Late Goals by Manu García and Stephen Afrifa Rally Sporting KC to 2-1 Victory over Austin
Manu García scored in the 79th minute and Stephen Afrifa added the winner three minutes later as Sporting KC ended a five-match skid at Q2 Stadium.
- On Saturday, Manu Garcia and Stephen Afrifa scored late second-half goals to rally Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over Austin FC.
- Defender Mikkel Desler scored one minute into first-half stoppage time to give Austin FC an early 1-0 lead, assisted by Guilherme Biro.
- Garcia scored his first goal of the season in the 79th minute off a Shapi Suleymanov pass, and Afrifa added the winner three minutes later.
- Former Austin goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland made two saves for Sporting Kansas City, securing back-to-back victories after previously sweeping the Los Angeles Galaxy.
- Sporting Kansas City hosts the New York Red Bulls next Saturday, while Austin FC visits St. Louis City for their own upcoming match.
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Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Sporting KC upset Austin FC with pair of late goals
Substitutes Stephen Afrifa and Manu Garcia scored goals within three minutes of each other late in the game as visiting Sporting Kansas City rallied to stun Austin FC 2-1 on Saturday in a Western Conference match.
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Late goals by Manu García and Stephen Afrifa rally Sporting KC to 2-1 victory over Austin
Manu García and Stephen Afrifa both scored late in the second half to rally Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over Austin FC.
Recap: Sporting KC earns 2-1 comeback victory at Austin FC
Sporting Kansas City (3-8-2, 11 pts.) earned a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Austin FC (3-6-5, 14 pts.) at Q2 Stadium on Saturday night. In a match Sporting dominated from start to finish, second-half goals from substitutes Manu Garcia and Stephen Afrifa sealed the team’s first-ever win at Q2 Stadium in
Austin FC lost 2-1 in front of Sporting Kansas despite being ahead on the scoreboard; Joseph Rosales was a starter and played the 90 minutes in a new gray day AUSTIN, TX. Austin FC stumbled again in the Major League Soccer by falling 2-1 against Sporting Kansas in a match that the Texas team started winning but ended up losing to their hobby, in a new sample of the irregularity that is going through the season. Honduran Joseph Rosales was a star…
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