Sporting Kansas City opened the 2019 preseason, presented by Children's Mercy, with a 4-0 win over Sporting AZ FC at Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex in Tempe, Arizona on Friday morning.
Sporting KC took the lead in the 23rd minute when Felipe Gutierrez freed Rodney Wallace down the left, and his cross was picked up by Johnny Russell at the far post who calmly volleyed into the top corner.
Yohan Croizet doubled the lead when he latched onto Seth Sinovic’s cut-back and thundered a half-volley into the side netting from just inside the Sporting AZ area in the 59th minute.