October 7, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City will close out the club’s 2022 campaign this Sunday on the road against FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. All seven Western Conference clashes will kick off at 4:18 p.m. CT on the final day of the regular season – preceded by seven Eastern Conference match-ups starting at 1:55 p.m. CT – and MLSsoccer.com will host a live watchalong show to capture all of the Decision Day drama on the league’s YouTube and Twitch channels.
Sporting’s showdown with FC Dallas will air live on 38 The Spot with three hours of coverage beginning at 4 p.m. CT. The telecast will mark the end of an era for local television broadcasts in MLS as the league has partnered with Apple to stream matches through the Apple TV app from 2023 through 2032.
Sunday’s match 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, in addition to radio coverage on ESPN KC 94.5 FM and La Grande 1340 AM. Sporting KC Pub Partners across the Midwest will show the match, including an enhanced watch party at Blind Box Barbecue (1601 Village West Pkwy.) in Kansas City, Kan.
While Sporting KC has been eliminated from postseason contention, FC Dallas have secured a berth in the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs under first-year head coach Nico Estevez. A draw or win on Sunday would clinch a home playoff match and the club’s first top-three finish in the West since winning the Supporters’ Shield in 2016, whereas a loss could see FC Dallas slip to fifth in the standings. Based on Decision Day results, Sporting can finish as high as 17th or as low as 24th in the overall table which will determine the club’s position in a variety of MLS roster mechanisms (e.g. Allocation Ranking, MLS SuperDraft, Re-Entry Process, Waivers, etc.).
Sporting enters Sunday’s season finale on a strong run of form with wins in each of the team’s past three matches and riding a seven-game unbeaten run (5-0-2) which stands as the longest active streak in MLS. A road result at FC Dallas would see Sporting conclude the campaign with the best finish to a regular season in team history.
Most Points by Sporting KC from
Last 10 Regular Season Matches
2022: 20 points to date (6-1-2)
2018: 20 points (6-2-2)
2012: 20 points (5-0-5)
Defensively, Sporting KC have four shutouts in the last six matches…
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