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Sporting Club[1], formerly "OnGoal, LLC", is a group of Kansas City investors that owns a Major League Soccer team called Sporting Kansas City (formerly the Kansas City Wizards). On August 31st, 2006, Sporting Club bought the Wizards from their previous owner, Lamar Hunt, for about $20 million.[2]
In December 2007, Sporting Club received approval for approximately $275 million of public financing to create a soccer-specific stadium in Kansas City, Kansas.
Sporting Club consists of five principals: Neal Patterson (CEO and co-founder of the Cerner Corporation), Clifford Illig (co-founder and vice-chairman of the Cerner board), Pat Curran (founder of C3 Holdings), Greg Maday (CEO of SpecChem), Robb Heineman (CEO of OnGoal, Partner of Rock Island Capital ,and owner of the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League). [2]
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Categories:- Kansas City Wizards
- Sporting Kansas City
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