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07/22 22:02 CDT Dejan Joveljic and Manu Garca help Sporting KC slip past
Minnesota United 2-1
Dejan Joveljic and Manu Garca help Sporting KC slip past Minnesota United 2-1
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) --- Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and Manu
Garca found the net in the second to help Sporting Kansas City hold off
Minnesota United 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Joveljic used assists from rookies Capita Capemba and Lasse Berg Johnsen to
score his team-leading seventh goal of the season and give Sporting KC (4-10-2)
a 1-0 lead in the 28th minute that stood through halftime.
Capemba's assist was his first in his 10th career appearance and Berg Johnsen
collected his fourth in 13 matches.
Defender Jake Davis and Calvin Harris set up Garca's second goal of the
campaign to give Sporting KC a 2-0 lead in the 54th minute. It was the third
assist for Davis and a career-high fifth for Harris.
Minnesota United (6-6-4) cut it to 2-1 in the 75th minute when defender Devin
Padelford took a pass from Joaqun Pereyra and scored with a header for his
first goal this season and his second in 59 career appearances. Pereyra's
helper was his sixth.
Stefan Cleveland had six saves for Sporting KC.
Drake Callender saved five shots for Minnnesota United.
Minnesota United entered with a 4-0-1 record in the last five matchups with
Sporting KC, including back-to-back 3-0 victories at home in the two most
recent.
Sporting KC leads the all-time series 13-10-5 in all competitions and had a
4-0-1 streak in the series prior to Minnesota United's run. Sporting KC is
11-2-1 in the series at home.
Sporting KC was coming off a 3-2 road loss to St. Louis City on Thursday, but
the club has picked up three wins in its last five matches.
Minnesota United is 0-3-2 in its last five outings.
Up next Minnesota: Hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Sporting KC: At Los Angeles FC on Saturday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/soccer |
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