{"id":240996,"date":"2026-04-29T18:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/whats-gone-wrong-with-kansas-citys-defense-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:30:45","slug":"whats-gone-wrong-with-kansas-citys-defense-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/whats-gone-wrong-with-kansas-citys-defense-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s gone wrong with Kansas City\u2019s defense? \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/USATSI_28805596-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">\u00a9 Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the end of last season, the Kansas City Current decided to go in a different direction. They had just finished top of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/category\/nwsl-national-womens-soccer-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Women\u2019s Soccer League<\/a><\/strong> in the regular season with records broken for win percentage and points per game. Of course, the only other direction a team can go from first place is down.<\/p>\n<p>The Current\u2019s new head coach, Chris Armas \u2014 his predecessor, Vlatko Andonovski, quietly shuffled into the role of sporting director \u2014 was given a daunting task: build on one of the greatest teams in NWSL history. Rather predictably, there is little sign of that transpiring after six games yielding two wins and four defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The most obvious culprit for the downturn is a significant decline in the quality of defensive play. Last year, the Current conceded 13 goals in 26 regular season games. They have already matched that tally this year. 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They had just finished top of the National Women\u2019s Soccer League in the regular season with records broken for win percentage and points per game. 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