Early Goals Lead Roos Past Rockhurst

Saturday, August 20

Kansas City, Mo.

7:30 PM

Kansas City

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Rockhurst (Exh.)

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Rockhurst

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Early Goals Lead Roos Past Rockhurst

8/20/2022 10:50:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Christian Koffi (8') and Kazuki Kimura (12') each found the scoresheet in the win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,192, Kansas City Men's Soccer used a pair of early goals to run past cross-town rival Rockhurst in the final exhibition of the day. Christian Koffi and Kazuki Kimura were the Roos' heroes, scoring goals in the game's first 15 minutes.

KEY MOMENTS

8' / 1-0 | Kansas City's first shot of the day found the back of the net as Kimura took the ball away from the Hawks, streaking up the left side of the field before centering the ball to Koffi for an easy put-away.
12' / 2-0 | It took very little time for the Roos to score again, as Koffi and Kimura combined for another goal. This time it was Koffi finding Kimura on the left side of the goal for a blast from inside the box.
17' / 2-0 | Another chance came the Roos' way as Kotaro Hirokawa put a rocket towards goal from 30 yards away on a free kick. The ball glanced of the Rockhurst goalie's fingers before ricocheting off the crossbar.
43' / 2-1 | The Hawks made things interesting by finding the back of the net just before halftime.
55' / 2-1 | Rockhurst put two shots on goal in the first ten minutes of the second half, but Cooper Clark was there to calmly gather both of them.
60' / 2-1 | Koffi and Yahel Anderson both found room for shots on back-to-back plays, but neither could find the back of the net.
89' / 2-1 | Stout defense held Rockhurst without a shot in the game's final 25 minutes as the Roos held on to victory.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos held a 64%-36% advantage in possession, placing five shots on goal.
Kansas City has earned at least a result against the Hawks in each of the past five meetings between the two squads.

COACH RYAN PORE, QUOTED
On the Roos' early energy and goals:

"We came out and possessed the ball pretty well. We identified being able to get behind their wing-backs with Kazuki, and he was able to do that. I was proud of the way we started."

On the sellout crowd:

"We're not naive to know that we have to win to get this kind of crowd. We know what we can do here and we take pride in being the only Division One program in Kansas City."

UP NEXT
The Roos open their regular season at home this week, hosting Drake for a match on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.