Establishment has been a member of the team since 2016 by way of being with FC Kansas City, the Utah Royals, and Kansas City Current The
Kansas City area last had an NWSL team in 2017, when two-time champions
FC Kansas City ceased operations and its player-related assets were transferred to expansion team
Utah Royals FC. Three years later, the Royals also had to cease operations after controversies from the team's owner
Dell Loy Hansen, and a Kansas City-based ownership group led by financial executives
Angie and Chris Long took advantage to secure an expansion team along with the Royals' player-related assets on December 7, 2020.
Brittany Mahomes, wife of NFL quarterback
Patrick Mahomes, a former college soccer player at
University of Texas at Tyler and fitness trainer, purchased a stake in the team as well. In January 2023, Patrick became a member of the ownership group as well.
2021–present , the owners of the franchise. The Longs named
Huw Williams, former general manager of FC Kansas City, as the team's inaugural head coach. In May 2022, the team hired Allison Howard as its first team president. Kansas City unveiled their new team branding as Kansas City Current for the 2022 season, and relocated their home matches to the nearby
Children's Mercy Park, in Kansas City, Kansas. A team training facility and headquarters opened in
Riverside, Missouri in June 2022, and in July 2022 the ownership group announced plans for their
future stadium in
downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The club made significant roster moves with the additions of
Sam Mewis and
Lynn Williams from the
North Carolina Courage, and
Claire Lavogez from
Bordeaux. All three players would not finish the season on the roster due to season-ending injuries, the likes of which kept both Mewis and Williams from playing a single game in the regular season. Portland would go on to defeat Kansas City 2–0 in the matchup. In 2023, the Current had a poor regular season showing, finishing 11th out of 12 teams, but had advanced to the semifinals of the
2023 NWSL Challenge Cup, where they lost to the tournament's eventual champion,
North Carolina Courage. After three matches into the season, the team parted ways with
Matt Potter as head coach and named
Caroline Sjöblom as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. In the club's final match at Children's Mercy Park, the attendance was over 15,671, in what will now stand as a club record as they moved into CPKC Stadium. In October 2023, the team hired former
U.S. women's national team and
FC Kansas City manager
Vlatko Andonovski to lead the team. won the
Golden Boot and
NWSL MVP Award in both 2024 and 2025, becoming the first NWSL to accomplish the feat in consecutive seasons. CPKC Stadium held its first match between the Current and the
Portland Thorns on March 16, 2024. Kansas City won the match 5–4 in front of a sell-out crowd. Rookie
Alex Pfeiffer became NWSL's youngest goalscorer (16) in the match, and the overall goals tied a record for most in a single match in NWSL history. The team's offense was bolstered by newly-signed forward
Temwa Chawinga, who became the first player in NWSL history to score 20 goals in a season, and would be awarded the
NWSL Golden Boot. The Current finished the season scoring a league-record 57 goals, made by 18 different players, another NWSL record. They won two regular season trophies–the inaugural
Summer Cup against
NJ/NY Gotham FC and
The Women's Cup against
Atlético Madrid Femenino. The team lost in the semifinal round of the NWSL playoffs against the
Orlando Pride. Chawinga was voted
NWSL's Most Valuable Player. With their new purpose-built stadium, the Current became the first NWSL team to sell out every home match. In October 2025, after going undefeated in 17 consecutive matches and with two games remaining in the regular season, the Current broke the NWSL record for points in a regular season campaign. It had previously stood at 60, established by the
Orlando Pride in
2024. At the end of the season, the Current set new season records for most wins (21), most points (65), and most clean sheets (16). In the first round of the NWSL playoffs, the top-seeded Current lost to 8-seed (and eventual NWSL Champion)
Gotham FC 2–1 after extra time. Days after the playoff loss, Vlatko Andonovski relinquished his head coaching duties in order to solely become the team's full-time sporting director. Temwa Chawinga was named NWSL MVP for the second consecutive season, making her the first NWSL player to receive that award in two consecutive seasons. Prior to the 2026 NWSL season, the club hired
Chris Armas as the club's next head coach. == Colors and crest ==