Alex Betancourt represented Sporting Kansas City in the inaugural eMLS Cup, a competitive EA SPORTS FIFA18 tournament that ran Thursday through Sunday at the PAX East gaming festival inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Playing under the gamer name “SKC Alekzandur,” Betancourt earned a second-place finish in the regular season phase of the competition, posting a 12-5-1 record across Thursday and Friday.
Playoff action began Saturday as the 19-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, native defeated the Portland Timbers in the Western Conference quarterfinals before narrowly falling 3-2 to FC Dallas in the conference semifinals.