KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Ike Opara still isn’t all the way back from his second season-ending injury in as many years, but this was a milestone too big to pass up for the Sporting Kansas City center back.
Opara, who missed all but six games of the 2015 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon – a year after breaking his right ankle just three games into the 2014 campaign – delivered the final goal in the 51st minute of Sporting’s 3-1 victory over New York City FC on Sunday night.
Afterward, he said he had to fight off his emotions during the goal celebration.