Dejan Joveljic Scores Twice and Sporting KC Beats Rapids 4-2 to End Six-Match Winless Streak
Dejan Joveljic scored twice as Sporting Kansas City overcame a halftime deficit to end their six-match winless streak with a 4-2 victory over Colorado Rapids.
- On Saturday night, Sporting Kansas City ended a six-match winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids at Children's Mercy Park, with Dejan Joveljic scoring twice, including the winning goal at the 81st minute.
- The early fourth-minute strike gave Sporting Kansas City an early lead, with Khiry Shelton and Tim Leibold providing key assists for the goal.
- With 15 minutes remaining, Colorado surrendered three goals in a six-minute span as SKC rallied to a 4-2 win.
- John Pulskamp helped secure the win by making five saves, powering Sporting Kansas City to snap an 0-5-1 run and complete a season sweep of the Colorado Rapids.
- The Rapids' playoff position remains precarious as they sit just one point above the cutoff in the Western Conference playoff race, and with five games remaining, Chris Armas faces increased pressure without a contract extension.
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Rapids drop second-straight game, suffer season sweep against Sporting KC
There have been a few notable Rapids collapses under Chris Armas, but perhaps none worse than what was endured at Sporting Kansas City Saturday night given the circumstances. Up 2-1 with 15 minutes to go, Colorado gave up three goals in a six-minute span as SKC won 4-2 and completed its season sweep of the Rapids. In seven days, the Rapids have been outscored 7-2 by the 13th- and 15th-place teams in the Western Conference, all while jostling for…

Dejan Joveljic scores twice and Sporting KC beats Rapids 4-2 to end six-match winless streak
Dejan Joveljic scored a goal in each half and Sporting Kansas City ended a six-match winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids.


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Sporting Kansas City surfs a Rapids’ surge to gain home win
Sporting Kansas City needed a win. At home, nonetheless. Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas they got it over Colorado Rapids. A brace by Dejan Joveljic and solo shots by Daniel Salloi and Mason Toye saw Kansas City past a 2-1 Colorado halftime lead. The match presented two sides in distinctly different positions. Sporting Kansas City (6-15-6, 13th in West), although not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, are…
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