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Orlando (AFP) – Brazilian Sergio Santos scored twice when Philadelphia Union reserved their place in the semi-finals of Major League Soccer’s resumption tournament on Thursday with a 3–1 win over Sporting Kansas City.
Belo Horizonte’s 25-year-old striker struck out in the 26th and 39th minutes to leave Philadelphia just two wins from the first silver coin in the club’s history.
Midfielder Jamiro Monteiro opened the scoring for Philadelphia in the 24th minute, hiding a satin shot at the time of the pole after a deft interaction between Santos and American Alejandro Bedoya.
Two minutes later, Santos opened the scoring with a getaway purpose that in an offensive drop-out of Kansas City.
A poor backward pass from Luis Martins of Sporting attacked through Santos, who temporarily drove away.
The Brazilian took his time coolly, then controlled one opposing end to Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia to take the score to 2-0.
Philadelphia took the lead six minutes from halftime with Santos’ second.
A very good pass from Philadelphia teen midfielder Brenden Aaronson split Sporting’s defense and discovered Santos at the time of the pole. The South American won 3-0 with a blank shot.
Kansas City generated hopes of a counter-response with a header from Alan Pulido in the half-time kick to bring the score to 3-1, but its challenge after half-time when Philadelphia comfortably closed the win.
The Union will face New York City FC or Portland Timbers in the semifinals.
The “MLS is back” tournament is positioned in a safe “bubble” at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, after a four-month season break due to the coronavirus pandemic.