KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Tim Melia is closing in on an MLS record he doesn’t really want.
Melia’s penalty-kick save on Diego Valeri -- preserving Sporting Kansas City a 1-1 Saturday draw with Portland and extending the Western Conference leaders’ home unbeaten streak to 18 matches in MLS play -- was his third of the season.
That’s one shy of Nick Rimando’s record, set in 2014. Still, Melia would rather not catch up with, much less pass, Real Salt Lake’s veteran keeper – especially since two of Melia’s three saves this year, including Saturday’s, have come after he was whistled for a foul in the area.