- Giacomo Vrioni - 31', 35'
- Johnny Russell - 50'
- Andreu Fontàs - 61'
Vrioni scores 2 goals as Revolution beat Sporting KC 2-1
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- — Giacomo Vrioni scored two goals a few minutes apart to lead the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.
Vrioni first-timed a cross played by Emmanuel Boateng to open the scoring in the 31st minute and made it 2-0 in the 35th minute with a putback of a missed shot by Carles Gil.
Johnny Russell scored for Sporting KC (0-6-3).
The Revolution outshot Sporting KC 16-8, with nine shots on goal to three for Sporting KC.
Djordje Petrovic had two saves for the Revolution. Tim Melia stopped seven shots for Sporting KC.
Sporting played a man down after Andreu Fontàs was shown a red card for denying an obvious run scoring opportunity in the 61st minute.
Both teams next play Saturday. The Revolution host Cincinnati and Sporting KC hosts Montreal.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Nima Saghafi
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Real Salt Lake | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | +13 | 28 |
Minnesota United FC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +7 | 24 |
Austin FC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 22 |
LA Galaxy | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | +4 | 22 |
LAFC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 21 |
Colorado Rapids | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 21 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 19 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
St. Louis CITY SC | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 16 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
Portland Timbers | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
FC Dallas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
Sporting Kansas City | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Inter Miami CF | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | +16 | 31 |
FC Cincinnati | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | +8 | 30 |
New York City FC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 23 |
New York Red Bulls | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | +4 | 23 |
Toronto FC | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 22 |
Charlotte FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 21 |
Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +6 | 21 |
Philadelphia Union | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +4 | 17 |
D.C. United | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 17 |
Orlando City SC | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 16 |
Nashville SC | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
Atlanta United FC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 13 |
CF Montréal | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 12 |
Chicago Fire FC | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 10 |
New England Revolution | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -16 | 7 |