{{short description|American basketball team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{ABA team | logo = | pixels = 200px | founded = 2010 | league = ABA | arena = Truman Memorial Building | city = Kansas City, Kansas | colors = Red and white | owner = Bryant Tucker Sr. | coach = | championships = none | titles = none | cheerleaders = Diamond Dolls | dancers = | mascot = }}
The '''Kansas City Soul''' were an American basketball team who played in the American Basketball Association professional league. Based in suburban Kansas City the team began play in the 2011-12 ABA season. The Soul played their home games at [http://grandviewchristianschool.com/athletics/ Grandview Christian School] in Grandview, Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/release/messages/45121/|title = ABA Professional Basketball - Missouri Rhythm|date = 2013|accessdate = |website = Kansas City Star|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
==History== Established in 2010 as the Missouri Rhythm, the team made it to the ABA Playoffs its first season, losing to the Conway Cyclones 146–114 in the first round.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.massappealnews.com/2012/01/14/meet-the-missouri-rhythm/|title = Meet the Missouri Rhythm|date = 14 January 2012|accessdate = |website = Mass Appeal News|publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040851/http://www.massappealnews.com/2012/01/14/meet-the-missouri-rhythm/|archive-date = 29 November 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref>
The Rhythm played host to the ABA All-Star Game on 19 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.shukc.com/2013/10/missouri-rhythm-brings-aba-all-star.html|title = Missouri Rhythm brings ABA All-Star Game to Kansas City|date = 29 October 2013|accessdate = |website = SHUKC|publisher = |last = |first = |archive-date = 29 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052156/http://www.shukc.com/2013/10/missouri-rhythm-brings-aba-all-star.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
The team announced in May 2016 it was rebranding as the Kansas City Soul.
==Season-by-season record== {| class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Season ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Division finish ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Playoffs W-L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="35%" | Result |- |align=center | 2011-12 || align=center | 3 || align=center | 4 || align=center | 5th (of five) || align=center | 0-1 || align=center | Lost in 1st Round |- |align=center | 2012-13 || align=center | 4 || align=center | 3 || align=center | 3rd (of four) || align=center | 0-0 || align=center | DNQ |- |align=center | 2013-14 || align=center | 5 || align=center | 3 || align=center | 4th (of six) || align=center | 0-0 || align=center | DNQ |}
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==External links== * [http://www.kansascitysoul.org Official team website] * [https://twitter.com/SportsVisionKC1 Official team Twitter]
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Category:Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams Category:Basketball teams in Missouri Soul Category:Basketball teams established in 2011 Category:2011 establishments in Missouri Category:Jackson County, Missouri