Coaches preach do not give up goals in the first five and last five of a half. Those goals kill teams, kill momentum and deflate confidence at the worst times. Coaches may preach that but that is exactly what Sporting Kansas City did in the first half. Not only once, but on both ends of the opening half.
Less than 90 seconds is all the first goal took. MLS defender of the year Ike Opara had a bad touch in the middle of his own half and Tomás Martínez touched ball towards goal where Mauro Manotas ran on to it.