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Precisely 160 days had passed between MLS matches at Children’s Mercy Park. It was only appropriate, then, that Sporting Kansas City treated its fans to a show that was well worth the wait.
In a 4-0 smackdown of rivals Houston Dynamo on Saturday night, a host of stars delivered spellbinding performances on a historic evening made eve merrier by an electric, sold-out crowd whose hunger for MLS soccer was finally satiated after a five-month wait.