Gerso Fernandes scored a second-half hat trick in a 14-minute span, pacing Sporting Kansas City to a 3-0 romp over the Seattle Sounders in their Wednesday night matchup at Children’s Mercy Park.
The Sounders managed to hold SKC off the scoresheet during the first half while outshooting the home side, but Gerso struck for his trio of tallies shortly after second half kickoff to seal the result for Seattle’s Western Conference foes, knocking the Rave Green to 2-5-4 on the season.
Seattle were sporting a makeshift backline once again on Wednesday, with starting center back Roman Torres out with a hamstring strain and left back Joevin Jones suspended due to a red card in Seattle’s previous game against the Chicago Fire.