March 1, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City will host the Philadelphia Union at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday in the club’s highly anticipated home opener at Children’s Mercy Park.
Tickets are available online at SeatGeek, including the Home Opener Pack, and all fans will receive a Sporting Kansas City schedule magnet as part of a post-match giveaway. Sporting Kansas City will wear the club’s new secondary jersey for the first time on Saturday and fans can receive 25% off the 2024 jersey scarf when using the code HomeOpener to pre-order on SportingStyle.com for matchday pick-up. Ticket holders can also take advantage of $2 off 25-ounce Michelob Ultra or Bud Light cans at all stadium concessions.
Children’s Mercy Park will showcase several new amenities for the first time on Saturday night, including new digital displays, LED lighting, self-pouring drink systems and guest screening technology. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and to utilize the LED wristbands provided in their seat cup holder courtesy of SeatGeek to participate in the stadium pre-match show beginning at 7:20 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City opened the 2024 campaign with a 1-1 road result at the Houston Dynamo last Saturday as playmaker Erik Thommy opened the scoring in the second half. The 29-year-old Bundesliga veteran led Sporting last with 13 assists in all competition to earn the team’s Offensive Player of the Year honor and Thommy has now appeared in 51 straight MLS matches for the club since making his debut in July 2022.
Three Sporting players made their club debuts in the opener with defender Zorhan Bassong, midfielder Memo Rodriguez and forward Alenis Vargas each entering as second-half substitutes. Conversely, goalkeeper Tim Melia is set to make his 250th MLS appearance for Sporting on Saturday. The 37-year-old is the club’s all-time goalkeeping leader in appearances, wins and shutouts across all competitions, and he boasts a 10-3-2 record in his last 15 regular season starts since May 2023.
Similarly, Philadelphia goalkeeper Andre Blake is the Union’s all-time appearance leader however the Jamaican international and three-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year has missed the club’s last two matches with an adductor strain. The Union defense, which also features a pair of 2023 MLS All-Stars in centerback Jakob Glesnes and defensive midfielder Jose Martinez, has led MLS with 36 shutouts and a 1.00 goals against average in 103 regular…
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