Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy are playing live on the MLS schedule on Saturday and the game is live from Sporting Park in Kansas and this matchup comes as Los Angeles is playing very well and it starts up at 6 pm ET and will be on ESPN2 and streaming with a live stream from WatchESPN and both teams will be looking to get into the second half with a win.
The Galaxy and Sporting KC is one of the best games of the week, as Kansas City has been leading the east and Los Angeles is coming into the match playing well. LA has not lost in eight games and they are coming off of a dominating win against the New England Revolution in a key matchup and they scored five goals in the match. Kansas City got a win against Columbus on the road and they won against the Crew after a stoppage time goal and now two of the most impressive teams in the MLS will matchup.
The two teams have played over 50 times all-time and this is the only time they will be matching up this season and that makes it a big game. Last time the two teams played the Galaxy won 2-0 and that saw a goal from Landon Donovan late and that was out in Carson and now the teams are matching up in KC and Sporting has played well at home against the Galaxy and they have not lost there since back in 2007. Sporting now has won four games on the road in a row after the win on Wednesday against the Crew and that put them back into first place in the eastern conference and now they have 32 points in 19 games this season.
The Galaxy are playing very well right now and they are moving up the standings after going eight games without a loss and they are in third place in the west with 27 points in 16 games. The Galaxy went up two goals early in their last matchup and this is a big game for both sides as they push towards the back end of the season. Sporting is first in the east and they are ahead of DC, Toronto and New England, while the Red Bulls are in fifth. The western conference has the Seattle Sounders, Real Salt Lake, LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas, while Vancouver and Portland are battling right outside the postseason spot.
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