THE MATCHUP: A Sporting chance

SPORTING KC (12th) VS. TORONTO FC (17th)
　
LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK - SATURDAY 8:30PM ET
TV: GOLTV
　
THE KICKABOUT:
- Are Sporting KC truly a much-improved team or are they experiencing a "new home smell" blip?
- Have TFC's new players managed to gel further since their midweek loss to FC Dallas?
- Does Richard Eckersley's return tighten the porous defence?
- Will Aron Winter rest some starters with the important Champions League fixture upcoming next Wednesday?
- Has football seen the end of rainbow kits?
　
MANUFACTURED DERBY NAME: "The Tour de Lance"
　
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
SPORTING KC: Omar Bravo, Teal Bunbury, Jeferson
TORONTO FC: Richard Eckersley, Torsten Frings, Danny Koevermans
　
THE ODDS:
- Torsten Frings yelling loudly at Ty Harden: EVENS
- A tornado lifting Nathan Sturgis and depositing him in The Emerald City (Seattle): 20-1
- Teal Bunbury suddenly discovering Mexican heritage: 50-1
　
WHO ARE YA?
- A protest is planned outside of the stadium on Saturday by unemployed wizards who claim the club's re-branding was "wizardist"
- The beautiful new Livestrong Sporting Park's rapid construction has come under a cloud of controversy with loud whispers of architectural steroid usage
- Sporting KC's re-branding has caused a ripple effect of Portuguese football identities in the American Midwest with the recent creation of clubs Benfica Topeka, Peoria Porto and Vitoria de St. Louis
　
THE WAGER: 0-0 Draw (2011: 17-10 with 5 exact scores)
FUTURE HEADLINE: "TFC SEEK HEART, COURAGE AND A BRAIN AGAINST EX-WIZARDS"