Month: October 2014

After 2-0 loss Sunday, Sporting KC to open playoffs Thursday at New York

Sporting Kansas City concluded the 2014 MLS regular season on Sunday with a 2-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls at Sporting Park. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored both goals for the visitors, tying the MLS single-season goal scoring record with 27 goals in 2014.

The two teams will meet again at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Red Bull Arena in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round.

The winner will advance to be the host of No. 1 seed D.C. United at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Tickets for Sunday’s potential home playoff match at Sporting Park will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday via Ticketmaster.com.

Four days after a 2-0 loss in Costa Rica to close out the CONCACAF Champions League group stage, Sporting KC fell by the same scoreline on Sunday in the regular season finale. Wright-Phillips put an exclamation point on a historic season with goals in the 15th and 70th minutes to claim the MLS Golden Boot.

His first of the match came with a right-footed finish past Eric Kronberg for the game-winning goal. Eric Alexander earned the assist, his ninth of the season, as Wright-Phillips scored his first road goal since July 16.

The Englishman doubled New York’s lead with 20 minutes to play and in doing so became the third player in MLS history to record 27 goals in a season.

Winning the ball from Aurelien Collin deep in his attacking third, Wright-Phillips cut inside and placed his shot into the back of the net for his sixth multi-goal game of the season. Wright-Phillips, 29, nearly completed the hat trick in the 83rd minute but was denied the the record-breaking goal on a point-blank save by Kronberg.

Sporting Kansas City’s lone shot on goal in the game came in the eighth minute. Graham Zusi skipped past Dax McCarty in the midfield and fed Dom Dwyer in the left channel, however Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles did well to get a hand on Dwyer’s well-struck shot.

Dwyer finished the 2014 regular season with 22 goals, second most in MLS and a single-season team record.

Robles was called into action again for two important interventions in a five-minute span. In the 38th minute, Paulo Nagamura’s effort from outside the penalty area was palmed away with a full-extension dive. Nagamura came close again two minutes from halftime with a full volley that deflected in the goalmouth and was smothered by Robles.

Sporting Kansas City, which will compete in the postseason for a fourth consecutive year, finished the regular season with a 14-13-7 record and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind New York for the second straight year.

The Red Bulls went unbeaten against Sporting KC in 2014 (2-0-1) and the two teams will now meet in the postseason for the first time in their 19-year history.
– Story from Sporting KC

Police investigate girl’s homicide

Kansas City, Kan., police were on the scene of a homicide Sunday evening in the 1400 block of New Jersey.

They responded about 7:11 p.m. Oct. 26 to a report of a shooting. According to a police spokesman, when officers arrived they found a girl inside the residence dead from a gunshot wound.

The identity of the juvenile victim will not be released, pending positive identification and family notification, police said.

The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

Elementary school lunch menus

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools
Monday, Oct. 27
Hamburger on a bun, lettuce and tomato, tri-tater, fruit cocktail, fruit and milk.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Chicken drumstick, baked beans, tater tots, diced peaches, fruit and milk.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
General Tso’s chicken, fried rice, baby carrots, green peas, banana, fruit and milk.

Thursday, Oct. 30
Chicken parmesan with rotini, grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, tropical fruit, fruit and milk.

Friday, Oct. 31
Enchiladas, lettuce and tomatoes, refried beans, apple, fruit and milk.

All Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools lunch meals have an option of mini chef’s salad, mini-fruit chef salad or yogurt-muffin basket.

Turner Public Schools
Monday, Oct. 27
Burrito, beef-bean, taco chips, salsa.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Breaded mozzarella cheese sticks with dip.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Chicken nuggets or drummie, bread sticks.

Thursday, Oct. 30
Hamburger-cheeseburger.

Friday, Oct. 31
Pizza, cheese or pepperoni, cookie.

All Turner lunches have additional entrée choices of yogurt platter or peanut butter and jelly platter. Milk offered with all meals. Fruits and veggies bar offered daily with lunch.

Piper Public Schools
Monday, Oct. 27
Hot dog on a bun; Italian calzone, broccoli with dip, sweet potato fries, grapes, pineapple; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, grapes, pineapple, blueberry fruit muffin.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Soft tacos; chicken and cheese quesadilla, garden salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana; taco salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana, tortilla chips.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Chicken patty-grilled chicken; homestyle meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli-carrot mix, honeydew, applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar salad, baby carrots with dip, honeydew, applesauce, roll, crackers.

Thursday, Oct. 30
Beef and broccoli with rice; chicken nuggets with Italian bread, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, apple, peaches; Italian chef salad, peas, apple, peaches, Italian bread.

Friday, Oct. 31
Pepperoni pizza; peanut butter and jelly with yogurt, roasted vegetables, corn, Caesar side salad, banana, orange smiles, snickerdoodle cookie; popcorn chicken salad, corn, fruit streusel muffin, banana, orange smiles, snickerdoodle cookie.

Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Public Schools

Monday, Oct. 27
Hot dog on a bun; barbecued rib on bun, broccoli with dip, sweet potato fries, grapes, pineapple; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, grapes, pineapple, blueberry fruit muffin.

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Soft tacos; chili with cornbread, garden salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana; taco salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana, tortilla chips.

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Chicken patty-grilled chicken; roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli carrot mix, honeydew, applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar salad, baby carrots with dip, honeydew, applesauce, roll and crackers.

Thursday, Oct. 30
Beef and broccoli with rice; mandarin orange chicken with rice, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, apple, peaches; Italian chef salad, peas, apple, peaches, Italian bread.

Friday, Oct. 31
Pepperoni pizza; franken-blanket, roasted vegetables, corn, Caesar side salad, banana, orange smiles, snickerdoodle cookie; popcorn chicken salad, corn, fruit streusel muffin, banana, orange smiles and snickerdoodle cookie.

All meals from all districts subject to change.