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by William Crum
More than 100 people attended the Wyandotte County Democratic breakfast held Saturday, July 17, at Jalisco’s restaurant, 5000 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
Democratic candidates spoke at a forum during the meeting, including Mayor David Alvey, Commissioner Mike Kane and Commissioner Jane Winkler Philbrook, who are up for re-election.
Also attending the meeting was former Mayor Mark Holland, who is not running for election.
The U.S. Men’s National Team will meet Canada at 4 p.m. today in Concacaf Gold Cup soccer action from Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
Gianluca Busio, a 19-year-old Sporting Kansas City midfielder, is on the team for the United States. He was prominent in Thursday’s match, and was credited with an assist. Daryl Dike scored twice for the United States.
Nicholas Gioacchini, from Overland Park, Kansas, who is currently playing professional soccer in France, also is on the U.S. Men’s Team.
The U.S. has won its first two games, both played in Kansas City, Kansas, and will have a berth in the quarterfinals, the same as Canada.
The USMNT beat Haiti, 1-0, on July 11, and also Martinique, 6-1, on Thursday at Children’s Mercy Park.
Canada beat Haiti 4-1 on July 15, and beat Martinique 4-1 on July 11.
The United States will need a win today to be the Group B victor, as Canada has scored one more goal than the United States in its previous two games.
The match will be broadcast on Fox, Univision and TUDN.
For ticket information, see seatgeek.com.
To see a story about the July 15 game between the U.S. and Martinique, see https://wyandotteonline.com/category/sports/sporting-kc-sports/.
The Kansas City Monarchs (34-18) have been a force to be reckoned with when playing at home at Legends Field this season.
The leaders of the South division are now 24-9 when playing in Kansas City after Saturday night’s 10-2 victory over the Kane County Cougars (26-29).
The game had been all about defense until the bottom of the third when Gaby Guerrero sent one deep into the night sky and over the left field wall. Guerrero’s 11th home run of the season drove in three runs to give the Monarchs the upper hand (4-0).
Kansas City’s starter, Nick Travieso, aimed to be more efficient in his 11th start of the season. The former first-round draft pick had great support all night from his defense as they turned three double-plays throughout the first three innings. Travieso worked with great pace and pitch sequencing to keep the Cougar hitters off-balance.
Jan Hernandez added more run support for his starter in the bottom of the fifth when he belted one over the right-center wall to make it 6-0.
Travieso secured the quality start after exiting in the top of seventh, only allowing five hits, three walks, and two runs. The two runs came via the longball from Kane County’s Jeffrey Baez (6-2).
Gaby Guerrero struck again at the plate in the bottom of the seventh when he drove in his fifth run of the game, tying his season best (8-2). Will Kengor added to the lead after bringing in Charcer Burks with a ground ball to the right side, (9-2).
Dalbert Siri and Elroy Urbina combined to toss three scoreless innings to secure Kansas City’s seventh straight win (10-2).
The Monarchs will finish off their long homestand on Sunday versus the Kane County Cougars. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. The game can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 12:30 p.m. and the video stream airing on aabaseball.tv.
Tickets to Monarchs games can be purchased by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting monarchsbaseball.com.