North Texas SC Falls 4-2 at Sporting Kansas City II | North Texas SC

Lawrence, KS (July 2, 2022) – North Texas SC (9-3-2, 30 factors) fell 4-2 to Sporting KC II (6-6-2, 20 factors) at Rock Chalk Park Saturday evening.

LEADING SCORER
North Texas SC’s main scorer Bernard Kamungo prolonged his tally to 9 objectives on the season, third-most in MLS NEXT Professional. The ahead has registered 5 objectives and two assists in his final six video games.

SILVER LININGS
The 4-2 loss was the primary time North Texas SC has misplaced by greater than a one-goal margin this season. The membership stays in first place within the Western Convention with 30 factors from 14 video games.

BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
North Texas SC recorded 23 pictures in comparison with Kansas Metropolis’s 14, whereas each groups had 12 pictures on track. Possession was even at 50% for each golf equipment whereas North Texas had 9 nook kicks to SKC’s three. 

UP NEXT: NORTH TEXAS SC FACES SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES II
North Texas SC hosts San Jose Earthquakes II on Sunday, July 10 at Choctaw Stadium. The match may even be streamed on MLSNEXTPro.com beginning at 7:30PM CT.  

Lineups
North Texas SC — Felipe Carneiro; Blake Pope, Alejandro Araneda (Chase Niece – 73’), Pau Amedume, Isaiah Parker; Derek Waldeck (André Costa – 58’), Santiago Ferreira (Blaine Ferri – 73’), Hope Avayevu; Bernard Kamungo, José Mulato (Pablo Torre – 58’), Luis Miguel (Collin Smith – 46’).

Substitutes not used — Seth Wilson.

Sporting KC II — John Pulskamp; Cole McLagan, Cade Thomson (Curtez Kellman – 46’), Esai Easley, Joseph Tetteh; Collin Fernandez, Spencer Glass; Bakary Bagayoko (Man Michaeli – 30’), Josh Coan, Julian Vazquez; Rauf Salifu.

Substitutes not used — Ethan Bandre, Paul Agyei, Draven Barnett, TJ Fatah, Coby Jones, Mikey Lenis, Jahon Rad.

Scoring Abstract:
NTX: Bernard Kamungo (Isaiah Parker) — 15’
SKC: Rauf Salifu (Collin Fernandez) — 37’
SKC: Rauf Salifu (Man Michaeli) — 44’
SKC: Rauf Salifu (Man Michaeli) — 51’
NTX: Pablo Torre — 70’
SKC: Rauf Salifu — 72’

Misconduct Abstract:
NTX: Blake Pope (warning) – 44’
SKC: Collin Fernandez (warning) – 65’
SKC: Rauf Salifu (warning) – 72’
NTX: Andre Costa (warning) – 89’

Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Assistant Referees: Michael O’Reilly (1), AJ Franklin (2)
Fourth official: Drew Klemp