The quest to finish atop the Western Conference for a second straight season will fittingly start with a trip west.
Sporting Kansas City will open its 2019 schedule on March 3 at Los Angeles FC in front of an ESPN audience. It will return home to host Philadelphia on March 10.
Sporting KC plays its first competitive match of 2019 in the CONCACAF Champions League, hosting Deportivo Toluca FC on Feb. 21 in the Round of 16.
MLS released every team’s full league schedule Monday afternoon. The schedules are condensed from years’ past, with the league trying to conclude the season a month earlier.