Sporting Kansas City suffered a last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Los Angeles Football Club on Sunday night in the club’s MLS season opener at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles.
Krisztian Nemeth gave Sporting (0-1-0, 0 points) an early lead with his third goal in as many matches, but LAFC (1-0-0, 3 points) rallied in the second half behind a 47th-minute strike from Diego Rossi and a 94th-minute winner from substitute Adama Diomande to hand Manager Peter Vermes’ side its first loss in eight trips to the state of California.
Three days removed from a momentous 2-0 win at Deportivo Toluca FC in the Concacaf Champions League Round of 16, Vermes fielded an unchanged lineup from the side that dominated on Mexican soil.