Sporting Kansas City took on USL Championship (Division II) side Phoenix Rising FC at their home complex in Arizona early Saturday evening in Kansas City’s third official match of 2022 preseason.
Lineups and takeaways are mostly key in preseason matches. To that end, here is Sporting Manager Peter Vermes’ first 11 (which was similar to the other two preseason matches… See the bottom of this recap for those lineups):
Between the posts was Tim Melia, with Graham Zusi, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Andreau Fontas, and Logan Ndenbe across the backline (from R to L). The midfield featured Uri Rosell, Roger Espinoza, and Cam Duke, with Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, and Daniel Salloi across the frontline.