Month: July 2014

Sporting KC to play today at Columbus

Sporting KC looks to regain first place in the Eastern Conference Wednesday night when it travels to Ohio to take on the Columbus Crew.

The midweek match is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. with pregame coverage beginning at 6 p.m. on KMCI’s 38 the Spot and SKCTV. The match is also on 1510 AM and La Gran D 1340 AM.

Supporters are invited to Sporting KC’s official watch party on Wednesday at the Turn 2 Sports Bar and Restaurant at Hollywood Casino. Doors will open at 4 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City (8-5-5) is just two points behind D.C. United (9-5-4) in Eastern Conference standings and has won three consecutive road matches including a 2-1 win over the Montreal Impact on Saturday night at Stade Saputo.
Sporting KC leads MLS with five wins away from Sporting Park in 2014 and has won at least three straight road matches four times since 2000. Should Sporting KC defeat Columbus on Wednesday, it would be the first time in club history that the team has won four straight on the road in the same season.

Columbus dropped its last match 4-1 against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena, but has not dropped a match at home since May 10, a 1-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Sporting KC has just one loss in its last eight meetings with Columbus and is in the midst of a five-game unbeaten streak against the Eastern Conference opponent. In the last meeting between these two clubs, Sporting KC earned a 2-0 victory on May 4 at Sporting Park. Jacob Peterson and Claudio Bieler each tallied a goal in the match.
Dom Dwyer ranks second in MLS for goals scored with 14, behind only New York’s Bradley Wright-Phillips (15). Dwyer has scored at least one goal in three of the team’s last four outings including a brace in Sporting KC’s triumph at Montreal last weekend.

The Crew is led by Argentine striker Federico Higuain who has tallied six goals and five assists this season and will be available for selection on Wednesday. Columbus will be without striker Jairo Arrieta who exited the Crew’s match at New York in the 25th minute after suffering a left hamstring strain.

– Story from Sporting KC

Richar’s homer, Barnes’ arm lead T-Bones


Sioux City, Iowa – Danny Richar found the perfect time for his fourth home run of the season, and Casey Barnes tossed a gem in Kansas City’s 4-0 win over Sioux City Tuesday night at Lewis and Clark Park.

The T-Bones got the scoring started in the second inning with an RBI double off the bat of Nick Schwaner that scored Vladimir Frias. That would’ve been enough, but in the next inning, Richar launched a three-run homer off of Sioux City starter Greg Holt (3-8), scoring Robby Kuzdale and David Espinosa. Kuzdale was the only hitter for the T-Bones with a multi-hit game, including his 10th double of the season.

The 4-0 lead was all that Kansas City’s starter Barnes (2-0) needed as he cruised through 7 shutout innings. Barnes allowed just six total base runners and struck out five before turning the ball over to Kris Regas. Regas, who was announced Monday as a pitcher on the American Association’s South All-Star team, pitched 2 scoreless innings in a non-save situation.

The T-Bones (28-30) look to take the series win Wednesday night against Sioux City (25-33) at 7:05. All of the action can be heard on 1660-AM or online at tbonesbaseball.com.

Box score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=177976
– Story from T-Bones

New grocery store to open Wednesday

A new Price Chopper store is slated to open at 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, on the east side of Wyandotte Plaza at 7600 State Ave. At 68,000 square feet, the new store will be larger than the existing one on the west side of Wyandotte Plaza. The space from the older Price Chopper building at the center will be the site of a new Marshalls store and PetSmart next spring. Red Legacy was in charge of the Wyandotte Plaza redevelopment project.