KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Sporting Kansas City just keep finding ways to win cup finals, and the New York Red Bulls are still looking for the stake to drive through the heart of #ThatsSoMetro and kill it for good.
On Wednesday night, all it took for Sporting to win their third Lamar Hunt US Open Cup title in six years was an opening header from the shortest guy on the pitch and a match-winner that rolled into the net so slowly, it was getting hit from behind by bugs. (At least, for once in the Peter Vermes coaching era, it didn’t take penalties.