Sporting Kansas City fell 3-2 to the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night in a riveting rematch of the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final.
Bradley-Wright Phillips and Johnny Russell traded early goals before a Roger Espinoza thunderbolt vaulted the visitors ahead six minutes into the second half. The Red Bulls would rally behind substitute Marc Rzatkowski, whose bagged two long-range strikes in the space of seven minutes to give New York a narrow victory at Red Bull arena.
The result sees Sporting KC (9-5-6, 33 points) and New York (11-5-2, 35 points) retain third place in their respective conferences.