MLS playoffs: Sporting Kansas City stun No 1 seeds St Louis City
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6G50C)
- St Louis won MLS Western Conference in debut season
- Defending champions LAFC beat Vancouver Whitecaps
Defender Logan Ndenbe scored his second career goal and Daniel Salloi delivered an insurance goal in the second half as Sporting Kansas City eliminated St Louis City, the top seed in the MLS Western Conference, with a 2-1 victory on Sunday.
Sporting KC grabbed a 1-0 lead at halftime when Ndenbe used assists from Alan Pulido and Salloi to score in the first minute of stoppage time. Salloi stretched the lead to 2-0 in the 73rd minute. It was the fifth postseason goal for Salloi, tying him with Miklos Molnar for second most in club history. Predrag Preki' Radosavljevi set the record at eight in two separate stints with the club from 1996-2000 and 2002-03.
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