Four Observations from Sporting KC’s Preseason match against Phoenix Rising

The following is a guest post by Josh Wallace, known as SKCenthusiast in our comments.

Despite Sporting Kansas City’s tough 2-1 loss to Phoenix Rising, there were certainly some bright spots to take away from the match. Daniel Salloi, Cam Duke, Kayden Pierre and Logan Ndengbe all were bright spots in what was an overall solid showing from Sporting. Here are four observations (and some projections) from Saturday’s match up.

Our defense was..….meh….

Defensively we looked solid but still a little shaky. It was far too easy for Phoenix Rising to get in behind on the counter. They end up with a couple chances that, if they were more clinical, would have and should have been goals. While we…