Nothing about Sporting Kansas City’s 1-1 draw at Real Salt Lake on Saturday night was easy.
Coming off a pair of resounding wins against the LA Galaxy and Portland Timbers, respectively, Real Salt Lake welcomed Manager Peter Vermes’ men to Rio Tinto Stadium for a match played at high altitude and seemingly even higher temperatures. And despite facing a season-high 20 shots throughout the night, Sporting Kansas City weathered the storm to preserve a valuable point and extend their unbeaten run to 10 straight matches in all competitions.
In fact, Benny Feilhaber’s equalizing penalty in the 59th minute — the very first spot kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City this season — was enough to lift the current undefeated streak into rarefied air among the club’s all-time longest.