Major League Soccer announced today the MLS Team of the Matchday presented by Audi for Matchday 13 of the regular season with Sporting Kansas City forward Dejan Joveljic honored as one of the top 20 players in the league after the team's 2-2 draw at rivals St. Louis CITY SC on Wednesday.
The highest rated player in STLvSKC by Opta, Joveljic headed home a free kick from Shapi Suleymanov in the 77th minute for the game-tying goal which secured the season series against St. Louis and marked the first time in more than a decade that Sporting earned a point on the road when trailing by multiple goals in the 70th minute of a regular season match.
The Serbian striker now has a team-leading six goals on the year -- three of which have come against St. Louis -- and is one of five players in MLS with six or more goals in each of the last four seasons.
"It looks like I like these derby games," Joveljic said in the postgame press conference. "It’s good for the confidence...We are happy and we go to prepare for the next game in San Diego."
Sporting will play the club's third road game in eight days this Saturday with a first-ever match-up against expansion side San Diego FC. The Western Conference clash will kick off at 9:30 p.m. CT with live coverage on MLS Season Pass via Apple TV, Sports Radio 810 WHB and 103.7 FM.
Pub partners in the Sporting Pub Network will also show all of the action, including a watch party at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power & Light district featuring $4 domestic drafts, $5 wells and 50% off nachos for fans in SKC gear starting at 7:30 p.m.
