Columbus Crew vs. Sporting Kansas City
MLS Week 5 - April 16, 2011
7:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. CT
Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
TV: KSMO-TV (Ch. 62) in HD, MLS DirectKick
Last Two Meetings: KC 0-1 CLB, CLB 0-1 KC
After a scheduled bye week from MLS play last week, Sporting Kansas City returns to the field on Saturday night when they take on Columbus Crew at Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. The two teams split their pair of 2010 meetings, with each team winning 1-0 on the road. Columbus come into the game touting a 1-1-2 record (5 points) and sitting 5th in the MLS Eastern Conference, while Sporting KC are 1-1-1 (4 points) in 7th the Eastern Conference.
Starting Lineups:
Columbus (4-4-2): Hesmer - Miranda, Marshall, James, Balchan - Duka, Burns, Ekpo, Rogers - Gaven, Renteria
Kansas City (4-3-3): Nielsen - Harrington, Santos, Besler, Espinoza - Diop, Arnaud, Stojcev - Kamara, Bunbury, Sapong
The big KC Cauldron watch party is at Johnny's Tavern (1310 Grand Blvd.) Power&Light District location in downtown Kansas City, MO. There should be a couple hundred rabid Sporting KC fans there tearing it up for their team's MLS First Kick 2011 kickoff. But, for those of you watching from the comforts of home tonight, come inside and join Andy Edwards of The Daily Wiz, and (hopefully) a few of its readers for what's known around these parts as an Open Game Thread. We'll be discussing tonight's action live, as it happens on the field.
All you need to do is sign up for an SB Nation account, which can be done here. That account and screenname are good for all 300 of the network's sites, many of which are team-specific. Meaning, you're a fan of the Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri Tigers, etc.? There's sites for each one of those teams, including all NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams if that's your thing, plus about 100 college team sites. Once you've done that, simply agree to join the membership here at TDW, and you're in!
Also, take this chance to follow The Daily Wiz on Twitter, and "Like" us on Facebook, too. That way you can keep up with all news, information and analysis that is SKC.
All you need to do is sign up for an SB Nation account, which can be done here. That account and screenname are good for all 300 of the network's sites, many of which are team-specific. Meaning, you're a fan of the Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri Tigers, etc.? There's sites for each one of those teams, including all NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams if that's your thing, plus about 100 college team sites. Once you've done that, simply agree to join the membership here at TDW, and you're in!
Also, take this chance to follow The Daily Wiz on Twitter, and "Like" us on Facebook, too. That way you can keep up with all news, information and analysis that is SKC.
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