BROADCAST INFORMATION:
NBC Sports Network - 7:30 p.m.
(U-Verse: SD=640 HD=1640; Comcast: SD=49 HD=649; DirecTV: 603; Dish Network: 151)
KPRC 950 - 7 p.m.
La Ranchera 850 - 7 p.m.
REFEREE:
Baldomero Toledo. MLS Career: 141 games; FC/gm: 25.0; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 48; pens: 51
INJURY REPORT:
SPORTING KANSAS CITY - OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); DOUBTFUL: FW Bobby Convey (R hamstring strain); PROBABLE: FW Jacob Peterson (R shoulder sprain
HOUSTON DYNAMO - DOUBTFUL: MF Adam Moffat (R adductor strain)
SUSPENDED:
HOU: Calen Carr (caution accumulation; through Sept. 15)
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
- ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Sporting 3 wins, 16 goals ... Dynamo 6 wins, 20 goals ... Ties 5
- AT KANSAS CITY (7 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals ... Dynamo 3 wins, 8 goals ... Ties 2
- 2012 (MLS): 7/7: KC 0, HOU 0, 7/18: HOU 2, KC 1 (Carr 25, 79 - Kamara 41)
- Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P7 W2 L2 D3 ... Dominic Kinnear vs. KC: P20 W8 L5 D7
Dynamo Starting XI & Bench:
Sporting KC Starting XI:
Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, CJ Sapong