A pulsating day of MLS NEXT action unfolded Saturday at Swope Soccer Village as four Sporting Kansas City Academy teams continued their spring seasons against Texas club Solar SC. Head coach Rumba Munthali led the U-17s and U-19s to a pair of high-scoring results—the former prevailing 4-3 and the latter drawing 3-3—while the U-15s earned a shutout win and the U-14s took a narrow loss.
U-19s extend unbeaten run
The Sporting KC U-19s (2-4-2) extended their unbeaten run in MLS NEXT to three matches in a six-goal barnburner that saw the hosts start brightly, relinquish a lead and then come back to salvage a point.