The Kansas City Comets rolled past the Dallas Sidekicks on Saturday to win their season-opener 8-5 in Dallas.
The Comets entered the matchup with Alvaro Beltran, Robert Kelly, Ignacio Flores, Mirko Sandivari, Gui Gomes, and Mark Saxby all missing the trip to Texas. Hector Solorio was available on the bench, but did not play.
The Sidekicks found the opening three goals from a Kevin Ellis own goal that was credited to Lipe Andrade before Felipe De Sousa scored a pair to give the hosts a 3-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes. Just as they did in the Central Cup, the Comets grew into the game as it progressed and answered with three goals of their own from rookies Kyle McLagan, Rian Marques, and Lucas Sousa.