Sporting Kansas City: 2020 season off to promising start
Sporting Kansas City earned another three points after their 4-0 beatdown over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night. We’re only two games into the 2020 campaign, but Sporting has had a great beginning to the season!
Another match, another three points for Sporting Kansas City, who poured four goals on Houston on Saturday night in the season opener at Children’s Mercy Park. The Blue Hell was rocking after the 16th minute when newbie Alan Pulido put the ball in the back of the net to give Sporting a 1-0 lead.
The good guys wouldn’t slow down from there, tacking on three more goals and shutting out the Dynamo. Roger Espinoza got on the board in the 26th minute and after that, it was a little quieter. That was until Gadi Kinda got his second goal of the season in the 65th minute to give SKC a 3-0 lead.
Last, but not least, Khiry Shelton put the nail in the coffin for Houston, scoring in the 77th minute and giving Sporting another three points to start the year.
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Pulido and Kinda were the stars of the show in the season opener last week and the two newbies continued their hot start in their second game. They were able to put on a clinic for those who flocked out to Children’s Mercy Park and while we’re only two games into the 2020 season, no one is going to complain about the hot start the team is on.
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- Sporting Kansas City put on offensive show in home opener victory over Houston Dynamo [Jimmy Mack, The Blue Testament]
"Houston may not be the most formidable defense Sporting KC will face this year, but it’s incredibly encouraging to see new signings Pulido and Kinda getting on the score sheet and being so involved this early in the season."
- Sporting kits to feature Compass Minerals sleeve patch in new First Team partnership [Kurt Austin, SportingKC.com]
"The Compass Minerals logo will be prominently displayed as a patch on the right sleeve of Sporting’s primary and secondary jerseys as part of the multi-year partnership, which also includes naming rights to Pinnacle National Development Center and Wyandotte Sporting Fields."
- Sporting Kansas City “Absolutely” in the right mindset for 2020 [Robert Rusert, The Blue Testament]
"Evaluation. Self-reflection. From the top to the bottom. Vermes, furthering his introspection, has brought a number of new ideas to the table for the new season."
The perfect start for teams in Major League Soccer through two games is two wins totaling six points in the standings and guess what? Sporting KC is off to a perfect start in the 2020 season.
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It’s a long season, of course, but so far, it’s hard to find fault with Sporting Kansas City in 2020.