KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Swope Park Rangers welcome fellow Western Conference playoff contender Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC to Children’s Mercy Victory Field on Wednesday night looking to shake off the disappointment of a late draw in their last outing. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT.

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Swope Park Rangers news and notes

• Current record: 5-4-2, 17pts

• The Rangers twice took the lead from the penalty spot, but were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw against Phoenix Rising FC on Sunday as Didier Drogba scored twice for the visitors at Children’s Mercy Victory Field.

• Kevin Oliveira and Nansel Selbol both found the net with penalty kicks in either half for Oliveira’s third and Selbol’s second goal of the season respectively.

• Swope Park’s James Musa leads the team, and sits eight in the USL with 714 passes attempted in his 10 appearances this season. The New Zealand midfielder has created five scoring chances, and has an 86.4 accuracy rate.

• The Rangers have a 17.5 percent conversion rate on their chances this season, with 17 goals in 11 games so far in 2017.

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC news and notes

• Current record: 5-4-5, 20pts

• The Switchbacks earned a 2-1 victory against the LA Galaxy II in their last outing on June 10 to record their first two-game winning streak of the season.

• Kevaughn Frater scored the game-winner in the 90th minute against Los Dos, and was named the USL Player of the Week in Week 12 after his two-goal performance.

• Colorado Springs goalkeeper Moise Pouaty leads the USL with 39 saves in his 10 appearances since joining the club.

• Midfielder Rony Argueta is the lone player in the squad to have played every minute of the regular season so far.

Series Notes

• The teams drew 1-1 when they met for the first and only time in the 2016 regular season.

Squads

• Swope Park – GK: Adrian Zendejas, David Greczek, Darrin MacLeod; D: Amer Didic, Parker Maher, Oumar Ballo, Dakota Barnathan, Liam Doyle, Joe Amico, Patrick Wilkinson, Colton Storm, Tyler Pasher, Erik Palmer-Brown; M: Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal, Louis Bennett, Felipe Hernandez, Lebo Moloto, Daniel Salloi, Christian Duke, Robert Mirosavic, James Musa, Kevin Oliveira; F: Cameron Iwasa, Kharlton Belmar, Nansel Selbol, Diego Kostner, Mark Anthony Gonzalez

• Colorado Springs – GK: Moise Pouaty, Dan Jackson, John Berner, Justin Luthy; D: Josh Phillips, Pascal Eboussi, Josh Suggs, Davy Armstrong, Diego Gutierrez, Sean McFarlane, Kortne Ford, Conner Bevans, Jordan Burt; M: Luke Vercollone, Eddy Prugh, Rony Argueta, Jake Cawsey, Sam Hamilton, Ricardo Perez, Chris James, Taesong Kim; F: Jun Park, Masta Kacher, Kevaughn Frater, Aaron King, Shane Malcolm, Jack Jones

Discipline

• Swope Park – Accumulation warning: James Musa

• Colorado Springs – Accumulation warning: Josh Suggs

Officials

• REF: ISMIR PEKMIC

• AR1: Tom Kuczwara

• AR2: Aaron Schumacher

• 4TH: Jervis Atagana

Game hashtag:

• #SPRvCOS

Twitter social handles

• Swope Park Rangers – @SwopeRangers

• Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC – @SwitchbacksFC