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Sporting KC U-14s fall in semifinals at USYS National Championships

By Sam Kovzan, SportingKC.com, 07/29/18, 1:30PM CDT

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The Sporting Kansas City Academy season officially ended Saturday when the U-14s suffered a semifinal defeat at the 2018 US Youth Soccer National Championships at Toyota Soccer Center in Frisco, Texas.

Led by head coach Declan Jogi, the U-14s had earned a second-place finish in Group A to secure a spot in Saturday's semifinal round alongside three of the top U-14 clubs in the country. Sporting KC's run came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-0 loss to Michigan club Nationals Union Black on Saturday morning. Real Jersey FC would go on to beat Nationals Union Black 1-0 in Sunday's championship.

The Sporting KC U-14s were one of three Kansas City-based clubs to reach the semifinal stage at the USYS National Championships in Frisco. The Soccer Nation Academy U-13 Boys and the FC Kansas City Blues U-17 Girls both took second place with national championship defeats on Saturday night and Sunday morning, respectively.

Only two Kansas City teams have previously been crowned USYS national champions in the competition's 83-year history: the KC Dynamos Girls in 2001 and the Sporting KC U-15s in 2015.

Sporting KC U-14 Roster

No. Name HS Graduation Year
04 Camden Baker 2022
15 Draven Barnett 2022
02 Brevyn Cole 2023
10 Blake Craig 2023
14 Gage Daniels 2023
75 Zahir Dyke 2023
03 Zamere Issaka 2023
08 Kelly Kipruto 2023
13 Oscar LaOrden 2023
07 Jack Lucas 2023
18 Misael Mena 2024
12 Salat Mukoma 2022
01 Jess Rosentel 2023
11 Jack Sartino 2022
06 Jayvin Van Deventer 2022
09 Dalton Visconti 2023