Let’s be completely honest, the high of Sporting Kansas City’s 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy in MLS Week 4 is over. The team’s MLS Week 5 loss to the Colorado Rapids, 4-1, was completely deflating. It wasn’t just the defeat that left more than 17,000 fans in attendance deflated, it was the manner of it.
Sporting Kansas City started the match promisingly and, despite conceding a goal, leveled the score after 44 minutes. Unfortunately, John Pulskamp’s goalkeeping error changed the match. To be fair to Pulskamp, Sporting Kansas City had chances to score in the second half before conceding a third goal in the 71st minute.