Major League Soccer announced today the MLS Team of the Matchday presented by Audi for Matchday 11 of the regular season with Sporting Kansas City defender Robert Voloder honored as one of the top 20 players in the league after the team's 1-0 win against reigning MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy on Sunday at Children's Mercy Park.
Voloder partnered with Jansen Miller in central defense to help Sporting Kansas City hold the Galaxy to a single shot on goal and, in doing so, record the team's second shutout of the season. The 23-year-old German was the highest rated Sporting KC player in SKCvLA by Opta and he led the team in passing (28), duels won (4) and tackles won (2).
"Jansen and Robert were both individually fantastic, but the collective of the group showed a grit and a determination of what it takes to win games," Sporting KC interim head coach Kerry Zavagnin said in the postgame press conference. "We defended like champions."
Sporting Kansas City will return to the road to take on the Portland Timbers at 9:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Providence Park in the first of three away matches in an eight-day span.
The Western Conference match-up will be available to watch on Apple TV with an MLS Season Pass subscription and radio coverage will air locally on 810 AM 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 chicken nachos for fans in SKC gear starting at 7:30 p.m.​​​​​​
