Five Things presented by Children’s Mercy Kansas City: Sporting returns home to face Houston Dynamo | May 11, 2024

Sporting Kansas City returns to MLS this weekend with a clash against longtime opponent Houston Dynamo FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:40 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English and Spanish. The game will also be available on local radio on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish). Tickets are available through SeatGeek.com.

1. BALANCE A Hectic SCHEDULE

Sporting Kansas City returns to MLS action this weekend on a short rest following Wednesday night’s 2-1 victory over Union Omaha at UNO Caniglia Field in the round of 16 of the US Open Cup. Sporting played the full 120 minutes on Wednesday evening with an extra match. time and will face on Saturday a Houston team that endured the same physical exertion Tuesday night by being eliminated from the Open Cup by Detroit City FC on penalties.

Sporting will hope to use Wednesday’s victory as a springboard, with the team ending a five-game winless streak, having gone 0-3-2 since a 3-1 victory over Toronto FC at BMO Field on March 30.

Sporting, which will play its 900th regular season match in its history against Houston on Saturday, currently finds itself in 10th place in the Western Conference with 11 points, just two points from the ninth and last place in the playoffs. Despite starting the season with a 2-1-4 record in seven matches, Sporting have some catching up to do following their recent run of results.