Sporting Kansas City opened their 2016 home slate on Saturday with a 2-1 win over a 10-man Vancouver Whitecaps at Children's Mercy Park. Dom Dwyer scored a first-half brace for the hosts, while Jordan Smith received a straight red card in first-half stoppage time for a tackle from behind on Graham Zusi. Vancouver found some signs of life when Pedro Morales scored a penalty with 20 minutes to go; the Whitecaps picked up their intensity, but were unable to find the tying goal.
The result leaves Sporting perfect two games into the season, while Vancouver still seek their first points of 2016.
Box score
- 5' – SKC – Dom Dwyer
- 41' – SKC – Dom Dwyer (Chance Myers, Graham Zusi)
- 70' – VAN – Pedro Morales (PK)
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Three Things
DWYER OPENS 2016 ACCOUNT … WITH A BANG:
Sporting's broadcast noted on Saturday that Dwyer is looking to score what would be a league-record 30 goals this season. Well, he's on pace for 34 in the league (we know, it's early). And he opened his season tally with aplomb, stealing the ball away from
Deybi Flores
and blasting a screamer past
David Ousted
:
Next up
- SKC: Sunday, 3/20 vs. Toronto FC (7 pm ET, FS1, TSN2)
- VAN: Saturday, 3/19 at Seattle (10 pm ET, TSN1, MLS LIVE)