The Sporting Kansas City U-19s opened the 2018-19 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season with a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids U-19s on Sunday at Children's Mercy Victory Field inside Swope Soccer Village.
The U-19s were one of three academy sides to kick off the new campaign on Sunday in Kansas City, as the U-15s and U-17s took losses in the first two games of a tripleheader against the Rapids.
Guided by head coach Rumbani Munthali, the U-19s started brightly on Sunday as U.S. U-20 international Tyler Freeman and GyuWon Chong both went close to scoring within the first 20 minutes.