Sporting KC Academy earns clean sweep against New England Revolution

On the same day their senior teams squared off in an MLS match at Children’s Mercy Park, the Sporting Kansas City and New England Revolution academies locked horns in a tripleheader at sunny Swope Soccer Village.

Sporting Kansas City emerged with a clean sweep of the tripleheader, as the U-19s and U-17s prevailed 2-0 and the U-15s won 2-1. The friendly matches give Sporting momentum ahead of their final five regular season matches in the Development Academy’s Central Conference, slated to run from May 3 to June 2.

The U-19s surged ahead when Jahon Rad picked out the corner with an excellent curling strike in the 37th minute. The hosts doubled their lead two minutes after the restart as Ciaran…