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Austin FC Defeats Sporting Kansas City, 3-1

November 4, 2021 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Austin FC News Release


Austin, TEXAS - An excellent attacking performance helped Austin FC close out its 2021 home schedule with a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night at Q2 Stadium.

Austin scored its fastest goal in Club history to begin an action-packed first half, with Sebastián Driussi converting from close range just 30 seconds into the match. Jared Stroud, who assisted Driussi for the opener, nearly doubled the lead moments later with a shot that caromed off the post.

It wouldn't take much longer for the hosts to get their second goal though. In the 22nd minute, two defenders combined as Julio Cascante headed home a pinpoint free kick delivery from Žan Kolmanič.

Stroud got himself on the scoresheet as well, firing a low shot to the far post to finish off a quick team counterattack in the 60th minute. Johnny Russell pulled a goal back for Kansas City five minutes after Stroud's strike, but from that point forward, the Verde & Black defense shut down Sporting's high-flying front line to collect all three points.

In second half stoppage time, midfielder Owen Wolff came on as a substitute, becoming the first Austin FC Homegrown Player to appear in an MLS match.

Goal-Scoring Summary

ATX (1-0) - Sebastián Driussi (assisted by Jared Stroud, Diego Fagundez) 1'

ATX (2-0) - Julio Cascante (assisted by Žan Kolmanič) 22'

ATX (3-0) - Jared Stroud (assisted by Diego Fagundez) 60'

SKC (3-1) - Johnny Russell (assisted by Luis Martins, Gadi Kinda) 65'

Misconduct Summary

SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (caution) 21'

ATX - Jon Gallagher (caution) 50'

Media Assets

Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff digital press conference

Austin FC Midfielder Jared Stroud digital press conference

Boxscore

Austin FC vs Sporting Kansas City | Q2 Stadium (Austin, TX) | November 3, 2021

Lineups

Austin FC: Brad Stuver, Žan Kolmanič, Jon Gallagher, Julio Cascante, Alexander Ring ©, Tomás Pochettino, Daniel Pereira, Diego Fagundez (Freddy Kleemann 90'+2'), Jared Stroud (Cecilio Domínguez 76'), Sebastián Driussi (Owen Wolff 90'+3'), Moussa Djitté (McKinze Gaines 61')

Substitutes not used: Aedan Stanley, Kekuta Manneh, Sebastian Berhalter, Andrew Tarbell

Head Coach: Josh Wolff

TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 6; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3

Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Andreu Fontàs, Graham Zusi, Luis Martins, Dániel Sallói, Remi Walter, Ilie Sánchez, Khiry Shelton, Gadi Kinda (Cameron Duke 68'), Johnny Russell © (Grayson Barber 77')

Substitutes not used: Kaveh Rad, José Mauri, John Pulskamp, Roger Espinoza, Jake Davis, Roberto Puncec, Wilson Harris

Head Coach: Peter Vermes

TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 2

Match Information

Referee: Nimi Saghafi

Assistant Referee 1: Chantal Boudreau

Assistant Referee 2: Diego Blas

4th Official: Allen Chapman

Weather: Cloudy, 57 degrees

Statistical source: MLSsoccer.com / Opta

Next Match

Austin FC will hit the road for its seventeenth and final away match of the 2021 season against the Portland Timbers on Sunday, November 7. The match will feature a regional TV broadcast in English language on KNVA (The CW Austin) and a radio broadcast on ALT 97.5 FM, as well as a livestream via the Austin FC and Q2 Stadium app and AustinFC.com. In Spanish language the match will be featured on UniMás Austin, as well as a radio broadcast on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB).

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