Sporting KC parts ways with head coach after last-place finish in West

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Sporting Kansas City has fired head coach Raphael Wicky after a season in which the club allowed a Major League Soccer record 81 goals.

The club announced Wicky’s departure on Instagram. Assistant coaches Edu Rubio and Ash Wallace also will not return in 2027.

Sporting KC said its search for a new head coach is underway.

The club finished the 2026 regular season with seven wins, 22 losses and five draws, earning 26 points. Sporting finished last in the Western Conference and 29th among the league’s 30 teams.

A 1-0 win on the final day of the season kept Sporting KC ahead of CF Montréal in the overall standings.