{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6818801871c041c8cc75b143/6aa10c8f99455f9a93edc6e9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Making sense of Vlatko Andonovski's exit from the KC Current","description":"<p><br></p><p>This week, the<strong> Kansas City Current</strong> announced that the team would be mutually parting ways with <strong>Sporting Director Vlatko Andonovski. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>The bombshell news came just <strong>10 months after Andonovski led the Current to a record-breaking NWSL Shield</strong> win as head coach, then swiftly restructured his role in Kansas City, moving him from the dugout to head of the front office on the sporting side.</p><p><br></p><p>On this week’s Full Time, <strong>Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan </strong>will be trying to make sense of what this divorce means for the Current and Andonovski. How did we get here, and where will both go next? Is Kansas City still an elite destination in the NWSL?</p><p>_______________</p><p><strong>Articles referenced on the show: </strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7572783/2026/09/07/kansas-city-current-vlatko-andonovski-exit/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Current and ex-USWNT manager Vlatko Andonovski ‘mutually part ways’</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7493162/2026/08/05/ted-lasso-apple-tv-women-soccer-new-season/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How ‘Ted Lasso’ found a love for women’s soccer in Kansas City</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7176650/2026/04/07/nwsl-temwa-chawinga-aura-charges-kc-current/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Two-time MVP and Golden Boot winner Temwa Chawinga’s aura charges KC Current</a></p><p>_______________</p><p>HOSTS: Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan</p><p>PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes</p><p>_______________</p><p>Get in touch:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:fulltime@theathletic.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠fulltime@theathletic.com⁠⁠</a></p><p>Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime</p><p>Subscribe to the <strong>Full Time newsletter </strong><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/newsletters/full-time/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠here⁠⁠</a></p><p>Visit the <strong>Yahoo Women's Sports hub</strong> <a href=\"https://sports.yahoo.com/womens-sports/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠here</a></p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}