KANSAS CITY, KS -- The playoff run of the Sporting KC Academy U16s came to an abrupt halt at Children's Mercy Park on Thursday afternoon as they fell 3-0 to the team from Real Salt Lake's academy.
Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in the fifth minute on a goal off of a set piece by Juan Obeso. The corner deflected out to Obeso at the top of the penalty area. Obeso popped it up and volleyed it into the upper 90 on the far post.
RSL doubled the lead on an easy tap-in from Benjamin Ortiz. After a bad giveaway in the defensive third, the ball got played in to Julian Vazquez at goalkeeper Alex Brown's right hand post. When Brown moved to shut him down, Vazquez played it across goal to Ortiz, who tapped it in.
Vazquez closed out the scoring in the 57th minute. Goalkeeper David Ochoa played it long to Sebastian Soto. After dribbling forward just a bit, Soto played it out to the left for Vazquez. Vazquez drove straight in on Brown and slotted the ball under him for the third and final goal of the contest.
Sporting KC's comeback efforts were given a setback in the 67th minute when midfielder Mason Visconti was shown his second yellow and sent off, but the game seemed almost settled at that point.
Sporting KC was able to generate a few chances, but most of the opportunities were sent either well wide or high. The best chance of the match came in the 77th minute when Grayson Barber lofted a long shot/cross into Ochoa's goal and it deflected off the crossbar.
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