Just into injury-time, Sporting Kansas City’s Gadi Kinda landed awkwardly off a celebratory somersault in the near corner of Austin FC’s end Sunday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. The landing was as awkward as the host’s play on the evening. But the celebration was an exuberant release after coming from behind to beat the on-a-roll expansion side 2-1.
Sporting and Austin FC came into the match on opposite trajectories. After opening the 2021 MLS regular season with a 2-1 win at New York Red Bulls, Sporting had drawn at home and lost 3-1 at Real Salt Lake.