New in 2024, Behind the Shield presented by Audi will be available after every match week this season with the video series - produced by Sporting Kansas City's full-time digital storytellers - providing fans with an immersive viewing experience highlighted by exclusive interviews and all-access footage from Sporting Kansas City players, trainings and matchdays.
This week's BTS -- which can be seen on SportingKC.com, Sporting Kansas City's YouTube channel and MLS Season Pass on Apple TV -- shines the spotlight on Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia. A Long Island native, Melia returned to the East Coast for Sporting's 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls last weekend and will lead SKC into the U.S. Open Cup Final later this month after helping the club lift the tournament trophy in 2015 and 2017.
"I wanted to be the guy that has played hundreds of games and has set individuals records within the club, but ultimately I wanted to win trophies," Melia says looking back on his 10-year career with the club. "We're coming up to another opportunity."
After battling the New York Red Bulls to a 1-1 draw on the East Coast on Saturday, Sporting KC will travel to the West Coast this weekend to take on the Seattle Sounders at 6:25 p.m. CT on Sunday at Lumen Field in the Pacific Northwest.
The Western Conference clash will be free to watch on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and will also be nationally televised on FS1 and FOX Deportes. Pub partners in the Sporting Pub Network will also show all of the action, including a watch party at No Other Pub in the KC Power & Light District featuring food and drink specials. In addition, radio coverage will air locally on 94.5 FM, 1510 AM and 1340 AM with live audio streams in the Sporting KC App as well as a live broadcast on SiriusXM FC.
