In a weekend match in week 2, on Sat Mar 5th, Sporting KC will host Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sporting KC is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Atlanta United. Luiz Araújo scored the first goal for Atlanta United in the 20th minute, then Dominic Dwyer added another in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josef Alexander Martinez. Sporting KC looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while houston Dynamo sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake. Neither Houston Dynamo nor Real Salt Lake could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Houston Dynamo looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Sporting KC won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss. Sporting KC’s top weapon lately has been Russell, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.