Preview: Sporting KC hits to the road to face Colorado Rapids on Wednesday

Sporting KC (4-5-2, 14 points) looks to break its winless streak on Wednesday as the team travels west to square off against Colorado Rapids (6-2-2, 20 points), who sit atop the Western Conference and Supporters’ Shield standings. The match kicks off at 8 p.m. CT at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, with three hours of live television coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. CT on 38 The Spot and SKCTV. La Grande 1340 AM and 99.3 FM will also provide live broadcasts of the game, with The Final Whistle: Sporting KC Postgame Show airing immediately afterward on Sports Radio 810 WHB. No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power & Light District will once again host a watch party for the game, with the Score and Pour drink special in effect.

With its 2-0 loss to Houston on Saturday in the rearview mirror, Sporting KC is officially a third of the way through its 2016 regular season. Saturday's game also nudged the team to a losing record at 4-5-2, with the club on a six-game winless streak ahead of the midweek match in Colorado. The skid began against Colorado on April 13 in a match that ended in a 2-1 defeat at Children's Mercy Park. Dom Dwyer scored in the 77th minute of the contest, but goals from Luis Solignac and Shkelzen Gashi gave the visitors three points.

Colorado, on the other hand, will enter Wednesday’s match riding a five-game unbeaten streak — part of the Rapids’ best 10-game start to the regular season in club history. Colorado's earlier triumph over Manager Peter Vermes’ men a month ago at Children’s Mercy Park may have sparked KC’s winless streak, but it also kicked off the Rapids' current unbeaten run. The Colorado side most recently bested Real Salt Lake with a tight 1-0 victory at home on Saturday. Coming off a meager 2015 MLS season, Colorado has taken the MLS by storm in the first third of the 2016 campaign with more wins than any other team in the league.

Wednesday will be the second of three times that Sporting KC and Colorado will meet during the 2016 regular season, with Vermes' side returning to Dick's Sporting Goods Park yet again on July 16. Wednesday's match marks the 71st occasion the clubs have gone head-to-head, making the Rapids the most frequent opponent in Kansas City history. 

In-game updates of the match can be found online at SportingKC.com/gameon, on Twitter @SKCgameday, and on the club's official mobile app Sporting KC Uphoria.