HOUSTON -- Typically, when a team has more possession of the ball and more passes strung together, they take home a win. So Wednesday’s 3-1 US Open Cup loss to the Houston Dynamo left Sporting Kansas City scratching their heads.
Sporting KC dominated the possession battle against Houston, 62 percent to 37, and had more passes, 514 to 318, but only came away with one goal to show for it. “We didn’t create anything of value other than the goal,” said Sporting KC head coach Peter Vermes.
So did the Dynamo do anything in particular to stifle the Sporting KC attack?