sporting Kansas City conceded a late goal and suffered a 2-1 defeatโ to โAustin FC at Children’s Mercy park on Saturday night. โThe loss halts Sporting’s recentโ momentum and marks a โขsetback โin โtheir pursuit of a โขplayoffโฃ berth in the Westernโ Conference.
The match saw โa flurry of action,โ including a penalty kick converted โby dejanโฃ Joveljic in the 16th minute to give Sporting an early lead. However, Austin FC responded โขthroughโข Owen wolff in the 37th minute, and CJโ Fodrey โฃsecured โthe victory for the visitors with a goal in the 82nd โminute.โ The result leaves Sporting โฃKansasโข City facing an uphill battle asโข they navigateโฃ a competitive playoff race.
lineups:
Sporting Kansas City: John pulskamp;โ Khiry Shelton, Alan Montes (Jansen Miller 83′), Robert Voloder, โTm Leibold (Logan โNdenbe โ60′); Jakeโข Davis, Jacob Bartlett (Nemanja Radoja 83′); Daniel Salloi (C), โSanti Munoz (Masonโฃ Toye 61′), Shapi Suleymanov (Erik Thommy 76′); Dejan joveljic.
Subs Not Used: Ryan Schewe, Joaquin Fernandez, Memo Rodriguez, Stephen Afrifa.
Austinโ FC: Brad Stuver (C); Mikkel Desler, Matejaโ djordjevic, Brendan Hines-Ike, Guilherme Biro (Zan Kolmanic โ74′); Owen Wolff, Nicolas Dubersarsky (Ilie Sanchez 83′); Osman Bukari, Diego Rubio (Ervin Torres 83′), Jon Gallagher (Robert taylor 68′); Jader Obrian (CJ Fodrey 68′).
Subs not Used: Stefanโ Cleveland, Antonio Gomez, Riley โคThomas,โข Adrian Gonzalez.
Scoring:
โ SKC -โ Dejan Joveljic (penalty kick) 16′
ATX – Owen โWolff (guilherme Biro) 37′
ATX โข- โขCJโฃ Fodrey (Owen Wolff) โ82′
Discipline:
ATX – Mikkel Desler (yellow card; โunsporting behavior) 19′
ATX – Mateja Djordjevic (yellow card; unsporting behavior) 29′
SKC – Jacob Bartlett (yellow card; unsporting behavior)โ 74′
ATX -โฃ Zan Kolmanic (yellow card; โคtime wasting) 86′
Officials:
Referee: Sergii Boiko
โข Assistant Referee: Jeremy Hanson
โ Assistant โReferee: Chris Wattam
โ Fourth Official: Malik Badawi
VAR: โIsmail Elfath
* AVAR:โฃ Jonathan Johnson
