SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sporting Kansas City's fans had seen this scene play out before: Grab a lead, lose it, settle for a point. Then Kevin Ellis rewrote the script.
With a backwards lunge in the 81st minute Saturday night, Ellis knocked home Benny Feilhaber's corner kick, providing the winning margin in Sporting's 2-1 victory on Saturday night at Avaya Stadium.
Coming on the heels of two previous matches in which Sporting coughed up a lead (or two) before settling for a draw, it was a massive result for the visitors, who hadn’t beaten the Quakes on the road since Aug.