- Tani Oluwaseyi - 33'
- Robin Lod - 67'
- Kervin Arriaga - 83'
- Johnny Russell - 86'
Minnesota United hands Sporting Kansas City 7th straight loss
Tani Oluwaseyi had a goal and an assist as Minnesota United handed Sporting Kansas City their seventh straight loss with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Robin Lod and Kervin Arriaga also scored for Minnesota United (8-3-4, 28 points), which bounced back from a 2-0 loss at Los Angeles FC on Wednesday to win for the fifth time in its past eight matches.
Johnny Russell scored a goal and Tim Melia finished with three saves for Sporting Kansas City (2-9-5, 11 points), which saw its winless streak extended to 10 matches.
Minnesota United took a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute when Oluwaseyi, alone in front of the middle of the 6-yard box, snapped in a header off a cross from the right side of the box from Bongi Hlongwane. It was Oluwaseyi's team-leading seventh goal of the season.
Oluwaseyi nearly had a brace in the 61st minute when he took a through pass from Joseph Rosales racing down the right side of the box but his right-footed shot was just wide of the far post.
Lod made it 2-0 in the 67th minute with his fifth goal of the season. Oluwaseyi set up the score with a pass from the left side of the box that Lod calmly redirected into the net with his left foot.
Arriaga increased the lead to 3-0 in the 83rd minute with his third goal of the season. He fielded a clearing header by Khiry Shelton on the right side of the box and then blasted a sharp-angled right-footed shot under Melina's arm.
Russell cut the lead to 3-1 three minutes later when he drilled a left-footed shot from outside the middle of the box past Loons goalie Dayne St. Clair and into the right corner of the net for his second goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
Game Information
- Referees:
- Joseph Dickerson
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LA Galaxy | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | +15 | 52 |
LAFC | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | +16 | 47 |
Real Salt Lake | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | +17 | 47 |
Colorado Rapids | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 44 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | +9 | 41 |
Portland Timbers | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | +9 | 40 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | +6 | 40 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | +5 | 40 |
Minnesota United FC | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 36 |
Austin FC | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 34 |
FC Dallas | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
Sporting Kansas City | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 27 |
St. Louis CITY SC | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | -13 | 27 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 27 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -29 | 17 |