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Leibold, Afrifa score to lift Sporting KC to a 2-0 victory over Austin FC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Tim Leibold and Stephen Afrifa scored goals and Sporting Kansas City held Austin FC without a shot on goal in a 2-0 victory on Saturday night. Leibold put Kansas City ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute with a strong shot from the left side that ricochet off the...
Kansas City of MLS hires longtime New England general manager Mike Burns as its sporting director
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City hired longtime New England Revolution general manager Mike Burns as its sporting director Friday as the MLS club tries to turn around a freefall that has left it near the bottom of the Western Conference. Burns will oversee Sporting...
Longtime Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza officially retires from pro soccer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza, who appeared in a pair of World Cups and at an Olympics for Honduras, has retired from professional soccer. Espinoza, whose last game with Kansas City was in the Western Conference semifinals last...
Brian Bliss leaves as Sporting Kansas City technical director
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City technical director Brian Bliss has left the team after nine years with the club. The team said Monday the decision was mutual. Bliss, a 58-year-old former defender who played for the U.S. at the 1990 World Cup and 1988...
Cucho's hat trick helps Crew beat Sporting KC 4-0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Juan “Cucho” Hernández scored three goals — his first multi-goal game of the season — to help the Columbus Crew beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0 Saturday night. Cucho opened the scoring when he cut back to evade a defender near the...
Andrés Gómez helps Real Salt Lake up club-record unbeaten run to 15 with 4-3 win over Sporting KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Andrés Gómez scored a goal in each half and added an assist as Real Salt Lake held off Sporting Kansas City 4-3 on Wednesday night, extending club-record unbeaten runs to 15 overall and 10 on the road. Real Salt Lake (10-2-7) has moved to the top of the...
Gabriel Pec, Dejan Joveljic propel Galaxy to 4-2 victory over Sporting KC
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Gabriel Pec had a goal and two assists, Dejan Joveljic added one of each and the Los Angeles Galaxy doubled up Sporting Kansas City 4-2 on Saturday night. Joveljic scored his 10th goal of the season, unassisted in the 40th minute and the Galaxy (8-3-7) took a...
Rookie Alenis Vargas scores late, Sporting KC tops Sounders 2-1 to snap seven-match losing streak
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Rookie Alenis Vargas scored in the 85th minute after a red card on Seattle's Reed Baker-Whiting in the 73rd and Sporting Kansas City rallied to beat the Sounders 2-1 on Saturday night, snapping a seven-match losing streak and a winless run that reached 10. ...
Minnesota United hands Sporting KC seventh straight loss with 3-1 victory
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tani Oluwaseyi scored in the first half, Robin Lod and Kervin Arriaga added second-half goals and Minnesota United dealt Sporting Kansas City its seventh straight defeat with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night. Minnesota United (8-3-4) took a 1-0 lead in the...
Gauld scores in each half to lead Whitecaps to 2-1 victory over Sporting KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ryan Gauld scored a goal in each half to lead the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night. Gauld staked Vancouver (6-5-4) to a 1-0 lead at halftime when he scored unassisted from in close with a right-footed shot to...
