Pulido, SallÃ³i lead Sporting KC to 4-1 win over LAFC

Posted August 05, 2021 7:00 am

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) - DÃ¡niel SallÃ³i had a goal and an assist to help Sporting Kansas City beat Los Angeles FC 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Alan Pulido, Gadi Kinda and Luis Martins also scored for Kansas City (10-4-3). Sporting moved into a tie with Seattle atop the Western Conference standings with 33 points.

Pulido tapped a right-footer into an empty net to open the scoring in the 20th minute. Martins redirected a cross by SallÃ³i into the net in the 28th, and SallÃ³i put away a first-timer off an entry by Graham Zusi to make it 3-0 in the 36th minute.

Kinda made it 4-0 in the 58th, and LAFC's Daniel Musovski capped the scoring in the 82nd minute.

Los Angeles (6-6-5) in winless in its last four games.

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