by Bill Pollock | Jul 25, 2016 | Sports Features
Sporting Kansas City is the first team in MLS history to hold a team to just one shot, accomplishing the feat twice in the same season. The first happened in a 0-0 draw at Los Angeles against the Galaxy on June 2nd. Sporting repeated the feat in the sweltering heat...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 11, 2016 | Sports Features
On Sunday, the ceremonial shovels scooped the first patches of dirt as Sporting Club, U.S. Soccer and Children’s Mercy broke ground on the National Training and Coaching Development Center in Kansas City, Kansas. The NTCDC will provide a world-class environment to...
by Bill Pollock | Jan 20, 2016 | Sports Features
Three former Saint Louis Billikens soccer players were taken during the third and fourth rounds Major League Soccer’s Superdraft on Tuesday. Vince Cicciarelli was taken in the third round by the Columbus Crew; Faik Hajderovic was a fourth-round pick by Sporting...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 19, 2015 | Sports Features
Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia was named the 2015 MLS Comeback Player of the Year. The 29 year old Melia went 15-8-5 for Sporting KC after playing backup to MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando at Real Salt Lake and Dan Kennedy at Chivas USA. He did not appear in any...
by Bill Pollock | Oct 7, 2015 | Sports Features
Entering the 2015 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final, Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia’s workload was relatively light. Before the championship game against the Philadelphia Union kicked off at PPL Park, Melia had only made seven total saves en route to his team’s...
