For the first time since November, four Sporting Kansas City Academy teams took the field Saturday for competitive league matches as the MLS NEXT spring season began in earnest.
Sporting and Real Colorado squared off in four consecutive matchups over the course of a busy afternoon at Fort Hays State University Soccer Stadium in Hays, Kansas. The Sporting KC U-14s and U-15s enjoyed winning starts with 2-1 victories, while the U-17s and U-19s took narrow 1-0 defeats.
U-14s and U-15s prevail
On the heels of a successful 2020 fall campaign, the U-14s earned a hard-fought 2-1 triumph in the nightcap of the quadrupleheader to give Sporting and Real Colorado two wins on the day.