A Mauro Manotas brace is enough to doom Sporting Kansas City and knock them out of the 2016 US Open Cup.
Sporting Kansas City was outgunned from the onset as they were knocked out of the 2016 US Open Cup by the Houston Dynamo in a 3-1 defeat.
Mauro Manotas had a brace for the home side, while Alex also contributed a goal. Former Dynamo star Brad Davis chipped in the only goal for Sporting Kansas City.
From the get-go it was all Dynamo and the exclamation point was put in at the 7th minute. Manotas was able to slide it past Alec Kann to give the Dynamo a 1-0 lead early in the match, which would give them enough room at the start to play more defensively.