Chiefs’ Andy Reid on pride he feels for KC and excitement for 2026 World Cup
Chiefs coach Andy Reid was born and raised in California, went to college in Utah and spent more than a decade in Philadelphia with the Eagles.
But Reid calls Kansas City his home now, and it’s a place where he’s coached the Chiefs to three Super Bowl championships. Although his focus is on football, Reid also keeps his eye on other sports and shared his excitement for the 2026 World Cup coming to KC.
Wednesday marked one year until the start of the World Cup, and Kansas City’s organizing committee released a video of Reid talking about the tournament. He spoke of his pride for the area and called Kansas City “my city, my home.”
“Kansas City is the beginning of a lot of different sports,” Reid said. “You’re talking history there. You’re looking at the Kansas City Chiefs coming in, the Royals coming in. I mean, this is first-time franchises in the city. Kansas City makes me proud that you’ve got a smaller community in this huge market and doing these accomplishments versus New York teams, Los Angeles teams, so on. I think that the passion of the people is just phenomenal that way.”
Reid also took note of how soccer fans showed out when Argentinian star Lionel Messi came to play for Inter Miami last year against Sporting Kansas City at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
It’s why Reid is excited to experience the World Cup experience in Kansas City.
“Having the FIFA World Cup here in Kansas City would be unbelievable,” Reid said. “There’s a certain feeling of accomplishment when you win it all. There is so much hard work that goes into it from a player’s standpoint, the coach’s standpoint, and then you add the fans on top of that.
“I saw it when Messi came to town in one of his regular season games with Miami, and played our Kansas City team here, the stadium was packed. And it’s going to draw even more with FIFA being here, talking about the world watching, and I think that’s very, very exciting. This is my city, my home. This is Kansas City.”
This story was originally published June 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM.
