Sporting Kansas City defender Abdul Rwatubyaye (pictured above, third from left) earned his 23rd cap for the Rwanda Men’s National Team on Saturday, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss to the Ivory Coast at Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan.
Rwatubyaye, 23, helped Rwanda stay within striking distance of the Ivory Coast for most of the night as the Wasps fell short of reaching the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in the final qualifying match of Group H.
The Ivory Coast took a seventh-minute lead through Nicolas Pepe and held their 1-0 advantage for the next hour.