Injury Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest injury news ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by The Center for Sports Medicine at Children's Mercy.
Sporting Kansas City has two names on the club’s injury report as the side prepares to open their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup campaign with a Fourth Round matchup against Minnesota United FC tonight at Children’s Mercy Park.
Defender Erik Palmer-Brown, who was listed as out for Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Montreal, has been upgraded to questionable with a thigh injury and is joined in that category by forward Latif Blessing who is still dealing with a hip issue.
Minnesota will be without former Sporting KC forward Bernardo Anor (lower leg injury), defender Vadim Demidov (knee injury) and midfielder Thomas de Villardi (Achilles injury) for tonight’s elimination encounter.
Kickoff from Children’s Mercy Park is set for 7:30 p.m. CT with tickets still available via SeatGeek. A live stream will be available on SportingKC.com while Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish) will have the call on the radio.
<strong>PLAYER</strong> |
<strong>GAMES MISSED</strong> |
<strong>DATE</strong> |
<strong>INJURY</strong> |
Diego Rubio |
15 |
March 4-June 10 |
Torn ACL |
Cameron Iwasa |
3 |
March 4-March 18 |
Hamstring Strain |
Dom Dwyer |
2 |
May 20-June 3 |
Knee Injury |
Benny Feilhaber |
2 |
March 31-April 9 |
Thigh Strain |
Erik Palmer-Brown |
2<br>
1 |
March 11-March 18<br>
June 10-present |
Ankle Sprain<br>
Thigh Injury |
Saad Abdul-Salaam |
1 |
March 18 |
Thigh Strain |
Soony Saad |
1 |
May 17 |
Ankle Sprain |
Kevin Ellis |
1 |
June 3-June 10 |
Quad Strain |
Latif Blessing |
1 |
June 10-present |
Hip Injury |
Roger Espinoza |
0 |
June 10 |
Lower Back Injury |
