10-Man Sporting KC Fall to Austin FC at Home

Sporting Kansas City returned to action looking to bounce back after their embarrassing loss to a lower division side in the US Open Cup semifinals on Wednesday.

Despite the 120 minutes that many players put in on Wednesday, Sporting KC still started a few guys from that game. There were five changes with the addition of Felipe Hernandez, Cam Duke, Kayden Pierre, Marinos Tzionis and Willy Agada into the starting lineup.

Logan Ndenbe appeared set to start but was a late scratch due to a hamstring injury. So despite having to be carried off the field on Wednesday, Ben Sweat got another start.

The game got off to a bit of a slow start but then Austin came on the attack. Over the course of just a…