Playing LAFC at their home is not an easy task during the best of times. With Sporting Kansas City’s poor run of form so far in 2022 it was going to be especially difficult but the visitors were holding their own through much of the match.
Manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the lineup from their last match, swapping in Logan Ndenbe at left back and Marinos Tzionis into the midfield. Roger Espinoza and Remi Walter seemed to be dual d-mids and Tzionis as a more attacking mid most of the time.
At the start, both teams went back and forth, with a cross right in front of goal just out of the reach of Espinoza as the best chance for Sporting KC.