Sporting Kansas City II (0-3-0, 0 points) slipped to a narrow 1-0 loss at Louisville City FC (2-2-0, 6 points) on Saturday night at Lynn Family Stadium. An evenly contested battle was decided in the 50th minute as USL Championship veteran Cameron Lancaster nodded home to snap Louisville’s two-game losing streak.
The result lifts Louisville into a second-place tie in regionalized, four-team Group E of the USL Championship, while Sporting KC II remains fourth with a third straight loss to begin the campaign.
Head coach Paulo Nagamura fielded an unchanged starting XI from last weekend’s 2-1 loss to Indy Eleven as Sporting Kansas City II debuted its indigo blue secondary kits amidst sweltering playing conditions in Louisville’s newly constructed, soccer-specific venue.