Sixtieth minute, Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City takes a restart just over the midway line on the right wing eight yards inside Houston Dynamo territory with the score tied 1-1. A 12-pass sequence sees the ball move to the back, back to the right wing, swung around to the left wing, forward then back, then again to the right wing.
Once there, the ball is played forward to 10 yards in front of the midway line. Using the space created by Sporting’s ball movement, Roger Espinoza plays back to holding midfielder Gianluca Busio who has slotted into the right center back position.