Sporting Kansas City suffered a late 1-0 defeat to New York City FC on Wednesday at rain-soaked Yankee Stadium. Jack Harrison scored the decisive goal in the 84th minute, extending NYCFC’s home unbeaten run to 10 matches at the expense of a Sporting KC side that was playing its first match in 18 days.
The result gave the Blues (15-7-5, 50 points) their first win in three tries against Manager Peter Vermes’ men, who remain third in the Western Conference standings (10-6-10, 40 points) heading into Sunday’s trip to Columbus Crew SC.
The visitors were awarded their first opportunity with just three minutes on the clock, as Benny Feilhaber was chopped to the turf by Maxi Moralez just beyond the left edge of the penalty box.