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1. Slide in Salt Lake
Sporting KC suffered a 4-2 loss at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night in a match that opened with Daniel Salloi scoring his team-leading sixth goal of the season. Ike Opara also sent one to the back of the net to bring Sporting KC back within one goal in the second half.