Sporting KC equaled their MLS goal total for the season in the win, with Daniel Salloi, Alan Pulido, and Marinos Tzionis putting their names on the score sheet.
Alan Hainkel
Alan Hainkel has covered Sporting Kansas City since 2008, first as a photographer and then as a writer. He studied at Northwest Missouri State University and has his own blog at FountainCitySoccer.com.
2018 US Open Cup Round 5: Daniel Salloi of Sporting KC voted TheCup.us Player of the Round
The award is voted on by the staff of TheCup.us and a select panel from the North American Soccer Reporters.
2018 US Open Cup Round 5: Croizet’s “best goal”, Salloi’s brace keep Sporting KC perfect vs. FC Dallas
For the fourth time in their respective club histories, Sporting Kansas City hosted FC Dallas in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. On Saturday night, Sporting KC defeated FC Dallas for the fourth time in the Open Cup, winning 3-2 in front of 15,238 fans at Children’s Mercy Park.
2018 US Open Cup Round 1 review: Thrillers, PK drama and former NASL teams advance
The First Round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is in the books and it featured plenty of drama as teams advance to Round 2. Of the 22 teams that advanced to the Second Round, 22 of them will face professional teams from the United Soccer League.
2017 US Open Cup: Tim Melia of Sporting KC voted TheCup.us Player of the Tournament
The award is voted on by the staff of TheCup.us and a select panel from the North American Soccer Reporters.
2017 US Open Cup Final: Tim Melia of Sporting KC named TheCup.us Player of the Round
The award was voted on by the staff of TheCup.us and a select panel from the North American Soccer Reporters.
2017 US Open Cup Final: Sporting KC holds off Red Bulls to win fourth Open Cup title (video)
For the third time in six years, and the fourth time in club history, Sporting Kansas City won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup by defeating the New York Red Bulls 2-1 in front of a crowd of 21,523 at Children’s Mercy Park.
2017 US Open Cup Final preview: Sporting KC, NY Red Bulls battle to be crowned 104th USOC champion
Will New York finally win its first US Open Cup (or first tournament of any kind)? Or will Sporting Kansas City become just the eighth club in history to win a fourth Open Cup title?
2017 US Open Cup Semifinals: Sporting KC edge Earthquakes in PKs to reach third final in six years
After a 1-1 draw and a scoreless extra time, Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia made a pair of saves in the penalty kick shootout to edge the San Jose Earthquakes 5-4.
2017 US Open Cup Semifinals live video: Sporting KC, Earthquakes on different paths to Final
If you had to pick an image to describe the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal match-up between Sporting Kansas City and the San Jose Earthquakes, you would be hard pressed to find a better one than two trains approaching each other on the same track from opposite directions.