After a 4-2 win over Qatar's Aspire Academy on Sunday, the Sporting Kansas City Academy U16's fell 2-0 to Toronto FC on Monday at the 2014-15 Generation adidas Cup in Frisco, Texas.
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Those two results set up a decisive group stage finale on Wednesday when Sporting KC squares off against River Plate (Argentina) at 3 p.m. CT on Field 8 at the Toyota Soccer Center. The Group A winner automatically advances to the semifinals -- to be held in Toyota Stadium -- along with the best overall second place finisher amongst the 12 teams in the Champions Division.
The Generation adidas Cup has been held annually since 2007 and serves as Major League Soccer's Under-17 national championship. In addition, MLS announced on Monday that this year's competition will be held in conjunction with the league's inaugural under-12 tournament.
Sporting KC's U-12 Academy squad -- led by head coach Matt Trumpp -- is one of eight MLS academies participating, along with youth sides from Mexico's Queretaro FC and Club America USA. Three days of 7-v-7, 30-minute matches will be played, culminating in a championship match featuring the winner of each six-team group.
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Sporting Kansas City (1-1) vs. Toronto FC (1-1)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Group A
March 30, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium Field 5, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
TFC -- Reshon Phillip 6
TFC -- Malik Johnson 11
Sporting Kansas City
-- Steve Tekesky, Jaylin Lindsey, Andrew McLeod (Chase Bromstedt 45), Jared Crist, Ezra Armstrong, Alex Kaddah, Will Little, Adam Collinsworth, Felipe Hernandez (Absalom Solorio 60), John Leisman (Fernando Borges 36), Paul Whitener.
Toronto FC
-- Brogan Engbers, Steven Furlano, Nikola Stakic, Robert Boskovic, Andrew Dias, Liam Fraser, Alex Zis (Matt Srbely 49), Nicolas Osorio, Reshon Phillip (Richlord Ennin 60), Malik Johnson (Gabriel Boakye 60), Kevin Timachy (Cyrus Rollocks 36).
Matches played with 35-minute halves;
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
