Sporting Kansas City battled longtime Western Conference rival Colorado Rapids on Saturday in the second exhibition of the club’s 2021 preseason, presented by Children’s Mercy. The narrow 1-0 defeat at Kino North Complex in Tucson, Arizona, was highlighted by the preseason debut of newly acquired French midfielder Remi Walter, who logged 45 first-half minutes for Sporting. Post-match remarks from Manager Peter Vermes are below.
On Sporting’s overall performance…
It was a very good, competitive match for us from start to finish. I think that two weeks (into preseason), a lot of the foundational principles that we’ve been working on are showing up, which is really good.