Houston 2, Sporting Kansas City 1

First half_1, Sporting Kansas City, Hurtado, 2, 30th minute.

Second half_2, Houston, Elis, 2 (Ceren), 59th; 3, Houston, Manotas, 2 (Valentin), 85th.

Goalies_Sporting Kansas City, Tim Melia, Richard Sanchez; Houston, Marko Maric, Cody Cropper.

Yellow Cards_Figueroa, Houston, 90th+1.

Referee_Tim Ford. Assistant Referees_Corey Rockwell, Cory Richardson, Edvin Jurisevic. 4th Official_Luis Guardia.

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Lineups

Sporting Kansas City_Tim Melia; Matt Besler, Amadou Dia, Jaylin Lindsey, Roberto Puncec, Graham Zusi; Gianluca Busio, Felipe Hernandez (Gerso Fernandes, 62nd), Gadi Kinda (Winston Reid, 77th); Erik Hurtado (Johnny Russell, 62nd), Khiry Shelton.

Houston_Marko Maric; Maynor Figueroa, Alejandro Fuenmayor (Kiki Struna, 80th), Adam Lundqvist, Zarek Valentin; Darwin Ceren, Memo Rodriguez (Mauro Manotas, 80th), Matias Vera; Niko Hansen (Alberth Elis, 58th), Darwin Quintero (Boniek Garcia, 87th), Christian Ramirez (Ariel Lassiter, 58th).