Austin FC fell 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park.
Austin looked to find their footing early in the match when Jáder Obrian curled a shot wide. Sporting KC eventually took the lead in the 26th minute via a Tim Leibold shot that took a big deflection on its way in.
Stephen Afrifa then doubled the hosts’ lead on the other side of halftime, finishing a low cross from Johnny Russell. Austin returns home next Saturday to face NYCFC, the first of three (3) league matches at Q2 Stadium in July.
Goal-Scoring Summary
SKC (1-0) – Tim Leibold (assisted by Kayden Pierre) 26’
SKC (2-0) – Stephen Afrifa (assisted by Johnny Russell) 69’
Match Information
Venue: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, Kansas)
Weather: Cloudy, 82 degrees
Referee: Filip Dujic
Assistant Referee 1: Lyes Arfa
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew Nelson
Fourth Official: Alexandra Billeter
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: Jozef Batko
Statistical source: MLSSoccer.com
Next Match
Austin FC will play its 11th home match and 22nd match overall of the 2024 Major League Soccer regular season against New York City Football Club on Saturday, July 6th at 7:30 p.m. CT. The match will stream live in English and Spanish on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.
On radio, the match will be broadcast on iHeart Radio’s ALT 97.5 in English, as well as on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB) in Spanish.
