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Game Notes: Sounders FC Vs. Sporting Kansas City

May 19, 2011 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


Resuming a three-match home stand, Seattle Sounders FC faces a foe that brings out the most riveting performances of the Rave Green. Sporting Kansas City comes to the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field on Saturday night for a 7 p.m. PT first kick. KONG 6/16 will air the game live.

Sounders FC (3-3-5, 14 points) can jump from fifth to second in the MLS Western Conference with a victory. They have lost only once in the last nine but have not won in their last three matches. Sporting KC (1-5-1, 4 points) has lost four in a row and rests at the bottom of the East.

Seattle is unbeaten in its last four at home and completes the home stand on May 25, hosting defending MLS Western Conference champion FC Dallas at 7 p.m. PT. For Kansas City, this will be the eighth of 10 consecutive road matches to start 2011. It moves into its new stadium, Livestrong Sporting Park, on June 9. Seattle visits on August 6.

Each time Sounders FC and KC have hooked-up in the past has produced a memorable 1-goal decision. Seattle leads the regular season series 3-1-0 and also owns a U.S. Open Cup play-in win versus the club formerly known as the Wizards.

Twice the Rave Green have clinched a playoff berth by winning in Kansas City. At home there have been a pair of last-minute game-winning goals. And KC can claim to be the first side to ever defeat Seattle, doing so in the Emerald City on April 11, 2009.

Last week's Cascadia Cup opener against Portland produced a spectacle in the stands, however Sounders FC was forced to settle for second straight draw, 1-1, before the 37th consecutive sell-out. The injury-plagued Rave Green has not won since a 3-0 rout of Toronto FC on April 30.

Sporting Kansas City fell, 4-1, at Los Angeles last week and are now winless since opening the season on March 19 with a victory over Chivas USA.

Calling Saturday's match on both KONG and 97.3 KIRO FM is the voice of Sounders FC, Arlo White. The game will also be carried by La Gran D 99.3 FM.

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