The defender of Los Angeles Galaxy Maya Yoshida had the one rating on Sunday night, nevertheless it was a objective that led to a 1-0 victory for the sporting of Kansas City. With the victory, they made the story, turning into the primary MLS staff to win a recreation with out recording a shot on objective.
It was solely the third victory in 11 makes an attempt for Sporting Kansas City, this season, however the second within the final three video games.
As for the galaxy, they continued the worst begin from a reigning champion within the historical past of the League. The Galaxy (0-8-3) continues to be in search of their first video games of victory 11 within the season and even a report of 3-0-2 in 5 earlier matchups with KC Sporting (3-7-1) didn’t assist.
At the thirteenth minute, Daniel Salloi of KC despatched a cross to the bottom and devised Maya Yoshida and on the web. There was no striker carefully near the cross to threaten the touching, however Yoshida tried to make a defensive recreation and went mistaken.
John Pulskamp needed to make a rescue, and arrived within the first half on the highway to his second clear sheet in his eleventh begin of the season for Sporting KC. His rescue got here shortly earlier than the interval on a stroke by the precise from the middle of the John Nelson field.
John McCarthy had no rescue for the galaxy.
It was a candy revenge for Dejan Joveljic, who got here to Sporting KC within the first money commerce for participant within the historical past of the League after serving to the galaxy to win their sixth MLS Cup final season. He leads the staff with 5 objectives, all at house.
The galaxy has misplaced Riqui Puig, who has not performed since he suffered a knee damage within the playoffs. And Joseph Paintsil and Gabriel Pec, who’ve mixed for 50 objectives contributions within the championship race, have solely 4 up to now on this season.
The interim coach KC KC Kerry Zavagnin and Greg Vanney of the Galaxy had been teammates within the United States’s National Men’s Team. The two coaches represented their present groups when the 2 golf equipment had been silent within the remaining of the 2000 MLS Cup convention, received by the then Kansas City Wizards, who continued to beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 within the championship match.
The galaxy travels to play the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Sporting KC travels to play Portland Timbers on Saturday.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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