A couple of moments before the opening whistle, Dom Dwyer walked to the opposing bench to greet his former manager. Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes embraced him with a long hug, a reunion of a relationship that thrived for a half-decade. The two had not conversed for 14 months, after a midseason trade sent Dwyer to Orlando.
In his long-awaited return to Kansas City, Sporting KC grabbed the last word.
Felipe Gutierrez broke through in the second half, the long goal in Sporting KC’s 1-0 victory Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park.
Sporting KC (14-7-6) moved one point shy of first-place FC Dallas in the Western Conference.