Guilavogui scores twice as Real Salt Lake beats Sporting KC

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Interstat) — Real Salt Lake defeated Sporting Kansas City 3-1 on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park, using two goals from Morgan Guilavogui to take control. Guilavogui scored in the 11th minute and again in the 61st, while Sergi Solans added a 14th-minute goal. Taylor Calheira pulled one back for Sporting in the 26th minute, with Andre Luiz assisting, but the hosts could not close the gap after halftime. Noel Caliskan also recorded an assist for Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake improved to 1-1-1 in this competition and across all competitions, while Sporting Kansas City moved to 0-2-1 in this competition and across all competitions. Yellow cards went to Real Salt Lake’s L. De Fougerolles, J. Sanabria, Z. Booth and S. Spierings and Sporting Kansas City’s C. Harris, J. Bartlett and J. Miller. Real Salt Lake next hosts St. Louis City, while Sporting Kansas City hosts Austin FC.