Sporting KC Hosts New England in 100th Match at Sporting Park on Wednesday
May 19, 2015 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City welcomes the New England Revolution to Sporting Park on Wednesday marking the 100th match played in the stadium. The nationally televised match, set to kick off at 7 p.m. CT, will air on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes with additional coverage available on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM. A limited number of tickets are available and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com or at the Sporting Park box offices on Wednesday.
Fans are encouraged to leave extra travel time tomorrow due to the 98th Street construction project and the first 10,000 fans to arrive at Sporting Park will receive a pair of club branded sunglasses, courtesy of match sponsor Sabates Eye Centers. Parking lots will be open at 4 p.m. CT and gates will open at 5 p.m. CT.
Sporting Kansas City lost all three regular season matches against New England in 2014 by an 8-3 aggregate scoreline. New England midfielder Lee Nguyen has scored three goals in eight regular season matches against Sporting KC, including two in 2014, while former Sporting KC forward Teal Bunbury tallied twice against his former club in 2014. U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Jermaine Jones, who joined the Revolution midway through the 2014 season, recorded the first assist and first goal of his MLS career against Sporting KC last year.
Sporting KC went nine home games unbeaten against New England in all competition between 2008 and 2013, out-scoring the Revs 23-4 during that stretch and leads the all-time series 23-16-11. In 2015, Sporting KC is unbeaten against Eastern Conference opponents with a 3-0-2 record and a 2-0-1 record at home.
The New England Revolution are in second place in the Eastern Conference and in the midst of a nine-game regular season unbeaten streak (5-0-4). New England played Toronto FC to a 1-1 draw in their last match with forward Juan Agudelo scoring his team's lone goal in the 32nd minute. Maryland product London Woodbury tallied an assist on the play, whipping the ball to Agudelo at the back post whose header beat Toronto FC goalkeeper Chris Konopka.
Sporting KC will be without Graham Zusi (concussion), Seth Sinovic (concussion), Marcel de Jong (left hip muscle strain), Chance Myers and Ike Opara (left achilles) on Wednesday. Roger Espinoza (left adductor strain), Paulo Nagamura (lower back sprain) and Bernardo Anor (right hamstring strain) are all listed as questionable on the team's injury report and Erik Palmer-Brown will be unavailable for selection by Manager Peter Vermes after joining the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. New England will be without veteran defender Darrius Barnes who had left knee surgery in April.
Sporting Kansas City faces an MLS Cup playoff team from the 2014 season in each of the club's next five matches including two outings in the next four days against the MLS Cup runners-up (New England Revolution) on Wednesday and the Supporters' Shield holder (Seattle Sounders FC) on Saturday.
In-game updates are available online at SportingKC.com/Gameon and via Twitter @SKCGameday.
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