Sporting Kansas City saw their historic four-game winning and shutout streak snapped on Saturday afternoon, suffering a 3-1 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field despite Diego Rubio’s early goal.
Rubio now has five goals in his last five games, and has recorded either a goal or an assist in seven straight matches. The Chilean’s form earned him a re-call to the Chile National Team for the first time since 2011, as he’ll depart following Saturday’s match and is joined on international duty by Johnny Russell (Scotland) and Daniel Salloi (Hungary).
At the other end of the field, Tim Melia saw his season-high 387-minute shutout streak snapped when Seattle equalized in the 12th minute of the contest.