Month: August 2017

Hurricane Harvey halts Houston-Sporting KC soccer match temporarily

Sporting Kansas City’s MLS regular season match at the Houston Dynamo has been postponed because of the pending arrival of Hurricane Harvey, which is projected to affect the Greater Houston area and Southeast Texas this weekend, according to an announcement today from Sporting KC.

The match, originally slated to kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at BBVA Compass Stadium.

The postponed fixture is Sporting Kansas City’s third MLS match all-time to be rescheduled due to unplayable conditions. In 1998, a game between Kansas City and D.C. United at Arrowhead Stadium was suspended in the 53rd minute and replayed in its entirety more than a month later. In 2015, inclement weather postponed a match between Sporting KC and the Colorado Rapids that was moved from May to October at Children’s Mercy Park.

Currently one point out of first place in the Western Conference, Sporting Kansas City will resume MLS action Sept. 6 against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium, set for 6:30 p.m. on FOX Sports Kansas City.

Possible injuries reported in I-670 shuttle bus accident

Possible injuries were reported in a shuttle bus accident about 3:56 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, on I-670, half a mile east of 7th Street, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

A Dodge Caliber was westbound on I-670 when it spun out and struck a Ford shuttle bus, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Caliber, a 53-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a possible injury and was taken to a hospital, the report stated.

A passenger on the shuttle bus, a 54-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, resident, had a possible injury, according to the report.

The driver of the shuttle bus, a 57-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man, was not injured, the report stated.