The road scoring tribulations could be summarized simply, with a drought that spanned more than 300 minutes. It blemished Sporting Kansas City's away record over the first half of the season.
Which made this all the more surprising Saturday night: Sporting KC not only broke its drought in a 2-1 victory against the LA Galaxy, it received arguably its highlight reel goal of the season.
From an unlikely source, at that. Sporting KC defender Ike Opara scored on a bicycle kick in the 35th minute, the centerpiece of the club's first road victory since April 15 in Portland.