Busio scores lone goal for Sporting KC in 1-1 draw with Rapids

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Gianluca Busio scored and Sporting Kansas City survived the final several minutes down a man to tie the Colorado Rapids 1-1 on Saturday night.

Colorado defender Danny Wilson’s header cleared a corner kick by Kansas City (5-2-1) , but it went straight to Busio well outside the area, where he blasted a right-footer inside the near post to make it 1-1 in the 67th minute.

Cole Bassett chipped a shot into the top of the net to give Colorado (2-3-2) the lead in the 57th.

Kansas City’s Gadi Kinda was shown a yellow card in the 65th minute and a red in the 78th and therefore, will be unavailable in Sporting Kansas City’s upcoming match with FC Dallas.

Kansas City’s Roger Espinoza and Winston Reid both left the game in the first half due to injuries.

Sporting KC earned one point with the draw and extended its lead atop the Western Conference.

Vermes: “I wasn’t going to sub two guys on the first sub and two guys on the second sub when they both happened in the first half. So, what it really did, where it hurt us is it just didn’t give us a chance to use the other guys we could’ve used.” #SportingKC pic.twitter.com/XV0dqNm8Zr

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