association)|Kansas City Monarchs]]
|Baseball
|1993 (as the Duluth-Superior Dukes)
2003 (as the Kansas City T-Bones)
|[[American Association of Professional Baseball|American Association]]
|[[Legends Field (Kansas City)|Legends Field]]
|-
|[[Kansas City Blues (USA Rugby)|Kansas City Blues]]
|Rugby union
|1966
|USA Rugby Division 1
|Swope Park Training Complex
|-
|[[Kansas City Storm]]
|[[Women's American football|Women's football]]
|2004
|WTFA
|[[North Kansas City High School]]
|-
|[[Kansas City Goats]]
|[[Arena football]]
|2023
|[[The Arena League]]
|[[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City)|Municipal Arena]]
|}

===Professional football===
[[File:Chiefsgame.jpg|thumb|[[Arrowhead Stadium]] is home of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]].]]
The [[Kansas City Chiefs|Chiefs]], now a member of the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[American Football Conference]], started play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans of the [[American Football League]] before moving to Kansas City in 1963. The Chiefs lost [[Super Bowl I]] to the [[Green Bay Packers]] by a score of 35–10. In 1969, the team became the last AFL champion and won [[Super Bowl IV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1653179-two-championships-in-one-season-1969-kansas-city-chiefs|title=The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs: Two Championships in One Season|last=Shuck|first=Barry|date=May 27, 2013|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, they won [[Super Bowl LIV]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401131047|title=49ers vs. Chiefs – Game Recap – February 2, 2020 |publisher=ESPN|language=en|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308041457/https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401131047|url-status=live}}</ref> in 2023, they won [[Super Bowl LVII]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156401776/super-bowl-57-kansas-city-chiefs-philadelphia-eagles#:~:text=The%20Kansas%20City%20Chiefs%20are,number%20one%20in%20their%20conferences).|title=Kansas City is super again: Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 in 2023 Super Bowl|last=Lewis|first=Russell|date=February 12, 2023|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> and in 2024 they won [[Super Bowl LVIII]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/sports/chiefs-beat-49ers-in-overtime-to-win-wild-super-bowl-2024/|title=Chiefs beat 49ers in overtime to win wild Super Bowl 2024|last=Schwartz|first=Paul|date=February 11, 2024|website=[[The New York Post]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>

===Professional baseball===
[[File:Kansas City Royals.jpg|thumb|The [[Kansas City Royals]] became 1985 and 2015 World Series Champions.]]
The [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]] baseball franchise played in the city from 1955, after moving from [[Philadelphia]], to 1967, when the team relocated to [[Oakland, California]]. The city's current Major League Baseball franchise, the [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]], started play in 1969, and are the only major league sports franchise in Kansas City that has not relocated or changed its name. The Royals were the first [[American League]] expansion team to reach the playoffs (in [[1976 American League Championship Series|1976]]) to reach the World Series (in 1980) and to win the World Series (in 1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-27-1985-royals-rout-redbirds-to-wrap-up-first-world-series-title/|title=October 27, 1985: Royals rout Cardinals 11-0 to clinch first World Series title|last=Bush|first=Frederick|date=October 4, 2020|website=Society For American Baseball Research|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> The Royals returned to the World Series in 2014 and won in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2015/11/2/9657312/2015-royals-world-series|title=The Royals won the 2015 World Series because of devil magic and pure talent|last=Brisbee|first=Grant|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[SB Nation]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/02/453845714/kansas-city-wins-world-series-for-first-time-in-30-years|title=Kansas City Royals Win World Series for first time in 30 Years|last=Domonske|first=Camila|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

The [[Kansas City Monarchs]], formerly the Kansas City T-Bones, is an unaffiliated minor league team. It played in the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|independent Northern League]] from 2003 until 2010 and has been part of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|independent American Association]] since 2011. Its home is [[Legends Field (Kansas City)|Legends Field]] in [[Kansas City, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/history/negro-leagues/teams/kansas-city-monarchs|title=The Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

===Professional soccer===
[[File:Livestrong Sporting Park - Kansas City (7298623286).jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Sporting Kansas City]] played the [[New England Revolution]] at [[Children's Mercy Park]].]]

The Kansas City Wiz became a charter member of Major League Soccer in 1996. It was renamed the Kansas City Wizards in 1997. In 2011, the team was renamed [[Sporting Kansas City]] and moved to its new stadium [[Children's Mercy Park]] in [[Kansas City, Kansas]]. It won the [[MLS Cup]] twice, the [[Supporters' Shield]] once, and the [[U.S. Open Cup|US Open Cup]] four times.

