The Sporting Kansas City U-19s took a heartbreaking 3-1 loss to Saint Louis FC on Monday in the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs at SoCal Sports Complex in Oceanside, California.
Looking to become the first Sporting Kansas City Academy team to reach the Development Academy National Championships, the U-19s began brightly and landed the first punch on a 19th-minute penalty from Kaveh Rad.
19’ GOOOAALLLLL!!! PK called against STL and K. Rad smashes it away to take the lead! #SKCvSTL | 1-0 pic.twitter.com/Njao0f7xG5
— Sporting KC Academy (@SKCAcademy) June 24, 2019
Saint Louis FC rallied in the second half, however, striking twice in the space of two minutes near the hour mark and icing the game with a stoppage-time goal to advance to next month’s Development Academy semifinals in Irvine, California.