Two teams in opposite conferences of Major League Soccer will do battle today in a match between Sporting Kansas City and the New England Revolution. The first-division clash scheduled for 8 p.m. ET will be held at Sporting Park in Kansas City and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN2.
What They're Saying
Sporting Kansas City center-back Matt Besler (via MLS): "We played totally different in D.C. than we play 75 percent of the time. It wasn't anything because of us. It was the coaching staff seeing an opportunity that we thought we could take an advantage of."
New England Revolution manager Jay Heaps: "Jermaine [Jones] had a little bit of a knock early this week and missed a little bit of training time and with so many games coming up, we wanted to be smart."
The In-Form Player
Juan Agudelo has enjoyed a modicum of success despite a season-long, self-imposed sabbatical. In 11 appearances with the Revolution, the 22-year-old has three goals and nine created chances.
Projected Lineups
Sporting Kansas City (4-1-4-1): Melia; Dia, Besler, Ellis, Anibaba; Mustivar; Nemeth, Nagamura, Feilhaber, Peterson; Dwyer
New England Revolution (4-2-3-1): Shuttleworth; Tierney, Goncalves, Farrell, Woodberry; Jones, Caldwell; Agudelo, Nguyen, Bunbury; Davies
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Dallas | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Sporting Kansas City | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 14 | |||
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DC United | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 2 | New England Revolution | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 3 | New York Red Bulls | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Orlando City SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Toronto FC | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Philadelphia Union | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 9 | |||
| 9 | New York City FC | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Impact Montreal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 5 |
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