[[FC Kansas City]] played from 2013 to 2017 in the [[National Women's Soccer League]]; the team's home games were held at [[Swope Soccer Village]]. They won the NWSL in 2014 and 2015. The team folded after the 2017 season and its assets were transferred to [[Utah Royals FC]]. After the 2020 season, the Utah Royals folded and its assets were transferred to a new Kansas City team, now known as the [[Kansas City Current]]. The Current moved to Children's Mercy Park after spending their first season at [[Legends Field (Kansas City)|Legends Field]], where they were known as KC NWSL.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Kansas City NWSL to Play 2022 Home Matches at Children's Mercy Park |url=https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-city-nwsl-to-play-2022-home-matches-at-childrens-merc |publisher=[[Kansas City Current]] |access-date=December 1, 2021 |date=September 22, 2021}}</ref> On October 6, 2022, the team's ownership broke ground on an 11,500-seat soccer-specific stadium on the Berkley Riverfront Park,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Kansas City NWSL and Port KC Finalize Plans for First NWSL Purpose-Built Stadium at Kansas City Riverfront |url=https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-city-nwsl-and-port-kc-finalize-plans-for-first-nwsl-p |publisher=[[Kansas City Current]] |access-date=December 1, 2021 |date=October 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kshb.com/sports/local-sports/kansas-city-nwsl/stadium-for-kansas-city-nwsl-to-be-built-along-berkley-riverfront |title=Stadium for Kansas City NWSL to be built along Berkley Riverfront |date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=[[KSHB-TV]] |first=Katelyn |last=Brown}}</ref> with a goal to open by March 2024.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fox4kc.com/sports/kansas-city-current/kc-current-sets-timeline-for-new-stadium-construction/ |title=KC Current sets timeline for new stadium construction |date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=[[WDAF-TV|FOX 4]] |first=PJ |last=Green}}</ref>

Kansas City was selected on June 16, 2022, as one of the eleven US host cities for the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/30/how-kansas-city-became-the-2026-world-cups-most-unlikely-host-city |title=How Kansas City became the 2026 World Cup's most unlikely host city |date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=April 24, 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Dave |last=Caldwell}}</ref>

===College athletics===
In college athletics, Kansas City has been the home of the Big 12 College Basketball Tournaments. The [[Big 12 men's basketball tournament|men's tournament]] has been played at [[T-Mobile Center]] since March 2008. The [[Big 12 women's basketball tournament|women's tournament]] is played at [[Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City)|Municipal Auditorium]].

The city has one [[NCAA Division I]] program, the [[Kansas City Roos]], representing the [[University of Missouri–Kansas City]] (UMKC). The program, historically known as the UMKC Kangaroos, adopted its current branding after the 2018–19 school year.

In addition to serving as the home stadium of the Chiefs, [[Arrowhead Stadium]] serves as the venue for various intercollegiate football games. It has hosted the Big 12 Championship Game five times. On the last weekend in October, the [[Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association|MIAA]] Fall Classic rivalry game between [[Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football|Northwest Missouri State University]] and [[Pittsburg State University]] took place at the stadium.

===Rugby===
Kansas City is represented on the [[rugby union|rugby]] pitch by the [[Kansas City Blues RFC]], a former member of the [[Rugby Super League (United States)|Rugby Super League]] and a Division 1 club. The team works closely with Sporting Kansas City and splits home-games between Sporting's training pitch and [[Rockhurst University]]'s stadium.

===Former teams===
Kansas City briefly had four short-term major league baseball teams between 1884 and 1915: the [[Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)|Kansas City Unions]] of the short-lived [[Union Association]] in 1884, the [[Kansas City Cowboys (National League)|Kansas City Cowboys]] in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 1886, a team of the [[Kansas City Cowboys (American Association)|same name]] in the then-major league [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] in 1888 and 1889, and the [[Kansas City Packers]] in the [[Federal League]] in 1914 and 1915. The [[Kansas City Monarchs]] of the now-defunct [[Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National]] and [[Negro American League|Negro American]] Leagues represented Kansas City from 1920 through 1955. The city also had a number of minor league baseball teams between 1885 and 1955. After the [[Kansas City Blues (1885–1901)|Kansas City Cowboys]] began play in the 1885 [[Western League (1885–1899)|Western League]], from 1903 through 1954, the [[Kansas City Blues (American Association)|Kansas City Blues]] played in the high-level [[American Association (1902–1997)|American Association]] minor league. In 1955, Kansas City became a major league city when the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] baseball franchise relocated to the city in 1955. Following the 1967 season, the team relocated to [[Oakland, California]].

Kansas City was represented in the [[National Basketball Association]] by the [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City Kings]] (called the Kansas City-Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975), when the former Cincinnati Royals moved to the Midwest. The team left for [[Sacramento]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/1747622/2020/04/16/from-despised-gm-to-missing-on-magic-to-low-attendance-the-story-behind-the-kings-demise-in-kansas-city/|title=From despised GM to missing on Magic: The story behind the King's demise in K.C.|last=Taylor|first=Nate|date=April 16, 2020|website=[[The Athletic]]|access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>

In 1974, the [[National Hockey League]] placed an expansion team in Kansas City called the [[Kansas City Scouts]]. The team moved to [[Denver]] in 1976, then to [[New Jersey]] in 1982 where they have remained ever since as the [[New Jersey Devils]].