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2. STRIKING BACK AGAINST THE GALAXY
Sporting Kansas City snapped their recent poor run of form last weekend, earning a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. The team will be looking to build some momentum this weekend when the squad heads to Southern California to take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. CT.
Sporting and LA have already met once this season, with the Galaxy earning a comeback 3-2 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on March 23, 2024. Sporting dominated the first half and took a 2-0 lead into the interval following goals from Nemanja Radoja and Willy Agada, but the Galaxy roared back in the second stanza through Eriq Zavaleta, Dejan Joveljic and Marky Delgado to snatch all three points.
The last meeting that took place at Dignity Health Sports Park was almost a year ago on June 21, 2023 when the two sides played out a riveting 2-2 draw. Sporting took an early lead through Alan Pulido’s header but the Galaxy responded with goals in either half from Martin Caceres and Preston Judd. With LA on the verge of closing out the match, Remi Walter’s strike was blocked by the hand of Daniel Aguirre and Pulido stepped up to convert the penalty in the 90th minute to salvage a point for the visitors.
Sporting trails the all-time series with the Galaxy 26-27-18, but Sporting has had a lot of joy against LA over the past decade – going 7-3-7 since midway through the 2015 campaign with a 3-1-3 mark at Dignity Health Sports Park.
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