Myers' injury adds to Sporting KC miseries

• by Soccer America , May 26, 2014

[MLS: Week 13] Defending champion Sporting Kansas City hosts the 2013 Supporters' Shield champion New York Red Bulls without right back Chance Myers, who was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Myers will undergo surgery on Wednesday. He suffered the season-ending injury in Sporting Kansas City's 2-2 draw with Toronto FC. Igor Jualio, a 19-year-old Brazilian, will likely start. Another option is Homegrown defender Kevin Ellis, who started at the start of the season when Myers was injured.

Jualio and Ellis started in the middle against Toronto as Matt Besler is with the U.S. national team and Aurelien Collin is injured. No other defenders suited up.
 
New York is coming off a 2-1 loss at Portland on Saturday -- its third straight defeat.

MLS WEEK 13, Schedule:
Tuesday, May 27
8 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. New York, ESPN2, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes
Wednesday, May 28
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Portland, MLS LIVE
Saturday, May 31
4 pm ET
Seattle vs. Real Salt Lake, MLS LIVE
5 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Columbus, MLS LIVE
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. New England, MLS LIVE
D.C. United vs. Sporting KC, MLS LIVE
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. San Jose, MLS LIVE, UDN
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Philadelphia, MLS LIVE
Sunday, June 1
4 pm ET
Chicago vs. LA Galaxy, MLS LIVE
8 pm ET
Colorado vs. Houston, UDN
9 pm ET
Portland vs. Vancouver, MLS LIVE

MLS Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
23 New England 7-3-2 21/14
18 Sporting KC 5-4-3 18/12
18 D.C. United 5-4-3 17/14
17 Houston 5-7-2 16/24
16 Columbus 4-4-4 15/14
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14 New York 3-5-5 19/21
13 Toronto FC 4-4-1 11/11
12 Chicago 2-3-6 19/21
11 Philadelphia 2-7-5 16/24
7 Montreal 1-6-4 9/22

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
26 Seattle 8-3-2 25/21
24 Real Salt Lake 6-0-6 23/13
18 Colorado 5-4-3 16/15
18 FC Dallas 5-6-3 22/22
17 Vancouver 4-2-5 18/14
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15 LA Galaxy 4-3-3 14/9
13 Portland 2-3-7 18/20
13 San Jose 3-4-4 13/12
10 Chivas USA 2-5-4 13/20
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MLS: Leading Scorers
G PLAYER, TEAM
10+2 Dom Dwyer, Sporting KC
10+1 Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York
8 Erick Torres, Chivas USA
8 Clint Dempsey, Seattle
7+1+1 Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy
6+1 Fabian Espindola, D.C. United
6 Federico Higuain, Columbus
6 Joao Plata, Real Salt Lake
6 Will Bruin, Houston
6 Alvaro Saborio, Real Salt Lake

MLS WEEK 14, Schedule:
Wednesday, June 4
7:30 pm ET
Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake, MLS LIVE
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. Chicago, MLS LIVE
Friday, June 6
8:30 pm ET
Houston vs. Sporting KC, MLS LIVE
Saturday, June 7
4 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. San Jose, MLS LIVE
6:30 pm ET
D.C. United vs. Columbus, MLS LIVE
7 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. Vancouver, MLS LIVE
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. Seattle, MLS LIVE
8:30 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Colorado, MLS LIVE
10 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Portland, MLS LIVE, UDN
Sunday, June 8 
5 pm ET
New England vs. New York, MLS LIVE
8 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA, UDN

MLS WEEK 15, Schedule:
Wednesday, June 11
7:30 pm ET
Montreal vs. D.C. United, MLS LIVE
10 pm ET
Portland vs. FC Dallas, ESPN2, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes