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Sporting opens home season with 1-0 win over Houston

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Remi Walter scored the game’s only goal in the 60th minute of regulation time, giving Sporting Kansas City a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Tim Melia saved both shots on goal for Sporting KC (1-1-0), giving the perennial Western Conference power their first three points of the season.  Houston dropped to a record of 0-1-1, good for only one point through the first two games of the season.

On Saturday, March 12, Sporting heads to suburban Denver to battle the Colorado Rapids while the Dynamo hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps.