he Swope Park Rangers suffered defeat against USL’s best, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, after a solid defensive outing for both sides.
Paulo Nagamura set out a side with two Sporting KC loanees: Adrian Zendejas starting and Tyler Freman on the bench. Also an all Sporting KC Academy center back pairing of Mo Abdulnadi and Kaveh Rad.
In the opening 45 minutes, Swope Park Rangers had very little possession but it remained scoreless thanks to a couple really good saves from Zendejas and a couple timely tackles defensively. Both teams hit the post and Wilson Harris also had two chances, one which he should have scored but his first touch brutally let him down, and the other was a shot right outside of the 18 that flashed inches wide.