Daniel Salloi scored early and Alan Pulido struck twice as Sporting Kansas City (3-2-1, 10 points) rolled to a resounding 3-0 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2-3-1, 7 points) on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park.
Sporting dominated their Canadian counterparts from wire to wire, outshooting Vancouver 27-9 and completing 91.4 percent of their passes—the club’s second highest clip in an MLS match since Opta began tracking the statistic in 2010. Salloi drew first blood in the 28th minute, moving into eighth place in club history with his eighth game-winning goal in the regular season. Pulido was equally sharp in the final third, converting a 32nd-minute penalty and adding another goal on 58 minutes, while goalkeeper Tim Melia helped Sporting to their first shutout of the season in his 2021 debut.