Sporting KC II Trounces Houston Dynamo 2 in 4-0 Win at Children’s Mercy Victory Field

April 14, 2024 – MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
Sporting Kansas City II News Release

Sporting Kansas City II (3-2-0, 9 points) took down Houston Dynamo 2 (0-4-0, 0 points) in a 4-0 goal-fest at Children’s Mercy Victory Field in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday evening. Four different goalscorers found the back of the net in Ryan Schewe’s first professional clean sheet to lift Sporting KC II past Dynamo Dos for their second straight win.

Coming off last week’s 5-3 thriller in Colorado, SKC II cruised in this one, scoring in the 9th minute and maintaining control for the remaining 81. Maouloune Goumballe netted his second SKC II score, Kamron Habibullah put himself on the top of the team’s goal chart with his fourth, Sebastian Cruz added his first of 2024 and Medgy Alexandre put in his first professional strike. Ethan Bryant, who entered as a second-half substitute tallied a pair of assists, helping Cruz and Alexandre put the match out of reach.

A back four of Kayden Pierre, Chris Rindov, Jacob Bartlett and Nati Clarke blanked the Dynamo, allowing just two shots on target all night. Jake Swallen joined Habibullah and Cruz in the midfield while Beto Avila and Roberto Hategan started up top with Goumballe in a complete team effort to earn all three points.

From the opening kick, SKC II was on the front foot. Within the first two minutes of the match, Habibullah rattled the post with a strike before testing the keeper with a free kick effort. Netminder Xavier Valdez was ready for the Canadian’s strike, shuffling his feet to make the save in the middle of his net.

Right before the 10-minute mark, Pierre got into space on the right side of the pitch before dropping a dime to a dashing Goumballe on the near post. The rookie winger wasted no time, pushing the ball past Valdez with a one-time strike to give the home side the lead. Houston would not get into the attack until the 13th minute when a midrange effort whistled wide of Schewe’s post.

In the 20th, a turnover led to another opportunity for the visitors, which again was squandered with a shot pushed wide of their target. In the 23rd Avila was the first member of the match booked with a yellow card for delaying a restart. Not a moment later, a tactical foul from Omar Grey stopped a promising attack for SKC II which earned him what would be his first of two yellow cards in the half. Valdez, who made seven saves on the night, denied Hategan with a scoop of the ball on a bouncing shot from outside the 18.

Diego Gonzalez…