Sporting Kansas City’s unbeaten start to the season ended Saturday, but not before Tim Melia delivered another sterling performance to keep his team in contention for a result at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
FC Dallas became the last remaining undefeated side in MLS thanks to Maynor Figueroa’s 77th-minute header, which gave the hosts a 1-0 victory and broke Sporting Kansas City’s club-record four-game road shutout streak. Yet Saturday’s showdown was delicately poised from kickoff until the final whistle, and Melia was a big reason why.
The Sporting KC goalkeeper made five saves during a busy first half, tied for the most by a Sporting KC goalkeeper in a single half since the start of the Opta era in 2010.