September 15, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City (7-15-7, 28 points) fell 2-0 to Seattle Sounders FC (13-9-7, 46 points) on Sunday at Lumen Field. The hosts inflicted their damage in the first half, receiving goals from Jackson Ragen and Paul Rothrock as Peter Vermes’ 500th regular season match as Sporting’s manager ended in defeat.
The upcoming MLS matchweek will see Sporting host a pair of familiar foes at Children’s Mercy Park, welcoming the Colorado Rapids (14-9-5, 47 points) on Wednesday and Minnesota United FC (11-11-6, 39 points) on Saturday. Both fixtures are slated for 7:30 p.m. CT with tickets available at SeatGeek and live coverage on MLS Season Pass via Apple TV.
Taking the field for the first of five matches in 14 days, Sporting deployed a lineup that featured just one change from last weekend’s 1-1 road draw at the New York Red Bulls as Remi Walter replaced suspended midfielder Jake Davis.
The visitors carved out an early opening as Erik Thommy forced a save from Sounders captain Stefan Frei on the breakaway, but the German playmaker was flagged offside by a narrow margin. Sporting went even closer in the 16th minute when center back Dany Rosero latched onto a Johnny Russell corner kick and steered a short-range effort goalward off his thigh, but Cristian Roldan performed a heroic clearance off the goal line to keep the game scoreless.
Three minutes after Roldan spared Seattle’s blushes, the Sounders struck on a corner kick of their own. Goalkeeper Tim Melia did well to save a powerful Jordan Morris header off Albert Rusnak’s out-swinging delivery, but Ragen was on hand to slam home the rebound for his third goal of the season. Sporting then breathed a sigh of relief midway through the half when Rothrock dragged his shot fractionally wide under the duress of Khiry Shelton.
The Sounders thought they had doubled their advantage in the 24th minute when Cristian Roldan’s header fortuitously skipped past Morris, beyond the reach of Melia and into the far corner of the net, but the goal was rightly disallowed on VAR intervention due to Morris impacting the play in an offside position.
Vermes’ men found their footing as the first half rolled onward and manufactured a good look in the 35th minute. Left back Tim Leibold-logging his 50th appearance for Sporting in all competitions-clipped a searching cross into the box that Russell cushioned into the path of Thommy, whose low drive near the penalty spot…
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