Sporting Kansas City thrashed Colorado Rapids in a thrilling match
Kansas City, Kansas – Sporting Kansas City defeated the Colorado Rapids 5-1 in a thrilling match played at Children’s Mercy Park. Alan Pulido opened the scoring for the home side in the 8th minute, and then scored his second goal in the 49th minute.
Kansas City’s dominance became apparent in the second half, with Erik Thommy scoring two goals in the 69th and 82nd minutes. Thommy received assists from William Agada on his first goal and from Daniel Salloi on the second. Salloi also contributed to the victory with an assist on Pulido’s goal in the 49th minute.
The Colorado Rapids pulled one back in the 75th minute with a goal from Michael Edwards, but they couldn’t do anything to prevent the defeat.
Match Statistics:
* Sporting Kansas City: 53% possession, 31 shots (10 on target, 11 off target), 8 corners, 10 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards
* Colorado Rapids: 47% possession, 7 shots (3 on target, 3 off target), 4 corners, 4 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards
The referee for the match was Fotis Bazakos, from the United States.
Substitutions colorado rapids: at minute 57 O. Fernandez came in and J. Lewis went out., at minute 57 O. Larraz came in and C. Harris went out., at minute 71 K. Stewart-Baynes came in and C. Bassett went out., at minute 71 J. Loffelsend came in and C. Ronan went out., at minute 74 R. Cannon came in and J. Travis went out.
Substitutions sporting kansas city: at minute 59 D. Salloi came in and J. Russell went out., at minute 59 E. Thommy came in and A. Pulido went out., at minute 59 T. Leibold came in and L. Ndenbe went out., at minute 70 R. Walter came in and M. Rodriguez went out., at minute 84 A. Vargas came in and S. Afrifa went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Sporting Kansas City
Colorado Rapids
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