The Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s and U-16s suffered their first defeats of the 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season on Saturday, falling to reigning national champions FC Dallas in a doubleheader at Mohawk Soccer Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FC Dallas U-18s 2, Sporting KC U-18s 0
The Sporting KC U-18s entered the weekend atop the Central Conference's Frontier Division with a 4-0-0 record, outscoring opponents 17-4 in four convincing victories. FC Dallas boasted a 3-0-1 mark of its own and had claimed a second straight USSDA national title just three months earlier.