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A real keeper: Tim Melia becomes Sporting's all-time shutout leader

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia had just one save to make on Saturday night, but it was an awfully impressive one that ultimately prompted a rewriting of the club history books.

Melia's fingertip stop to deny Memo Rodriguez in an emphatic 4-0 defeat of rivals Houston Dynamo was among the many flashbulb moments that brought a sold-out crowd to its feet at electric Children's Mercy Park. It also allowed Sporting's veteran goalkeeper to collect his 46th career shutout in the MLS regular season, vaulting him into sole possession of first place on Kansas City's all-time charts.