LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, the boisterous home pitch of defending U.S. Open Cup champion Sporting Kansas City, has been awarded the 2013 MLS All-Star game, the league announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The midsummer classic is set for Jul. 31, with an 8:30pm ET\u00a0kick off. ESPN will broadcast the match. An opponent has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n
The $200 million stadium opened in June 2011, and immediately gave the re-branded Sporting K.C. (formerly the Kansas City Wizards)\u00a0one of the best home field advantages in MLS, with a 94.6 percent average\u00a0capacity figure in its debut season.<\/p>\n
In 2012, the stadium boasted 17 sellouts,\u00a0including the 2012 U.S. Open Cup final, which K.C. won on penalties over three-time champion Seattle.<\/p>\n
Additionally, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park has\u00a0already witnessed a collection of\u00a0international matches in\u00a0the course of\u00a0its brief\u00a0history. Its most\u00a0recent came on\u00a0Oct. 16, 2012, when the U.S. beat Guatemala 3-1 to advance to the hexagonal round of World Cup Qualifying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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