It’s a win easily ascribed to karma as Sporting Kansas City’s debut at Children’s Mercy Park went considerably better than its first game at Livestrong Park.
Dom Dwyer notched his sixth career brace Saturday as Sporting KC opened its sixth season in its Kansas City, Kan., palace with a 2-1 win against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The festivities started early with a raucous pregame ceremony that included a performance by The Architects and rapper Tech N9ne leading the “I Believe” chant from The Cauldron before kickoff.
Tech N9ne, who is from Kansas City, provided the voice-over for Sporting KC’s preseason ad campaign and for the pregame opening-day hype video.