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Sporting KC Hosts FC Dallas on Saturday

Sporting KC to Host FC Dallas on May 10 in U.S. Open Cup

April 29, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Sporting Kansas City News Release

Sporting Kansas City (2-6-1, 7 points) will aim to snap FC Dallas’ seven-game unbeaten run when the two MLS charter clubs meet at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park. Tickets for the Western Conference match-up are available online via SeatGeek and match sponsor Price Chopper will give away 5,000 reusable bags to attendees after the match while supplies last.

Saturday’s showdown will be locally televised on 38 The Spot with three hours of coverage beginning at 7 p.m. CT. The broadcast will also stream live on SportingKC.com and in the Sporting KC app for viewers in Kansas and Missouri (excluding St. Louis area per MLS policy), as well as ESPN+ for out-of-market subscribers. Radio broadcasts will also be available locally on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.

After rallying for a 2-1 comeback victory over in-state rivals Houston Dynamo FC last weekend, FC Dallas (4-1-3, 15 points) boasts the longest unbeaten run in Major League Soccer this season. The club’s lone loss came in Week 2 of the MLS campaign in a 1-0 defeat at New England. FC Dallas has since posted scoreless draws in each of their past two away matches and arrives in Kansas City as the only team yet to record a goal on the road this season.

Led by first-year head coach Nico Estevez, FC Dallas leads Major League Soccer with only five goals conceded in the club’s first eight matches. The team added 23-year-old Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Paes in January on a six-month loan from FC Utrecht and Paes, the only FC Dallas player to play every minute in 2022, now leads the league with a 0.63 goals against average.

On the opposite end of the field, 21-year-old striker Jesus Ferreira has hammered home five goals – one off the Golden Boot pace – to give the U.S. Men’s National Team forward 23 goals and 17 assists in his MLS career. The team’s youthful attack also features 22-year-old midfielder Paxton Pomykal and…

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