Sporting KC Players Not Pleased With Play In Win Over Montreal Impact

Sporting KC went on the road to face the Montreal Impact and came away with three important points and the 3-1 road victory. But from their comments after the game, it’s clear that no one was too happy with the performance overall despite the positive outcome. That’s because the game was closer than the final score would indicate and the play overall wasn’t sharp.

"It was one of those ugly games," said forward Kei Kamara. "But it’s finally about time when we can have an ugly game and then get points from it. So we’ll take the points back home and get back to what we’ve been doing."

Kamara had one of two goals off of penalty kicks, along with Graham Zusi. Jacob Peterson scored the third goal for Sporting with a score in the 82nd minute.

"We didn’t play really well tonight," center back Aurélien Collin said. "Montreal had more [scoring] occasions in the first half. We got lucky today. We’re happy about the result, but not about our performance."

Sporting KC now heads home to face Houston.

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Sporting KC Defeats Montreal 3-1

With a 3-1 road win over Montreal on Wednesday night, Sporting KC moved their record to 10-5-2. They are now only one point behind first-place D.C. United in the Eastern Conference of MLS.

After both teams finished the first half scoreless, Montreal struck first in the second, with Patrice Bernier scoring a goal in the 49th minute.

That seemed to awaken the Sporting players, who exploded for three goals in the next 25 minutes. The first two came from penalties, as Sporting attacked the box and were rewarded for their aggression by the referees.

Six minutes after he scored Montreal's only goal, Bernier was penalized for a handball, which Kei Kamara converted into the back of the net. The winning goal came in the 74th minute, with Graham Zusi scoring on a penalty drawn by Soony Saad while fighting for position in a corner kick.

In the 83rd minute, Jacob Peterson sealed the game, scoring on a cross from Roger Espinoza that deflected off of one of the Montreal defenders.

Sporting KC Looks To Get Revenge On Earlier Loss To Montreal

Sporrting KC hasn't exactly lost gorund, but they haven't made any up either and today they have a chance to do so. However, if the previous meeting is any indication there may be struggles involved in besting the expansion Montreal Impact.