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Sporting KC 0 – 0 draw against Columbus
by Brian Turrel
Saturday night’s scoreless draw between Sporting Kansas City and the Columbus Crew was a missed opportunity, squandering a home game with 45 minutes of man advantage.
Columbus forward Federico Higuan was sent off in first half stoppage time for his studs up tackle on Roger Espinoza.
Even with the advantage, Sporting’s offense repeatedly failed to make connections. Passes forward and crosses didn’t have the proper pace and rolled harmlessly out of bounds.
The game would have been a loss except for the efforts of goalkeeper Tim Melia and the Sporting back line.
Melia saved a penalty kick in 42nd minute, feinting to his right before diving to his left to block away the low liner from Gyasi Zardes. Melia also tipped away a close range header from Zardes in the 24th minute.
Sporting KC holds a 4-point advantage in the standings over Los Angeles FC. They will play next at home against Minnesota United on June 3 at 7:30 p.m.