Sporting Kansas City rode first-half goals by C.J. Sapong and Kei Kamara to a 2-1 victory of the San Jose Earthquakes in front of 19,974 fans at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The win snaps Sporting KC's four-match winless streak.

The win was also the first in the month of May since May 16th, 2009 in a road win against Real Salt Lake, a span of 13 matches without a win.

Sporting KC opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Earthquakes defender Brad Ring poked the ball away from Teal Bunbury, but Graham Zusi got the ball right back. Zusi made a pass out wide to Kei Kamara on the right. Kamara crossed the ball into the penalty area where Sapong put the ball in the back of the net with a sliding one-timer from about seven yards out.

In the locker room after the game, Sapong told us he was wearing a pair of cleats borrowed from Kamara. "I must have packed my shoes in the wrong bag or something," Sapong said. "I came early, didn't even look until 10 minutes to go out and realized I didn't have my cleats. I tried to keep quiet about it. I mean, he (Kamara) is the closest person to my shoe size. About a full size smaller, but we made it work."

The goal was Sapong's first since April 1st, a span of seven matches without scoring. The team's record when Sapong scores, dating back to last season, is 9-0-0.

Defender Seth Sinovic had to leave the game in the 23rd minute with another injury. Chasing down a ball in the San Jose end of the field, Sinovic fell over the LED board behind the endline. Sinovic's left hand came down on the brace supporting the board and got a nasty cut that ended up requiring 20 stitches to close. Sinovic made way for Michael Harrington.

During the postgame press conference I attended, manager Peter Vermes said Sinovic will be available for the US Open Cup game against Orlando City on Tuesday.

Sporting KC looked like the more dangerous team throughout the first half. In the 22nd minute, Kamara fed the ball through to Bunbury, who was making a run into the penalty area. Bunbury's initial shot was blocked by defender Jason Hernandez and Bunbury put the second attempt just outside the far post.

San Jose's first truly dangerous chance of the match came in the 31st minute. Steven Beitashour took a shot from about 32 yards out, but goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen tipped the ball wide with a leaping save.

Eight minutes later, Kamara doubled the Sporting KC lead. Defender Chance Myers made a pass out to the left wing for Harrington. Harrington settled the ball and took one touch back to put the ball on his right foot. His cross found Kamara in the penalty area and Kamara's header bounced past Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch.

The goal was Kamara's fifth on the season, his first in four matches. Harrington notched his first assist of the season, while Myers tallied his third, all on goals by Kamara.

Bunbury had another chance denied in the 56th minute. Making a run on the left side of the penalty area, Bunbury's shot was blocked by a sliding Justin Morrow.

San Jose pulled one back in the 72nd minute. Defender Ramiro Corrales headed the ball down to Simon Dawkins. Dawkins moved forward a couple of yards in front of a backpedaling Aurelien Collin before shooting the ball inside the far post past a diving Nielsen.

The goal was Dawkins' second of the season, and Corrales now has three assists.

The Sporting KC defense clamped down on San Jose after that and limited the Earthquakes to one shot for the rest of the match.

With the win, Sporting KC is now 8-3-1 and lead MLS in points per game with 2.08. Their next league match is June 16th against Toronto FC. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. CDT and will be shown on KSMO-TV.

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