Gianluca Busio marked his 50th career regular season appearance with a goal to help Sporting Kansas City (1-0-1, 4 points) to a 1-1 draw against Orlando City SC (0-0-2, 2 points) in an exciting Children’s Mercy Park home opener on Friday night.
Sporting’s two longest-tenured Homegrown Players combined on the cusp of halftime as Busio notched his sixth MLS goal off an assist from Daniel Salloi, but Orlando responded in the 78th minute through Nani to split the points in the first match at Children’s Mercy Park since December. VAR notably intervened three times throughout the contest, with Nani’s equalizer awarded after video review and both teams having goals disallowed for offside.