September 12, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Sporting Kansas City News Release
Riding a four-match unbeaten run and three-game home winning streak, Sporting Kansas City will host D.C. United at 7:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday at Children’s Mercy Park. Tickets for the match, presented by Socios.com, are available online at SeatGeek.com, including the Coca-Cola Family & Friends Pack as well as the Vamos Sporting Ticket Pack as the club kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month.
The cross-conference clash 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 the St. Louis area per MLS policy), as well as ESPN+ for out-of-market subscribers. Radio coverage will air live on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.
After squaring off in each of the first 24 MLS regular seasons, Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United will meet for the first time since May 2019 – when current D.C. United Manager Wayne Rooney set up the game’s only goal at Audi Field – as the MLS charter clubs are both coming off scoreless draws away from home on Saturday. Sporting secured a road result at Houston and has now recorded a four-match regular season unbeaten streak in every season since 2000, while D.C. United arrive in KC from Salt Lake City where the 0-0 stalemate with RSL was D.C.’s second straight scoreless draw this month.
Four-time MLS Cup champions and four-time Supporters’ Shield winners, D.C. United will miss the postseason for a third straight season in 2022. D.C. has been shutout in 14 matches this season – most in MLS – and sit 14th in the Eastern Conference standings. Sporting Kansas City are currently 12th in the West with four matches remaining and must win on Tuesday to stave off elimination in the race for the MLS Cup Playoffs.
Sporting Kansas City has won only once – and scored only twice – in the team’s last eight matches against D.C. United (1-4-3) dating back to 2014. The victory came in D.C. United’s last trip to Children’s Mercy Park in March 2018 when Sporting prevailed 1-0, continuing a streak in which the team has scored one or fewer goals in the last 11 meetings against D.C. since 2013.
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