The Blue Statement · Mar 4, 2019
Sporting Kansas City derailed in MLS opener
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe juggernaut of consistency and quality took on Los Angeles noir and Hollywood panache in the 2019 MLS opening match for both Sporting Kansas City and LAFC Sunday night at LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium. And despite playing their third match in eleven days, it was Sporting Kansas City’s consistent quality that nearly grabbed the happy ending. A first half finish by Krisztian Nemeth and a Diego Rossi leveler early in the second half was enough hope for the antagonists to spoil LAFC’s curtain-raiser, despite a testy storyline and a short-handed Kansas City.