Sporting Kansas City began their 2020 preseason slate with a 4-0 victory over a group of Phoenix Rising FC trialists at Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday morning. The game was split into three 30-minute periods, with Sporting fielding a new-look lineup at the start of each stanza.
Sporting took the lead in the 23rd minute when Luis Martins’ low cross was gathered by Alan Pulido with his back to goal, and the newly signed Mexican striker laid the ball off to Daniel Salloi who swept his finish into the bottom corner to make the score 1-0.