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Los Angeles Galaxy Defender Maya Yoshida had the only score on Sunday night, but it was its own goal that led to a 1-0 win for Sporting Kansas City. With the victory they made history and became the first MLS team to win a game without registering a shot on goal.
It was just the third win in 11 attempts at Sporting Kansas City, this season, but their second in the last three games.
As for the galaxy, they continued the worst start with a defense champion in the league story. Galaxy (0-8-3) is still looking for their first win 11 games into the season, and even a 3-0-2 record in five previous matchups with Sporting KC (3-7-1) didn’t help.
In the 13th minute, KCS Daniel Salloi sent a cross on earth, and it deflected Maya Yoshida and into the net. There was no striker near enough for the cross to threaten to tap it in, but Yoshida tried to make a defensive game and it went wrong.
John Pulse match had to save one, and in the first half it came on his way to his second clean sheet in his 11th start of the season for Sporting KC. His rescue came just before the break on a right -footed shot from the center of the box of John Nelson.
John McCarthy hadn’t saved to the galaxy.
It was sweet revenge for Dejan Joveljic who came to Sporting KC in the first cash-for-player trade in the league story after helping Galaxy win their sixth MLS Cup last season. He leads the team with five goals – everything at home.
The galaxy has missed Riqui Puig, who has not played since he has suffered a knee injury in the playoffs. And Joseph Paintsil and Gabriel PEC, who combined for 50 target contributions in the championship, have only four so far this season.
Sporting KC -aged coach Kerry Zavagnin and Galaxy’s Greg Vanney were teammates on the American men’s national team. The two coaches represented their current team when the two clubs squared in the conference final of 2000 MLS Cup-Water of the then Kansas City Wizards, who continued to beat Chicago four 1-0 in the championship match.
Galaxy travel to play New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Sporting KC Travel to play Portland Timbers Saturday.
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