After being eliminated in the MLS is Back tournament in the quarterfinals, Sporting Kansas City of Mexican Alan Pulido defeated Minnesota United 2-1 on their return to activity after being eliminated from the MLS is Back Tournament in the quarterfinals. final.
With the victory this Friday, Kansas City is installed at the top of the Western Conference.
Two of the three goals of the evening were the result of defensive errors, on the part of both teams, which ended in own goals.
Gadi Kinda opened the scoring for the visitors in the 12th minute. He was assisted by Jaylin Lindsey and scored with a shot from outside the box. Minnesota evened the score at 32 ‘, with an own goal by Lindsey, and the game went into halftime halftime tied at one goal per team.
Kansas City regained the lead in supplemental with Minnesota’s own goal. In the 55th minute, Michael Boxall made a mistake on the defensive play and scored on his own goal.
The Mexican Pulido had a couple of arrivals at the rival goal but without generating real chances of danger.
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