KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dejan Joveljic scored a goal in each half and Sporting Kansas City ended a six-match winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.

Joveljic used passes from Khiry Shelton and defender Tim Leibold to score four minutes into the match and give Sporting KC (7-15-6) the lead. Shelton’s assist was his first of the season and Leibold notched his third.

Colorado (10-13-6) answered with goals from Rafael Navarro in the 22nd minute and defender Keegan Rosenberry in the 31st to take a 2-1 lead into halftime. Navarro scored for the 12th time with assists from Cole Bassett — his fourth — and defender Rafael Santos — his second in his second appearance with the Rapids since coming over from Orlando City where he didn’t have a goal contribution

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