Tani Oluwaseyi had a goal and an assist as Minnesota United handed Sporting Kansas City their seventh straight loss with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Robin Lod and Kervin Arriaga also scored for Minnesota United (8-3-4, 28 points), which bounced back from a 2-0 loss at Los Angeles FC on Wednesday to win for the fifth time in its past eight matches.
Johnny Russell scored a goal and Tim Melia finished with three saves for Sporting Kansas City (2-9-5, 11 points), which saw its winless streak extended to 10 matches.
Minnesota United took a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute when Oluwaseyi, alone in front of the middle of the 6-yard box, snapped in a header off a cross from the right side of the box from Bongi Hlongwane. It was Oluwaseyi’s team-leading seventh goal of the season.
Oluwaseyi nearly had a brace in the 61st minute when he took a through pass from Joseph Rosales racing down the right side of the box but his right-footed shot was just wide of the far post.
Lod made it 2-0 in the 67th minute with his fifth goal of the season. Oluwaseyi set up the score with a pass from the left side of the box that Lod calmly redirected into the net with his left foot.
Arriaga increased the lead to 3-0 in the 83rd minute with his third goal of the season. He fielded a clearing header by Khiry Shelton on the right side of the box and then blasted a sharp-angled right-footed shot under Melina’s arm.
Russell cut the lead to 3-1 three minutes later when he drilled a left-footed shot from outside the middle of the box past Loons goalie Dayne St. Clair and into the right corner of the net for his second goal of the season.
–Field Level Media