SANDY, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Real Salt Lake and Chicho Arango are tearing up Major League Soccer right now. Arango scored his ninth goal of the season in the 81st minute to lift Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake (6-2-3, 21 points) takes over first place ..read more

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Fresh off a bye week, St. Louis City SC returns to MLS action on Saturday evening when they head to Houston to take on the Dynamo, looking to avenge their Concacaf Champions Cup elimination that started the season off on a sour note. There have been a few developments within the City camp since their dramatic 3-3 draw against increasingly-hated rivals Sporting Kansas City. One City player who didn't feature on the team sheet in Kansas two weeks ago was Sam Adeniran, who was kept off the team sheet by Bradley Carnell ..read more

Minnesota United vs. Sporting Kansas City When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Allianz Field Stream: Apple TV Season Pass Radio: KSTP-AM 1500 ESPN Weather: 59 degrees, cloudy, 8 mph south wind Betting line: MNUFC plus-100; draw plus-250; SKC plus-250 Series history: While nicknamed the “nicest rivalry,” Kansas City has dominated it with 11 wins and four draws in all 20 MLS matchups since 2017. That ..read more

Sporting KC right back Jake Davis spoke about signing a contract extension: “I feel like I’ve worked for it ..read more

Welcome back to the Guardian's MLS Power Rankings, where I have a beef with your specific team and your specific team alone. If you have complaints, toss 'em in the comments down below, but be warned: I'm better at blocking out negativity than Pedro Gallese has been at stopping shots this season ..read more

Sporting Kansas City (2-3-5, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Real Salt Lake (5-2-3, first in the Western Conference) Sandy, Utah; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Real Salt Lake -134, Sporting Kansas City +328, Draw +276; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City meet in conference action. RSL is 3-1-2 in conference matchups. RSL is 2-1 in one-goal games. Sporting KC is 1-2-4 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC ranks fourth in the MLS with 18 goals led by Erik Thommy with four. The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this s ..read more

Estimated read time: Less than a minute LONDON — Manchester City forward Phil Foden has been voted Footballer of the Year in England. Foden's award comes after an outstanding season with 16 Premier League goals so far for the defending champion. He has also provided 10 assists in all competitions for City. And City made it a double for individual prizes with Khadija "Bunny" Shaw taking the women's award. Foden received 42% of the votes to beat second-place Declan Rice from Arsenal and City teammate Rodri in third. Shaw is the second City player to win the women's award. Nikita Parris won in 20 ..read more

Here are 10 things we’ve learned about Sporting KC through 10 games ..read more

There are plenty of coaches, in MLS and beyond, who are convinced that there's a single way that's that's the best way to play soccer. Through six weeks of Eric Ramsay's tenure as Minnesota United coach, it's become clear that the Loons are not going to have a single system, at least not in terms of always playing the same formation. In Saturday's 2-1 home victory against Sporting Kansas City, they again featured five defenders, as they did the previous week – but up front, they tried something different, then switched things at halftime. "I've said all along that we'll be a team that – works ..read more