Kenyan midfielder Philip Mayaka featured full minutes as his side Colorado Rapids II edged out St. Louis City II on the road in a Major League Soccer Next Pro match on Sunday morning.For his 11th appearance of the campaign, Mayaka was handed the armband and captained the team as they picked a consecutive win.Exon Gustavo Vallecilla Godoy struck first for Colorado from the spot after just three minutes before Yosuke Hanya doubled the lead 20 minutes into the second period.Karson Gibbs, who had come on in the second half, scored the consolation for St. Louis City in the seventh minute of stoppage time but it was to enough to inspire a comeback.𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐗𝐈#STLvCOLhttps://t.co/orFB9AIi9j— Colorado Rapids 2 (@Rapids_2) July 2, 2022 Mayaka was however booked at the start of the second half for a foul, and had to tread carefully for the entire period.Elsewhere, former Gor Mahia midfielder Tobias Otieno was nowhere to be seen for Tormenta FC for the second match in a row as the USL League One side picked a 1-0 win over Central Valley Fuego.##NAJAVA_MECA_6487503##Since joining the team in May, the Kenyan has made only one appearance, coming off the bench in the two-all draw with Forward Madison in June but has gone under the radar in the two matches that followed his debut.FT | The storm came to Fresno and snuffed out the fuego 😉#ForThe912 | @VyveBroadband pic.twitter.com/7KFj6RZP96— Tormenta FC (@Tormenta_FC) July 3, 2022 Gabriel de Freitas scored the all-important goal for Tormenta at the stroke of the hour on Sunday, helping his side move to eight on the log with 17 points.
