Just thought I would write out a few thoughts on the game played at Sporting Park on Saturday night between the Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City. They may not have anything to do with each other.
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Having seen the replay, the Seattle goal that was disallowed may have been onside. It appeared that Connor Hallisey may have been keeping Neagle onside, but it may have been some karmic payback for the goal Dallas should not have been given when they had five players offside.
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Benny Feilhaber now has five goals this season, a career high for him. It seems to me he should be getting called in to the USMNT, but Jurgen Klinsmann seems to be willing to cut off his nose to spite his face. Feilhaber has been playing incredibly well over a long period of time and it boggles the mind that Klinsmann can't see that.
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Tim Melia is unbeaten in his first six starts as the Sporting KC goalkeeper. His six saves during tonight's match were a career high. He's even earning comparisons to another Kansas City netminder with the initials T.M. Yeah, Tony Meola. He told us in the locker room after the game that Meola had even trained him a long time ago.
Melia is a very steady presence in between the sticks. For a club going through so much chaos in regards to how many different players they're having to use, that's huge.
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For the second straight game, Sporting KC had a former player start the "I Believe" chant, with midfielder Uri Rosell doing the honors this time. The Sporting Lisbon player seems to be doing well in Europe and hopefully his new manager plans to make more use of him next season.
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Sporting KC now has 10 days until their next match, a fourth round US Open Cup clash with St. Louis FC. In the postgame press conference, manager Peter Vermes said he hoped some guys got out of town for a few days to relax and clear their heads. It would be a good idea, as the schedule doesn't get any easier and the guys don't want a repeat of the end of last season.
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