Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids
Saturday, June 27 - 7:30 p.m. CT
Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS
Broadcast Schedule:
TV: KMCI 38 the Spot and SKCTV
Online: MLS LIVE (50% Off)
English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB
Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM
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Sporting Kansas City (6-3-6, 5th place) will host the Colorado Rapids (2-5-9, 10th place) at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Sporting Park, where the club is unbeaten in nine matches (6-0-3) this season and has won five straight games across all competitions. A win on Saturday would be the team's 250th all-time regular season victory and would equal the longest home winning streak to start an MLS campaign in the team's 20-year history.
Team's Longest Home Unbeaten Streaks in MLS Regular Season
10 Games: 2008 (June 28 - Oct. 18)
9 Games: 2000 (March 25 - June 24)*
8 Games: 2011 (June 9 - Aug. 3)* and 2015 (March 8 - present)*
*Streak started with home opener
A limited number of tickets are available and can be purchased
online at Ticketmaster.com
or at the stadium box offices on gameday. The first 10,000 fans inside the gates will receive a Sporting KC cinch bag courtesy of the Darol Rodrock Foundation, which will also be
collecting donations for area youth in foster care
.
In addition,
Sprint will host a pre-game tailgate
open to the first 2,000 fans with a Sprint device and a match ticket from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the Sprint Plaza. The tailgate will feature free t-shirts, as well as complimentary food and drinks along with live music courtesy of The Magnetics.
Sporting Style will celebrate the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a limited time offer on Saturday. All in-stadium or
online
purchases over $75 will receive a
U.S. Soccer "Home of the Brave" scarf
at no additional cost ($25 value).
APPS
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Mobile Orders for Boulevard Members Club
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Win USOC Tickets on Uphoria
Saturday's match is part of Major League Soccer's Heineken Rivalry Week and will be the first of three regular season meetings between the Western Conference clubs in 2015. Sporting KC has played the Colorado Rapids more than any other opponent (66 times in all competitions) since the inaugural MLS season in 1996.
Under Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is unbeaten in 10 straight MLS matches against Colorado dating back to 2009 with a 5-0-5 record (including postseason). In addition, Kansas City has not lost to the Rapids at home since September 2002, a run of 14 straight league games without defeat (10-0-4 including postseason).
SOCIAL CONTEST
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Sporting Kansas City is the only MLS team to feature three players with five or more goals in 2015, while Gabriel Torres leads the Rapids with four goals to date. Benny Feilhaber has a goal or an assist in each of his last three matches and the World Cup veteran has scored in three of his past four outings against Colorado.
The Rapids will play their fourth match in a 12-day span on Saturday amidst a stretch of six games in 19 days for the club. Led by head coach Pablo Mastroeni, Colorado is coming off a 2-0 loss in Orlando on Wednesday that was briefly delayed due to lightning and now travels to Kansas City for a second time in 2015 after the May 16 match was postponed to Oct. 21 because of inclement weather.
Saturday's match will air live on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot locally and on SKCTV affiliates across the Midwest with three hours of coverage beginning at 7 p.m. CT. In addition, radio broadcasts will be available for local listeners on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish).
In-game updates can be found online at
SportingKC.com/GameOn
, via
and through the
Sporting Club Uphoria mobile app
. Additionally, The Final Whistle: Sporting KC Postgame Show will air immediately following the conclusion of Saturday's match on Sports Radio 810 WHB.
